Breeonne Baxter
Detecting insects goes high-tech on UBC campus
A new Campus as a Living Laboratory project is enabling UBC researchers to monitor insects in real time, on a scale never done before. “This project promises to help us understand insect biodiversity, which we know is both crucial to ecosystems, and affected by human activities,” says Dr. Juli Carrillo, Assistant Professor in the Faculty […]
Large TLEF Transformation funding: Special call for hybrid and multi-access course redesign projects
A message from Simon Bates, Associate Provost, Teaching and Learning Faculty members at UBC Vancouver are invited to submit letters of intent (LOI) for Large Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) Transformation projects. The 2023/24 Large TLEF funding round is a special call to academic units interested in hybrid and multi-access course redesign projects. The […]
Celebrating Indigenous strength in medicine
On May 24, 2022, 10 UBC Indigenous medical students gathered to celebrate their graduation from medical school at UBC’s Faculty of Medicine during an event where family, friends, faculty, staff and members of the Indigenous community gathered together to honour and share in the joy of their achievements. This year’s graduates are joining a strong […]
Branching out to success: Reflections of Forestry Alumni Builder Award recipient
Some lessons must be experienced to be understood. For Arthur Tsai, testing his limits helped him realize what he was capable of, and led him to complete both a BSc (1995) in Wood Science and Industry, and MSc (2012) in Forestry at UBC, as well as achieve ongoing success heading the market intelligence team at […]
UBC Press achieves global accessibility certification
In the 50 years since UBC Press first launched, the publishing landscape has changed immensely. Print books have been joined by audiobooks and e-books as the expected offerings from a modern publisher. E-book technology itself is rapidly evolving. Earlier generations of e-books posed significant barriers to accessibility, limiting how a reader could navigate through the […]
UBC opens geological field station in South Okanagan
Students, researchers and community groups now have access to an expanded and enriched earth sciences learning environment in the South Okanagan with the opening of the UBC-Teck Geological Field Station in Oliver, B.C. Funded by $2.4-million in contributions from UBC Science alumni and friends, and Teck Resources Limited, the facilities replace aging structures that have […]
Students partner with Punjabi Market Collective to showcase revitalization efforts
In the summer of 2021, four students in ACAM 390A (The Heritage of Chinese Migrations) partnered with the Punjabi Market Collective to celebrate and highlight revitalization efforts happening at Vancouver’s Punjabi Market at Main and East 49th Avenue. Through that partnership, students created the video essay, Punjabi Market: Resilient Cultures, Resilient Communities. Visit the ACAM […]
C.D. Howe Institute ranks UBC 1st in climate change & endowment activities and governance
Please visit https://sustain.ubc.ca/stories/cd-howe-institute-ranks-ubc-first-both-climate-change-endowment-activities-and-their to read the full story
2022 Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations Fund Awards
The Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations (ALT-2040) Fund supports program development, curriculum transformations, student experience enhancement and educational resource development that accelerates the curricular vision in UBC’s strategic planning documents Outlook 2040 and Shaping UBC’s Next Century. Open Educational Resources (OER) focus stream (awards up to $10,000) These projects develop or adapt or incorporate open educational practices […]
Bringing responsible leadership to the board table
Changing societal expectations have created new demands on organizations with influential stakeholders now calling for more transparency and risk oversight. In short, it’s not business “as usual” anymore. It’s a tall task for board directors and committees in both the public and private sectors – to steward their organizations while simultaneously enhancing corporate performance. “The […]