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UBC named one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People in 2022
UBC has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People in 2022, for the tenth consecutive year. This special designation recognizes the employers that offer the nation’s best workplaces and programs for young people starting their careers. View the full announcement on the Focus on People website to see why UBC was selected for this award.
William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library
UBC has recently acquired a first edition of Comedies Histories and Tragedies by William Shakespeare. The First Folio, as it is often called, contains 36 of Shakespeare’s 38 known plays, edited by Shakespeare’s close friends, fellow writers, and actors. The 1623 publication, considered the most authoritative of all early printings, is deemed a cultural treasure […]
Growing a Farm: The 20-year Journey of the UBC Farm
The UBC Farm has launched its limited podcast series called ‘Growing a Farm: the 20-year journey of the UBC Farm’. A celebration of the UBC Farm’s 20th anniversary, the two episode series highlights the story of the start of the Farm and struggles endured to save it in the face of adversity. The podcasts, hosted […]
ILS Summer Intensive in Tort Law builds community with Indigenous legal perspectives
This past summer, Indigenous Legal Studies at the UBC Peter A. Allard School of Law offered the Indigenous Legal Studies (ILS) Summer Intensive in Tort Law course. Catered specifically to incoming first year students from Indigenous communities, the five credit core curriculum course focused on substantive skill development, community building and mentorship, grounded in Indigenous […]
Beyond Bias: Behavioural Insights (BI) experts examine the future of workplace at UBC Sauder conference
UBC Decision Insights for Business and Society (UBC DIBS), in partnership with the BC Behavioural Insights Group (BC BIG) and WorkSafeBC, recently hosted the fourth edition of ‘BIG Difference BC’, an annual conference that brings together Behavioural Insights (BI) experts to present innovative ways to combine human psychology and cognitive science to solve complex policy […]
UBC Sauder and One Girl Can announce partnership to empower young women entrepreneurs in Kenya
The UBC Sauder School of Business’s Social Enterprise Program (SSE Kenya) is sharing vital knowledge and expertise to improve lives and reduce unemployment rates across impoverished communities in Kenya. The Program has recently formed an alliance with One Girl Can, a non-profit based in Vancouver and Nairobi, Kenya to provide entrepreneurial training workshops for girls and […]
UBC Innocence Project: Righting wrongs and training the next generation of lawyers
The UBC Innocence Project at the Peter A. Allard School of Law examines claims of wrongful conviction in British Columbia. Since its inception nearly 15 years ago, the project has brought together a select group of talented and enthusiastic law students, who review past cases for possible miscarriages of justice through detailed analysis of factors […]
Mining for programs with impact: BRIMM’s micro-certificate for global professionals
The Bradshaw Research Initiative for Minerals and Mining (BRIMM) at UBC is offering the Executive Microcertificate in Economic Leadership for mining professionals from across the world. The online structure of the course means that learners from the Philippines, Romania, Mongolia, England, Germany and South Africa can complete the tasks required and gain the certification from […]
LFS Alumna Wins Prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
UBC Land and Food Systems alumna Aditi Sriram has recently been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at The University of Oxford. Sriram is one of only 11 Canadians going to Oxford next October and one of more than 100 outstanding scholars from across the world who have been awarded fully funded graduate Rhodes Scholarships. She […]
Aircraft can get higher and greener from doped fuels
A team of researchers at UBC Okanagan are working on an exciting project that aims to develop cleaner jet fuel making use of graphene nano-materials. The research involves examining the combustion characteristics of microscopic graphene oxide inside fuel. The researchers were able to evaluate the doped fuel’s combustion rate using ultrafast and enhanced cameras as well […]