Tania Dick joins UBC Nursing as inaugural Indigenous Nursing Lead
Please visit https://nursing.ubc.ca/news-events/news-story/02-nov-2021/ubc-nursings-inaugural-indigenous-nursing-lead-tania-dick to read the full story.
Students harmonize work and personal life through Sauder’s Professional MBA program
Industry professionals in a range of fields are benefitting from UBC Sauder’s Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA) program, which allows them to develop vital skills and knowledge while balancing their professional and personal obligations. Recent PMBA graduates Ash Anwar and Mercedes Del Castillo shared how the program helped them learn essential skills in areas […]
Community Engagement Partnership Recognition Fund 2022 applications open
Every day, people on and off-campus work together on joint initiatives that benefit both the community and the university. Engaged research, experiential learning, planning and policy development, educational programming, dialogue projects, workshops – our impact grows when we work together. The Community Engagement Partnership Recognition Fund (PRF) is designed to help fill small resource gaps and acknowledge […]
Stories from the Indigenous Internship Program at the Museum of Anthropology
The Indigenous Internship Program at the Museum of Anthropology is creating opportunities for Indigenous people who are interested in cultural heritage management while training in work in a museum setting. This new internship program has been developed by six Indigenous partners: the Musqueam Indian Band, the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, the Haida Gwaii Museum, the […]
Salmon camps show youth Indigenous science at work
Please visit https://science.ubc.ca/news/salmon-camps-show-youth-indigenous-science-work to read this story.
Pharmacists Make a Shared Care PACT
UBC Pharmacists in PCN Program team and UBC Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development (CPPD) have jointly introduced the Pharmacists Aligned in Shared Care Teams (PACT). Designed to be a learning initiative aimed at assisting BC pharmacists in shared care of mutual patients, PACT is for anyone involved in or interested in pharmacist-to-pharmacist shared care across the […]
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 […]