entrepreneurship@UBCO Mentor 2 Market supporting graduates
If there’s one thing Shiven Vinod Khera learned at UBC Okanagan, it’s that anything is possible if your heart and mind are in the right place. The Faculty of Management graduate was part of a team that launched tech start-up Linkbase Technologies Inc. through UBCO’s innovative Mentor 2 Market program, which helps build successful businesses […]
Orange Shirt Day | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2022 at UBC Vancouver
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Orange Shirt Day | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2022 at UBC Okanagan
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New study explores experiences of youth who use drugs as they navigate treatment options
The drug toxicity crisis in British Columbia claimed the lives of over 150 young people between January and June 2022. A new study led by UBC medicine researcher Dr. Danya Fast highlights the importance of collaborating with youth who use drugs to find possible solutions to this crisis. The study, published in the International Journal […]
Indigenous-focused initiatives receive UBC funding to help advance rights of Indigenous peoples
Please visit https://news.ubc.ca/2022/09/14/multiple-indigenous-focused-initiatives-receive-ubc-funding-to-help-advance-rights-of-indigenous-peoples/ to read the story.
Applications open for 2022/23 Community-University Engagement Support Fund
The 2022/23 Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund is now open. Get up to $25,000 to support community-university partnerships that benefit communities across the province and advance collaborative research, teaching, and learning. Interested applicants are invited to submit a Notice of Intent by October 21, 2022. Paid directly to community partners, CUES funding removes financial barriers […]
Xwi7xwa Library exhibit explores a Decade of Indigenous Languages
As part of Indigenous History Month in June 2022, Xwi7xwa Library launched a new exhibit, featuring materials from their Indigenous language collection, on display in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC). Leaving No One Behind, No One Outside, was curated by Kayla Lar-Son, Indigenous Programs and Services Librarian at Xwi7xwa Library, and student librarians […]
Digitizing history
In one corner of the room, a student slips a piece of audio tape onto a reel-to-reel tape recorder, preparing to listen to the sound of a poet’s voice from 1960s Vancouver. In another corner students translate and digitize General e Grand Estoria, the most expansive 13th-century book written in Spanish, while another student works […]
UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan funding sees student projects get off the ground
Please see https://news.ubc.ca/2022/08/10/ubc-indigenous-strategic-plan-funding-sees-student-projects-get-off-the-ground/ for the story.
UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds added to UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register
UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds has been added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value. Showcasing the most significant documents of our heritage, UNESCO’s Memory of the World program is an international initiative launched to safeguard the documentary heritage of humanity against collective amnesia, […]