UBC Connects at Robson Square
UBC Connects at Robson Square is a two-year pilot program that aims to promote public relevance and community engagement. The program is a spin-off of UBC’s flagship public engagement initiative UBC Connects, which launched in early 2018 and is currently on hiatus. Planning for the pilot program at Robson Square started in January 2022, with […]
Collaboration to develop national standards for substance use education and intervention in schools
Substance use and related harms have been a key concern for many Canadians over the last seven years, but there remain troubling gaps in school-based approaches to substance use education and intervention. This leaves children and youth without critical information and supports for their wellbeing now and throughout their lives. Across Canada, teachers and other […]
Unlocking the potential of peer support to improve men’s mental health
Approximately one of every five men in Canada will experience a mental health challenge this year. Many will avoid or delay seeking support, which can lead to devastating results. Dr. Paul Sharp, a postdoctoral fellow with UBC’s Men’s Health Research Program and member of the Reducing Male Suicide Research Excellence Cluster, would like to help men find ways […]
SALA co-leads exhibit highlighting Canada’s housing crisis at Venice Biennale
Starting May 20, Architects Against Housing Alienation (AAHA), a collective of architects, students, researchers and activists, will bring Canada’s housing crisis to the global stage at the 2023 Venice Biennale of Architecture. As the country’s representative to the world’s biggest architecture festival, AAHA’s Not For Sale! exhibit shines a light on the need for safe, equitable and affordable housing in […]
From science fiction to classroom reality: How UBC instructors are using AI as a teaching tool
Meet ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot, two new artificial intelligence-powered teaching assistants (created by OpenAI and Microsoft, respectively) that are ready and available to help third-year engineering physics students at UBC who might be looking for help with their homework or assignments. While students do have the option of talking to two real-life human TAs in […]
UBC expands occupational therapy program in northern B.C.
Based out of Prince George, the Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) program was expanded last fall with the goal of inspiring more OT graduates to stay and practice in northern, rural and remote communities across B.C., as well as increase access to OT services for patients. Created with funding from the B.C. Government, the program […]
Combatting COVID-19: UBC’s contributions to overcoming the pandemic
Please visit https://magazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2023/health/combatting-covid-19-ubcs-contributions-overcoming-pandemic to read the full story.
Helping Rwanda rebuild
Engineering doctoral student Chadia Uwamahoro isn’t afraid to offer her native Rwanda as an example of what’s possible through truth and reconciliation. The healing process is ongoing in the central African nation of nearly 14 million people following the 1994 genocide against 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and their supporters by the governing Hutu majority. Uwamahoro was […]
Finding new life for plastic waste
Please visit https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2023/02/21/finding-new-life-for-plastic-waste/ to read the story.
Charting a new course for MS treatment
Please visit https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/charting-a-new-course-for-ms-treatment/ to read the story.