UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio
UBC Library has made its first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies openly accessible to the public by publishing a digitized version of the volume online through Open Collections. The process to digitize the First Folio took more than a year to facilitate due to the Folio’s age and fragility. The First Folio […]
Experts gather at UBC Sauder conference to showcase how Behavioural Insights can spur long-term change in behaviour
BIG Difference BC convened in November 2022 for a milestone fifth conference, continuing its legacy of bringing together scholars and business leaders to explore how human psychology, cognitive science and interventions driven by Behavioural Insights (BI) can inform better policy decisions. It put a spotlight on how BI can drive positive change—from addressing large systemic […]
Bringing Indigenous ways of knowing into mental health supports
Dr. Johanna Sam’s team at UBC is listening to the experiences of diverse youth to help them develop coping strategies for cyberbullying While young people may not use the term “cyberbullying”, they sure know when somebody is mean to them online. That can take different forms, from having an unwanted photo of them shared on […]
Master of International Forestry field school returns to Quesnel
In partnership with the City of Quesnel and their Forestry Initiatives Program, UBC Forestry hosted its third Master of International Forestry Field School. This year, 16 students and their professors spent two days in Quesnel speaking to land managers, small businesses, government reps from the local First Nations, the municipality, the provincial government, and industry […]
Public Scholars Initiative welcomes 45 scholars for the 2022/23 Academic Year
Now entering its eighth year, UBC’s Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) has announced 45 new doctoral students for the 2022/23 academic year. In addition to interdisciplinary and collaborative research, the PSI also introduced two new elements for the 2022/23 cohort. For the first time since its inception, seven PhD students from the Okanagan campus were added to the […]
New tools from UBC Nursing aim to improve care for people experiencing substance use stigma
Stigma and discrimination associated with substance use, known as substance use stigma, contribute directly to significant harms and barriers to care. Due to widespread negative attitudes towards substance use issues, people are often treated in disrespectful or discriminatory ways in health care settings. Now a team of researchers at UBC Faculty of Applied Science and […]
Photo exhibit shows pandemic through the cameras of older adults
Vancouver can be a lonely city, even more so for older people – and that was before the COVID-19 pandemic forced residents to stay home. Prior to the pandemic, UBC PhD candidate Callista Ottoni had been planning to study the role social connections play in the health of older adults. Stay-at-home orders foiled her plans […]
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 […]
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 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, […]