Strategy 3 – Thriving Communities

How the arts can help us live with climate change

How the arts can help us live with climate change

Please visit https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2023/11/06/how-the-arts-can-help-us-live-with-climate-change/ to read the story.

Mental health and wellbeing a priority for UBC

Mental health and wellbeing a priority for UBC

With midterm exams around the corner, stress levels are rising. For some students, that might mean increased mental health concerns. To help support students’ mental health and wellbeing, and reduce the stigma sometimes associated with mental health issues, the University of British Columbia offers a breadth of services and resources on both the Vancouver and […]

2023 Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants Unveiled

2023 Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants Unveiled

The Sustainability Hub and UBC Wellbeing extend warm congratulations to the awardees of the inaugural Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants. Born from a growing imperative, our program builds capacity on the vital connections between health, wellbeing, and the ever-pressing climate concerns. The depth and diversity of curriculum projects from seven faculties and 11 departments across […]

Cooling the heart of the city

Cooling the heart of the city

Please visit https://sustain.ubc.ca/stories/cooling-heart-city to read the story.

Accepting applications for 2023/24 Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) competition

Accepting applications for 2023/24 Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) competition

UBC’s Campus as a Living Lab is a collaborative framework for researchers, students, staff and external partners to leverage the campus to explore, develop and test new ideas, and to share the knowledge gained from these experiences. In 2023, UBC Campus as a Living Lab will expand the annual CLL Fund Competition into a one-time […]

Five Sustainability Education Grants awarded to UBC faculty in 2023

Five Sustainability Education Grants awarded to UBC faculty in 2023

Please visit https://sustain.ubc.ca/stories/announcing-recipients-sustainability-education-grants to read the story.

UBC jumps to 34th in QS World University Rankings 2024

UBC jumps to 34th in QS World University Rankings 2024

The University of British Columbia has risen to 34th from 47th position in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings released today. This marks the first time that UBC has entered the top 40 of the global rankings among 1,503 institutions in 104 countries. The university ranks third among 31 Canadian institutions.  “I am very proud of UBC’s […]

Lawyers in a warming world

Lawyers in a warming world

Please visit https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/news-and-announcements/2023/lawyers-warming-world to read the story.

Applications open for Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants

Applications open for Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants

Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants provide up to $6,000 to UBC faculty members to incorporate climate change and wellbeing content and pedagogy into existing undergraduate and graduate courses. The program aims to improve the depth and delivery of climate change content in existing courses, bolstering topics such as climate adaptation and resilience, climate justice, climate […]

To travel or not to travel? UBC Library asks the question

To travel or not to travel? UBC Library asks the question

Last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that we are nearing a critical threshold. Despite current efforts, we are more likely than not to surpass a global temperature increase of 1.5°C in the near-term, that “we are already seeing the repercussions,” and that greater climate action is needed urgently. As part of the UBC Climate […]