UBC Traveling Health Fair: A hands-on learning experience for Pharm Sci students
Please visit https://pharmsci.ubc.ca/news/april-04-2025/ubc-traveling-health-fair-hands-learning-experience-ubc-pharm-sci-students to read the story.
Global nursing pathways lead Canadian students to Zambia
Visit https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/01/13/global-nursing-pathways-lead-canadian-students-to-zambia/ to read the story.
Experiences and insights from Allard Law students’ upper-year moots
This year, Allard Law students travelled across Canada and the United States to participate in twelve different upper-year moots. Moots, which are simulated court proceedings, give law students an opportunity to work together to hone their skills as advocates. To prepare, students spend months practicing with their teammates and coaches and developing their arguments. Allard spoke with three students […]
From the classroom to the real world: reflections from Arts Co-op alumni
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Gaining confidence through Allard Law’s legal clinics and externships
The prospect of making the jump from the classroom to the law office – or the courtroom – can be daunting. Allard Law’s clinic and externship programs give law students the chance to apply what they’ve learned and gain new professional skills in a supportive environment, all before graduation and before beginning articling. In a Q & […]
Allard Law students share their mooting highlights
In a moot, student teams play the role of lawyers in a mock court proceeding. Participating in a moot provides valuable courtroom experience and – for many students – mooting is often remembered as a law school highlight. In a Q and A with the Allard School of Law, Law students Sarah Chetney (Gale Cup Moot team), Caitlin Wardrop (Wilson Moot […]
Integrating practical learning into Arts courses
To help encourage Arts faculty to envision and implement practical learning components into Arts courses, a multidisciplinary group has developed a new Practical Learning Strategies web resource, along with an integrated community that offers one-on-one support. The effort is a collaboration involving Arts Work Integrated Education, Arts Alumni, Arts ISIT, the UBC Career Centre and the […]
The new StrongerBC future skills grant prioritizes affordability and accessibility
The Province of British Columbia recently launched the StrongerBC: Future Ready Action Plan that encompasses inclusivity and affordability for career and professional learners. The plan aims to make post-secondary education more accessible and relevant to British Columbians. In doing so, it sets out to address the skills gap faced by many employers today, enabling potential […]
Connecting employers to the engineers of tomorrow
Finding the right help for the right length of time can often be challenging for small to medium businesses. Andreas “Dre” Hagen, owner of Study-Build (a design-build studio on Quadra Island), has filled short-term roles with UBC Applied Science Co-op students on several occasions. “I want people who are creative and open to learning new things, […]
Celebrating Resident Doctors Appreciation week
From family medicine clinics to specialist units around British Columbia, there are more than 1,300 UBC resident doctors training in regional, rural and remote communities. Guided by UBC clinical faculty, resident doctors provide compassionate care to families and patients, and play a crucial role in our healthcare system. They also contribute their skills and knowledge […]