UBC Himalaya Program integrates language learning and community engaged learning
A cross-Faculty partnership is aiming to make UBC a premier centre for Himalayan Studies in Canada. The UBC Himalaya Program combines language training in Nepali and Tibetan, faculty expertise in a range of disciplines and community-engaged learning. The program is currently funded by the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund and brings together faculty members with […]
Bringing design-making and building tools to architecture students
An innovative project from UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) is helping give students better access to contemporary ‘making’ practices and technologies like 3D printing, laser cutting and robotic milling. “We want students to connect input – like digital models and drawings – to output, or fabrication,” Associate Professor Blair Satterfield explains. “We […]