Our Plan in Action

As a global centre for teaching, learning and research, UBC is committed to fostering global citizenship and advancing a sustainable and just society. Shaping UBC’s Next Century guides us and aligns our efforts to put this commitment into real action.  

Considerable progress has been made since we have launched Shaping UBC’s Next Century. On this page, you can find updates and stories from across the university that showcase how the strategic plan is being brought to life.

If you are a member of the UBC community and would like to share your strategic plan-related initiatives with the rest of the university, please contact us. This site will regularly feature the great work being done on campus to support and advance the strategic plan.

Our Plan in Action

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

An ‘essential undergraduate experience’ abroad – at Scotland’s University of Edinburgh

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

Building space for thinking outside: UBC Sauder breaks ground on new second home

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC’s delegation for COP29

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

UBC Pharmacists Clinic tackles Canada’s primary care challenges

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Call for unified action in opioid crisis at UBC Okanagan debate

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

Building a sustainable UBC: Saving energy and water on campus

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

Call for proposals: Seed funding for cooperation with the Global South 2024/25

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

Three new buildings bring UBC’s workforce housing to nearly 1,400 homes

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Public Scholars Initiative announces 35 new doctoral students for the 2024/25 academic year

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

Well-to-wake: decarbonizing BC’s maritime industry

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

Provincial investment boosts Canada’s Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub at UBC

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Communicating progress on StEAR implementation 

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

From oral tradition to comics

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

UBC Vancouver School of Nursing doubles nurse practitioner program, becomes largest in Canada

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

From the classroom to the vineyard

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

Supporting community and confidence in undergraduate thesis writing

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

The international student experience at UBC Sauder: Embracing Vancouver’s unique culture

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

A flood of trouble

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

The carbon costs of the construction industry

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Spring recipients of UBC’s 2024 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

Refreshing our strategic plan in 2024/25

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Indigenous alumni share their law school experiences over the last 50 years

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 12: Program Redesign

UBC expands first-year, small-class experience to all BSc students

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Experiences and insights from Allard Law students’ upper-year moots

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Large TLEF special call for Generative AI collaborative cluster grants

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

What is Indigenous data sovereignty and why does it matter?

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC leads as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers in 2024

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

UBC Library digitizes Indigenous language dictionaries

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Walking alongside Survivors: How the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre supports access to Residential School records

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

Inside UBC’s ARC team: Current endeavours and initiatives with Ryan Thomson

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

x̌əl sic snpax̌nwixʷtn creates space for interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

How UBC Library is addressing the growing demand for Indigenous reference help

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Announcing the 2024/25 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund projects

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

UBC recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers in 2024

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

Celebrating the Sauder 2023 Employee Award Winners

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Stronger course correction needed at COP28

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

UBC recognized as one of BC’s Top Employers in 2024

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Breathing life back into their language: A collaborative e-dictionary project with Klahoose, Tla’amin, Homalco, and K’ómoks Nations

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

UBC Black History Month 2024

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

New report aims to remove roadblocks to freedom for the wrongfully convicted

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Reducing waste and saving energy, one lab at a time

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

Preparing our community for Workday Student: Interview with Dr. Rehan Sadiq

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

How UBC is preparing students for their future careers

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 12: Program Redesign

Dental Hygiene Degree Program launches new curriculum with a focus on social entrepreneurship and public health

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

2023 Arts Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence recipients

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Fish Tales: How storytelling is engaging a community and boosting a historic site

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

UBC Education Library teaching the teacher through community field experience

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

UBCO adds Indigenous Knowledges theme to Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies programs

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

UBC Okanagan’s Bachelor of Sustainability a degree of change

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 18: Alumni Engagement

2023 alumni UBC Achievement Awards recipients

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

Lessons from the land

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Propelling artificial intelligence to new heights

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

How the arts can help us live with climate change

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

How artificial lights at night impact insects and bats

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Future leaders are learning how to tackle climate change in math class this year

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

Arts Student Centre now an award-winning building

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Arts perspectives on AI: Faculty discuss integrity and innovation

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund: Information and writing sessions: November 2023

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

New Musqueam artwork at UBC Sauder

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

UBC Library acquires rare Japanese manuscripts and calligraphy works

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Regreening the Downtown Eastside for better health

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Pharmacists in Primary Care Network program marks a transformative journey in healthcare

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

CLEAR (CLimate Equity Activation and Resilience) Connections

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

Learning by doing in the South American rainforest

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Stswecem’c Xget’tem First Nation and UBC Forestry students collaborate to shape the future of fire stewardship 

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC Library spotlighting Indigenous topics in open education

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

UBC researchers launch online tool to help teachers take their classes outdoors

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBCO researchers hope to prevent catastrophes with next-generation sensors

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Doctoral students committed to health equity part of new UBC Health program

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Summer recipients of UBC’s 2023 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Can social robots be used in elder care? UBC Nursing study aims to find out

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

Workday Student Launch 1 complete

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Mental health and wellbeing a priority for UBC

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Amplifying Indigenous resilience

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

UBCO researcher examines how wildfires can transform rivers

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Planning and planting ideas for a more sustainable future

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 18: Alumni Engagement

Inaugural Faculty of Education Reconciliation and Decolonization alumni award recipients

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Public Scholars Initiative welcomes 43 scholars for the 2023/24 academic year

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

2023 Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants Unveiled

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

UBCO’s Picnic: A unique place to eat, learn and build community

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

Haida Gwaii Institute: Q&A with Carrie Anne Vanderhoop

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Empowering language learners: Technology’s role in celebrating Arabic dialects

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

From the classroom to the real world: reflections from Arts Co-op alumni

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Cooling the heart of the city

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Reimagining Academia: Unmasking challenges faced by disabled scholars

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

Unity amidst adversity

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Arts Perspectives on AI: Fearing (your own) language in the age of artificial intelligence

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

Vancouver Summer Program in Medicine brings students together from across the globe

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Applications open for 2023/24 Community-University Engagement Support Fund

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Revelstoke Child Care Society, HELP UBC, join forces to enhance child development and wellbeing for young families

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Microplastic pollution: Plants could be the answer

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

UBC Connects at Robson Square

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

UBCO researchers recover vital resources from wastewater sludge

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

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

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

First Nations Longhouse at UBC celebrates 30 years as a ‘home away from home’ for Indigenous students

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

New algorithm maps safest routes for city drivers

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Five Sustainability Education Grants awarded to UBC faculty in 2023

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

Groundbreaking ‘tanked’ parkade to deepen UBCO’s roots in downtown Kelowna

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

Seismic upgrades at MOA: How base isolation technology can preserve cultural heritage

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Collaboration to develop national standards for substance use education and intervention in schools

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

UBC Faculty of Education’s online training course receives Government of Canada Early Learning and Child Care Innovation Program funding

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Gaining confidence through Allard Law’s legal clinics and externships

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Grosvenor Award for IBPOC Students aims to shape communities by supporting diverse future leaders in real estate

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC Library collaborates with the Paper Trail project to launch new digital archive

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

New institutional roadmap to guide implementation of EDI priorities

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

2023 Dean’s Awards honour Applied Science faculty and staff

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC jumps to 34th in QS World University Rankings 2024

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

UBC announces new Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

UBC launches training course on Indigenous understanding for faculty and staff

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Lawyers in a warming world

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

UBCO confers first-ever degrees taught in Nsyilxcn language

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Unlocking the potential of peer support to improve men’s mental health

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC’s 2023 Partnering in Research Conference 

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

Arts and science fiction connect: UBCO student designs the future

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

UBC Library celebrates 10-year funding partnership with the Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

SALA co-leads exhibit highlighting Canada’s housing crisis at Venice Biennale

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Building a more diverse, inclusive legal profession

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

UBC student champions disability justice to win Lieutenant Governor’s Medal

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

Education recognizes 2023 Dean’s Awards for Staff Excellence recipients

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Global seahorse conservation platform celebrates citizen science milestone

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

From science fiction to classroom reality: How UBC instructors are using AI as a teaching tool

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Reconciliation, one keystroke at a time

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Allard Law students share their mooting highlights

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Integrating practical learning into Arts courses

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Tania Willard is bringing creative thinkers together

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

The new StrongerBC future skills grant prioritizes affordability and accessibility

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Applications open for Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

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

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

UBC expands occupational therapy program in northern B.C.

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

Xikomaniso: New forestry research initiatives in Africa

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

UBCO honours this year’s most outstanding researchers

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

A reusable IV bag and a gamified toy retail machine: New Venture Design student projects shine at annual showcase

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

New art connects the Reconciliation Pole to Musqueam territory

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Apply for the 2023 Partnership Recognition & Exploration Fund

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

Opening doors for international student research

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Preserving and sharing syilx digital heritage: Westbank First Nation and UBCO collaborate on interactive web map

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

UBC engineering, architecture students redefine sustainable construction

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Connecting employers to the engineers of tomorrow

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

New action plan focuses on opportunities to increase equity, diversity and inclusion in research

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

Arts graduate student wins UBC Three Minute Thesis competition

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Reframing conversations around earthquakes

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

Pacific Island knowledge keepers stand on the world stage

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 18: Alumni Engagement

Honouring the achievements of PharmSci’s alumni change makers

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Red or white & green: How wine making fits into Earth Day

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Canadian post-secondary institutions come together to share best practices for a sustainable future

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Next-gen mass timber construction key to meeting Canada’s climate change, housing targets

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC leads as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers in 2023

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UBC sets out spending priorities in 2023/24 budget

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Recognizing Arts’ graduating student leaders in the Class of 2023

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Combatting COVID-19: UBC’s contributions to overcoming the pandemic

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Report on external review of Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters Program

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

Building the foundation for a renewed future: Exploring Workday Student

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Arctic river channels changing due to climate change, scientists discover

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

New Musqueam art featured at UBC’s annual Storm the Wall event

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

31 community partners receive support from the Community University Engagement Support Fund in 2022/23

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

UBC-led biomedical innovation hub to accelerate development and manufacturing of lifesaving medicines for Canadians

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

New UBC project pilots solutions for one of BC’s major sources of carbon emission

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Helping Rwanda rebuild

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

2023 call for proposals to the ALT-2040 Fund Program

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC Sauder’s new focus on climate literacy

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Thirty-eight Research Excellence Clusters to receive GCRC support in 2023/24

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

UBC recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers in 2023

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

UBC Library acquires digital database documenting the Black freedom struggle in 20th Century America

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Collective action on climate change: reflections on COP27 and beyond

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Finding new life for plastic waste

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Charting a new course for MS treatment

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Six new projects receive Campus as a Living Lab funding to advance sustainability and wellbeing

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

Five years and counting: UBC Sauder’s streak of success in the CFA Institute Research Challenge

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

New strategy charts plan for research data management support and services

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Celebrating Resident Doctors Appreciation week

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

UBC recognized as one of BC’s Top Employers in 2023

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Making accessibility accessible to everyone – one day at a time

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

Recognizing the 2022 Sauder School of Business Staff Award winners

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Student-led seminar fills a gap in the curriculum

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Using drone deliveries to enhance health care in rural, remote and Indigenous communities

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Older adults with cancer need coordinated and specialized health services

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Future of Food Dialogues: 2023 Centre for Sustainable Food Systems speaker series

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Celebrating Black History Month at UBC

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

UBC Library project explores Indigenous perspectives in open education resource development

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC biotech spin-off raises $75M to bring cancer treatments to patients

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Students as Partners fund applications open until Feb. 24, 2023

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

UBC named one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People in 2023

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

BC sea sponge has COVID-blocking powers

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

JEDII STEM Series: A step on the path to a just, equitable and inclusive UBC

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Technology may help eliminate health inequities for people in rural communities

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Okanagan Heat recognize 2021-22 academic award winners

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

Student entrepreneur sets out to expand peer support on campus – and around the world

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

2022 Arts Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence recipients

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

UBC deepens collaboration with the University of Stuttgart in science, technology and innovation

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Roadmap for Change: Implementing anti-racism commitments at UBC (Jan. 25 2023)

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

2022 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund awards 47 community partners

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

A no-till future: Evaluating tarps to terminate cover crops and reduce tillage

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

12 interdisciplinary research teams to receive Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) awards

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Shaping Indigenous curriculum at LFS

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

UBCO student team shines with a living light bulb

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

Applied Science staff recognized with 2022 Dean’s Awards

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Animal Welfare program expands research on canine companions

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Experts gather at UBC Sauder conference to showcase how Behavioural Insights can spur long-term change in behaviour

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

2022 UBC Applied Science Dean’s Faculty Awards for Service

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Canada’s mountains feeling the heat of climate change

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

Establishing a more meaningful approach to field research in global communities

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

Strengthening pathogen research in British Columbia

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Pushing the boundaries of spinal cord research

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 18: Alumni Engagement

alumni UBC celebrates 2022 Achievement Awards recipients

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Bringing Indigenous ways of knowing into mental health supports

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

UBC’s next generation of researchers

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC and Wet’suwet’en First Nation collaborate to create new packaging foam from wood waste

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Sustainability Scholars showcase projects to Vancouver city leadership team

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

UBC receives Gold certification in Mental Health at Work from Excellence Canada

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC research could help astronauts eat well on future Mars missions

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

How students are preparing for a climate-changed future

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Scientists uncover new clues about the climate and health effects of atmospheric particles

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Where the rubber hits the road

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

Recognizing staff excellence in 2022

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

UBCO to show off the true colours of Queer History Month

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Inside UBC Sauder Gives Back: A week spent in service of others

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Strengthening Indigenous community through research

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Master of International Forestry field school returns to Quesnel

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Centre for Computational Social Science launches at UBC

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Equity Enhancement Fund supporting 14 projects at UBCV and UBCO in 2022

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Transformative agreements are changing open access publishing at UBC Library

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Work Study opens new doors for undergraduates

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Public Scholars Initiative welcomes 45 scholars for the 2022/23 Academic Year

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Improving youth mental health

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Living drugs could be a game changer in fighting immune-based diseases

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Safeguarding water quality

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

2022 Faculty of Dentistry Trailblazers: An evening of awards and celebration

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

Mission to Launch: Workday Student Explained

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Co-creating a future beyond the classroom

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

RavenSpace at UBC Press receives third Mellon Foundation grant to expand collaborative multimedia Indigenous publishing program

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

Activate UBC: Student Recreation Centre North

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

UBC engineering students’ aircraft model features BC wood in international competition

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

New research aims to keep planes and wind turbines ice-free

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Making the case for open-access law texts

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

UBC students help NASA find landslides by training computers to read Reddit

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Learning a foreign language with a little help from the local community

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

New tools from UBC Nursing aim to improve care for people experiencing substance use stigma

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers receive federal support to advance mRNA vaccine technologies

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

A ‘quiet rumbling’ that led to a visible focus on student humanity

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC researcher creates wood-based alternative to single-use plastic

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

2022 Faculty of Medicine award recipients: Celebrating an extraordinary community of people

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Roots are taking shape for UBC Okanagan’s Indigenous Micro-Forest

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Photo exhibit shows pandemic through the cameras of older adults

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 18: Alumni Engagement

entrepreneurship@UBCO Mentor 2 Market supporting graduates

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Necessity is the mother of a delicious invention

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

UBCO team examines the roots of great wine tourism

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

UBC team developing oral insulin tablet sees breakthrough results

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

UBC enhances training for medical students in the Fraser Valley

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Call for applications: 2023/24 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters competition

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC delegation going to 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27)

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

Science at the crossroads of creativity and ethics

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Classmates turned co-founders reflect on impact of UGO Student Experience Grant

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Orange Shirt Day | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2022 at UBC Vancouver

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Orange Shirt Day | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2022 at UBC Okanagan

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

Accounting. Marketing. Leadership. Lego?

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Global health conference enriched by students

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

Province invests in research infrastructure, innovation at post-secondary institutions

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

New study explores experiences of youth who use drugs as they navigate treatment options

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

UBC Library launches EDI Scholars-in-Residence Program at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Mapping the Milky Way

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Call for proposals for teaching-related funding opportunities at UBC Vancouver

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Honing the immune cell production pipeline

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Unlocking the mysteries of concussion and the brain

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

Engineering students set to launch ‘sailbot’ to Hawaii

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 12: Program Redesign

New courses at UBC tackle real world problems

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Indigenous-focused initiatives receive UBC funding to help advance rights of Indigenous peoples

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Applications open for 2022/23 Community-University Engagement Support Fund

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Next-generation batteries power a more sustainable future

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Accepting applications for 2022/23 Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) competition

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Mobilizing vaccine research in a pandemic

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

The ripple effects of Allard Law’s new award for Black law students

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Harnessing the power of forests to fight climate change

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

UBC scientist sending yeast and algae to space on Artemis 1

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Engineering lab deploys mobile air pollution laboratory

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Faculty and staff housing targeting Passive House certification opens at UBC

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

Call for proposals open for Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Researchers discover ‘weak spot’ across major COVID-19 variants

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Protecting biodiversity, culture, and ecosystem services in the Fraser River Estuary

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

UBCO looks at smart technology to safeguard drinking water

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC student initiative set to recycle nearly 50,000 gloves

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

UBC SALA students bring resilience and relief through bespoke water fountains and misters

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Xwi7xwa Library exhibit explores a Decade of Indigenous Languages

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Inclusion Action Plan implementation underway university-wide

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

UBC Engineers develop nano-copper to quickly kill superbugs

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Digitizing history

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan funding sees student projects get off the ground

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds added to UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Industry partnership provides a boost in UBCO battery research

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Indigenous initiatives design series: Decolonizing teaching and learning in STEM

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

UBC student team aims to build a net-zero student space on campus

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Redefining the undergraduate learning experience in Creative Writing

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Indigenous anthropologist Dr. Kristen Barnett on decolonizing archaeology

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Fires and floods: Future-proofing forestry against climate catastrophes

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

Dr. Kishore Mulpuri on ‘local to global to local’

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Indian, UBC astronomers celebrate first light at liquid-mirror telescope

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Connecting research to action: Sustainability scholar Maggy Spence

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Applications now open for the 2022 Partnership Recognition & Exploration Fund

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

New research centre to foster northern clinical and medical life sciences research

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Graduating with a global perspective: Ginah Choi

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

Delivering solutions to integrate with Workday Student

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC Library rethinking problematic Indigenous representations in children’s literature

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

UBC Arts grad Aiyana Twigg wins Lieutenant Governor medal for work on Indigenous language revitalization

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Caribou Guardians – Q&A with Dr. Clayton Lamb

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

UBC Okanagan expanding to downtown Kelowna

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Building a future in cybersecurity with a UBC MBA

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

2022 UBC Library Employee Recognition Award winners

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

2022 Faculty of Education Dean’s Awards for Staff Excellence

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Protecting BC fruit orchards from climate change with AI

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Shaping protein for new applications

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Life Sciences Institute named UBC Global Research Excellence Institute (GREx)

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC entrepreneurs join fight against plastic pollution

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Rebalancing act: Fall prevention and mobility in older adults

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Detecting insects goes high-tech on UBC campus

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Large TLEF Transformation funding: Special call for hybrid and multi-access course redesign projects

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Celebrating Indigenous strength in medicine

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 18: Alumni Engagement

Branching out to success: Reflections of Forestry Alumni Builder Award recipient

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

UBC Press achieves global accessibility certification

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

UBC opens geological field station in South Okanagan

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Students partner with Punjabi Market Collective to showcase revitalization efforts

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

C.D. Howe Institute ranks UBC 1st in climate change & endowment activities and governance

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

2022 Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations Fund Awards

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Bringing responsible leadership to the board table

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

New Students as Partners (SaP) fund cycle open for applications

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

B.C. researchers launching clinical trial for first genetically engineered stem cell-based therapy for type 1 diabetes

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

UBC Okanagan student residence receives Passive House certification

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Equity Enhancement Fund call for proposals

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

CDL-Vancouver introduces Compute stream to scale revolutionizing technologies

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC strengthens track record as global sustainability leader in higher education

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Community partner advocates for gold standard in patient engagement

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Southern Medical Program celebrates 10 years in B.C.’s Interior

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

UBC Library opens new Conservation Space in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 18: Alumni Engagement

Voices of Sauder volunteers: What you gain when you give

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

UBC releases Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence Task Force report

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Webinar: The Future of Agriculture: A Conversation Revisited

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC leads as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers in 2022

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

An educative approach to Academic Integrity at UBC

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Ungrading: a radical old idea, picking up steam

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

UBC partners with 27 organizations to create community-university projects in 2022

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Installing antimicrobial copper patches on high-touch surfaces in Applied Science buildings

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

H5P: supporting knowledge assessment through interactivity

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

Imagining UBC’s Digital Future

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UBC outlines budget and spending priorities for 2022/23

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Citizen scientists predict cherry blossom peak

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Open UBC launches new collection to highlight open educational resources

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

UBCO’s Harm Reduction Team (HaRT) tackles toxic drugs

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

High-tech mouthguard tracks head impacts during varsity hockey playoffs

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Changing our systems to ensure a sustainable world

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

Reclaiming the narrative: How UBC students are helping decolonize MOA’s African collections

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC bolstering Wellbeing in a challenging year

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Forty Research Excellence Clusters to receive GCRC support in 2022/23

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

International Women’s Day 2022 in the Faculty of Medicine

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Envisioning Equality: Faculty and Staff Award Winners

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

UBC recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers in 2022

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

Art in the Streets of Downtown Kelowna

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 18: Alumni Engagement

Paying it forward

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

Announcing the 2022/23 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund Projects

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Smart windows can significantly reduce indoor pathogens

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

Showcasing the 2021 Sauder School of Business Staff Award winners

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

The Sport of Support

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Tania Dick joins UBC Nursing as inaugural Indigenous Nursing Lead

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Advocating for change and creating opportunities for Black law students

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC spin-off secures $10M investment from Bill Gates-led fund

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Four Black scholars leading innovative research in Arts

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Students harmonize work and personal life through Sauder’s Professional MBA program

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Incoming students gain skills and confidence through Academic Essentials

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Community Engagement Partnership Recognition Fund 2022 applications open

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Stories from the Indigenous Internship Program at the Museum of Anthropology

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Next-generation battery research offers electric cars a boost

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

UBC student athletes promoting excellence beyond the classroom

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

UBC recognized as one of BC’s Top Employers in 2022

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

New scholarship program supports Black Canadian students at UBC

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Salmon camps show youth Indigenous science at work

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Pharmacists Make a Shared Care PACT

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC Library becomes first Canadian institution to join Dryad open-data repository

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

People and Place: The beating heart of UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

UBC named one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People in 2022

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Students as Partners fund applications open until Feb. 1 2022

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Growing a Farm: The 20-year Journey of the UBC Farm

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

IRP Student – 2021 in Review

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

UBC scientists unveil world’s first molecular-level analysis of Omicron variant spike protein

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

2021 Arts Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence recipients

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

ILS Summer Intensive in Tort Law builds community with Indigenous legal perspectives

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Beyond Bias: Behavioural Insights (BI) experts examine the future of workplace at UBC Sauder conference

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Creating opportunities for students to access practical learning experiences

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

UBC Sauder and One Girl Can announce partnership to empower young women entrepreneurs in Kenya

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

UBC Innocence Project: Righting wrongs and training the next generation of lawyers

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Mining for programs with impact: BRIMM’s micro-certificate for global professionals

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

LFS Alumna Wins Prestigious Rhodes Scholarship

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Aircraft can get higher and greener from doped fuels

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

UBC Pharmacists in PCN Program publishes Year One Highlights for 2020-2021

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Tackling historical, systemic and intersectional anti-racism with a new local open online course

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC Library launches Open Publishing Program

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Equity Enhancement Fund – call for proposals

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Meet Peek-a-Moo, a Data Visualization Tool for Dairy Cattle

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Helping patients manage their health at home: UBC Pharmacists Clinic tops 20,000 patient care visits

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Clearing the Air

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Local solutions for boosting COVID-19 vaccine uptake

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Help shape the culture and community of scholarly integrity at UBC

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

2020 Employment Equity Report highlights opportunities for greater diversity of UBC workforce, leadership

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

OER Fund(ed): Bringing culture and community to online language learning

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

New Program: Master of Education in Indigenous Education

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Connecting the UBC Teaching and Learning Community Remotely at a Global Scale

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

Back to Basics

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Presidential Priorities, 2021-22

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Call for proposals: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Seed program

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 12: Program Redesign

Going beyond course design: How the CTLT helped IPCC instructors focus on the essential

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Faculty invited to apply for Open Educational Resources (OER) Fund Implementation Grants

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Public Scholars Initiative Welcomes 36 Scholars for the 2021/22 Academic Year

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Call for proposals for Small Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund Innovation projects

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

UBC Climate Change Research Symposium

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Living with Wildfire

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

UBC Research Data Management Town Hall: Oct. 19, 2021

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Innovative Coating for Blood Vessels Reduces Rejection of Transplanted Organs

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Call for applications: 2022/23 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters competition

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Lhoosk’uz Dené village taps into clean water after a 20-year wait

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

Celebrating staff excellence at UBC

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

One-year anniversary of the Indigenous Strategic Plan

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Call for proposals to the ALT-2040 Fund Program

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Apply for 2021 Community-University Engagement Support funding

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Hold that flight: medical student’s residency interviews equal 1/3 of a Canadian’s annual carbon budget

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Health and wellbeing a top priority as students return to campus

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

AI technology enables screening of billions of compounds to identify potential COVID-19 drugs

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

New Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives supports implementation of UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

UBC Engineering celebrates students’ creativity and ingenuity at Design + Innovation Day

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Nature’s weapon against food-borne pathogens

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Call for letters of intent for Large TLEF Transformation projects

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

IBPOC Connections: Building community, increasing representation at UBC

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

UBC Language Sciences Institute ready to tackle society’s pressing problems

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Exploring careers in support of equity, diversity and inclusion

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Providing safe study space in a pandemic

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC Okanagan engineers find innovative solutions to help urban environments address climate change

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Seeking proposals for the Anti-Racism Initiatives Fund

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Apply for the Equity Enhancement Fund by May 31, 2021

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 18: Alumni Engagement

Re-imagining Homecoming in a virtual way

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC breaks ground on $23-million renewable energy hub

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

In our DNA: Ethiopians taking African genomic research into their own hands

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC-grown biotech companies lead global pandemic efforts

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Building a business analytics community to tackle real-world problems

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

UBC launches Workday, new HR and Finance system

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

UBC launches future-looking global engagement strategy, In Service

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Universities taking action to address the climate emergency

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Celebrating the 2020 Community-University Engagement Support funding recipients

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

Designing strong cities, smashing silos and staying optimistic

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UBC outlines 2021/22 budget and spending priorities

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC leads as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers in 2021

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

UBC Okanagan to offer Canada’s first bachelor’s degree of Indigenous language fluency

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Reflecting on a year of remote teaching and learning

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

2021/22 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund Projects

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

Celebrate UBC global engagement at the strategy launch

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

A simple and safe additive could cut agrochemical pollution

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Thirty-five Research Excellence Clusters to receive GCRC support in 2021/22

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

UBC recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers in 2021

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

Championing investment in digital research infrastructure innovation

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Partnering to ensure students gain practical experience in a COVID-19 labour market

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Fighting climate change: Moving from ideas to actions

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

UBC named one of BC’s Top Employers in 2021

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Embodied carbon pilot helps building industry address climate change

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

UBC named one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People in 2021

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

UBC Sustainability Scholar lays groundwork for City of Vancouver anti-Black racism strategy

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Faculty of Education tackles a teaching conundrum

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Creating connection through food: Sauder student creates app to counter social isolation

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC 2030 competition attracts bold new student ideas

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

Increasing cybersecurity to support working from home

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

Why Privacy Matters at UBC

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

New Allard summer program provides support for Indigenous students

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Leveraging the Okanagan Charter to reflect on the crises of our times

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

Preparing for digital recovery in advance of disaster

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Inclusive Teaching @ UBC: Maximizing success in diverse classrooms

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Indigenous Repatriation Practices UN Expert Seminar held at UBC

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Speeding up COVID-19 testing with artificial intelligence

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

2021 ALT-2040 Fund call for proposals

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Combatting social isolation during COVID-19

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

UBC Learning Exchange marks 20 years in the Downtown Eastside

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Furthering feminism at UBC Okanagan

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Advice from three Arts students on learning online during COVID-19

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

UBC community celebrates launch of new Indigenous Strategic Plan

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Community-based research in action at the UBC Learning Exchange

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Championing sustainability at UBC for twenty years

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Call for Open Educational Resource grant applications

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

IRSHDC awarded funding for multi-year exhibition documenting Indian hospitals in BC and Alberta

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

UBC 2020 Indigenous Strategic Plan Celebration: Sept. 14

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

UBC-wide effort results in warm welcome for incoming first year students during COVID-19

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Discover the techniques and practices of outstanding teachers at UBC

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Student volunteers at the heart of the Agora Café experience

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

UBC team launches art initiative to support mental health of people in prison

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Apply for 2020 Community-University Engagement Support funding

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Geering Up for a changing world

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

Adapting the university to new ways of working

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC recognized as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers in 2020

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

UBC research cluster promotes traditional Indigenous knowledge and science collaboration

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

UBC to establish new downtown Kelowna presence

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

Update on 2021/22 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

UBC doctoral student wins Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Allard Law’s Indigenous Community Legal Clinic goes virtual

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

UBC researchers develop biodegradable medical mask for COVID-19

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

Interprofessional health learning program fosters patient-centred care for chronic illnesses

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Climate emergency engagement: Virtual community dialogues May 21-June 30

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

UBC participates in research study to better diagnose COVID-19

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC research driving the future of clean transportation

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 18: Alumni Engagement

Engagement through learning: alumniUBC Career Development webinars bolster alumni connection

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 12: Program Redesign

Computer Science undergraduate program evaluation and renewal

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

UBC Connects: Engaging communities through innovative lecture series

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Greening our world through automation

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

The flow of water: From the mountains to the campus

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations Fund 2020 projects announced

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 12: Program Redesign

Announcing the Undergraduate Program Evaluation and Renewal year-two funded projects

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

UBC public art for the 21st century

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Latest innovative sustainability research studies how climate change will impact seafood security

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

UBC recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers in 2020

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC among Top 25 universities globally in 13 subjects; Top 50 in 36 subject areas: QS Rankings

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

UBC student discovers 17 new planets, including potentially habitable, Earth-sized world

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Announcing the 2020/21 Open Educational Resources Fund awarded projects

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Creating a home away from home for Indigenous students on UBC’s Vancouver campus

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

Growing together: IRP and UBCO

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

UBC named one of BC’s Top Employers in 2020

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

Announcing the 2020/21 TLEF projects

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Program inspires UBC faculty, staff and students to be community leaders

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

2019 Faculty research award recipients

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

4th Annual John P. Bell Global Indigenous Rights Lecture: Lecture by Dr. Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Apply to the Equity Enhancement Fund

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Inviting proposals for the 2020 Online Learning Advancement Fund

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Strategic Plan Implementation Advisory Committee: Dec. 3, 2019

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Under the microscope: Examining EDI in and out of the lab

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

Peering into the classroom

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

Enhancing Support for Advanced Research Computing

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

Funding available to foster collaborations in research excellence

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

A new home for life science students at UBC

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

UBC named one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People in 2020

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

Meet Our IRP Sponsors: Andrew Szeri

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

In the Field: Counting Sheep

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Corliss’ Story

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

In the Field: Learning Without Borders

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Announcing the 2019 CUES funding recipients

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Strengthening communities through learning

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Call for Proposals: Advancing Education Renewal applications open December 1

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Apply for the Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations Fund

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Humanities for the People

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Announcing the 2019-21 Online Learning Advancement Fund recipients

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

Funding available to support research collaborations between Vancouver and the Okanagan

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Apply for the Public Humanities Hub Impact Award

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Bringing Scholars into the Newsroom

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

Annual Staff BBQ serves up opportunities for connection and wellbeing

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

Spanish for Community: Making an impact through community-engaged learning

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

Textile Tech

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

New advanced research computing infrastructure available to UBC researchers

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

Recognizing staff excellence

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

UBC tool innovates peer feedback process

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

2020 call for proposals for Small Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund Innovation projects

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Call for Applications for Open Educational Resources (OER) Grants

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

New funding available to faculty authors to assist with publishing costs

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Clothing bins made safer

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Students shape learning through TLEF partnerships

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Data helps drive diversified agroecosystems research

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 18: Alumni Engagement

Creating tradition with UBC Okanagan Homecoming

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

Enhancing undergraduate research experiences

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Research Excellence | Strategy 7: Research Support

Capital investment poised to transform big data research at UBC

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Research Excellence | Strategy 10: Research Culture

Tiny solution to big housing shortage issue

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 12: Program Redesign

Chemical and Biological Engineering embarks on impactful program redesign

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

UBC embarks on Canada-wide initiative to assess community engagement

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Initiative encourages UBCO students to give back to the community

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 16: Public Relevance

New art installation boosts community resilience in Vancouver

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Reimagining anatomy education for all

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

Fostering global citizenship through UBC’s International Strategy

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People and Places | Strategy 1: Great People

UBC’s Blue and Gold Campaign for Students helping students realize their potential

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Orientation now available on-demand for new students at UBC’s Okanagan campus

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC Okanagan initiative helps youth with developmental disabilities find work

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

UBC researchers help find solutions to the overdose crisis

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 20: Co-ordinated Engagement

Apply for CUES funding for community partnerships

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC bioenergy facility acts as living lab for climate change leadership

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Call for applications: 2019 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters competition

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Read UBC’s 2018/19 annual report | Read UBC’s 2018/19 annual report

Read UBC’s 2018/19 annual report

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 15: Student Experience

Kelowna emergency medicine program graduates first residents

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Our progress: 2018/19 in review | Our progress: 2018/19 in review

Our progress: 2018/19 in review

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Eminence program 2019 Call for Proposals

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People and Places | Strategy 5: Systems Renewal

UBC invests in new system to improve collaboration and innovation

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

2019/20 ALT Fund projects announced

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Research Excellence | Strategy 9: Knowledge Exchange

Okanagan water forum promotes compelling conversation and shared solutions

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

App allows students to experience the journey of Syrian refugees

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Call for Letters of Intent for Large Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund projects

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

$95,000 awarded to community-led equity, diversity, and inclusion projects

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UBC outlines spending priorities for 2019/20 | UBC outlines spending priorities for 2019/20

UBC outlines spending priorities for 2019/20

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Call for Proposals for the Online Learning Advancement Fund (OLAF)

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

PURE funding recipients announced

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBC tops global university impact rankings: Times Higher Education

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

UBCO invests $70M in new on-campus student housing

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

Law certificate raises awareness of Indigenous perspectives

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 19: Global Networks

Help shape UBC’s priorities for global engagement

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Local and Global Engagement | Strategy 17: Indigenous Engagement

UBC raises Musqueam Indian Band flag permanently at Vancouver campus

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 12: Program Redesign

Update on Undergraduate Program Evaluation and Renewal projects

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People and Places | Strategy 2: Inspiring Spaces

New UBCO Commons fosters collaboration and innovation

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

UBC Himalaya Program integrates language learning and community engaged learning

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People and Places | Strategy 3: Thriving Communities

Wellbeing Scholars Call for Proposals

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Call for applications: Equity & Inclusion Scholars Program

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Research Excellence | Strategy 8: Student Research

Call for Proposals: Program for Undergraduate Research Experience applications open January 7

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

2018 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters competition results

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2018/19 strategic plan projects identified | 2018/19 strategic plan projects identified

2018/19 strategic plan projects identified

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People and Places | Strategy 4: Inclusive Excellence

Math program promotes mentorship for underrepresented women and girls

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Update on UBC strategic plan implementation | Update on UBC strategic plan implementation

Update on UBC strategic plan implementation

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Call for Proposals for Small TLEF Innovation projects

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 13: Practical Learning

Bringing design-making and building tools to architecture students

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 14: Interdisciplinary Education

Interdisciplinary class discusses the power of language

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Research Excellence | Strategy 6: Collaborative Clusters

Eminence program 2018 Calls for Proposals

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 12: Program Redesign

Special call for Undergraduate Program Evaluation and Renewal projects

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Transformative Learning | Strategy 11: Education Renewal

Call for Proposals & 2018/19 ALT Fund recipients announced

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Launch of Shaping UBC’s Next Century | Launch of Shaping UBC’s Next Century

Launch of Shaping UBC’s Next Century