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In an act of collaboration and cultural exchange, the En’owkin Centre generously gifted UBCO with an Nsyilxcn name, translating to signify the building’s purpose of innovation and its role as a collaborative hub for enlightenment, teaching and information exchange.
The Green Labs Program is happy to share the winners of the 2024 Green Labs Fund. Each year the Green Labs Fund is awarded to laboratories across both UBC’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses to generate sustainable solutions in laboratories that reduce the environmental impact of research activities...
The MacLeod Building Renewal is a comprehensive retrofit project on Main Mall designed by Proscenium Architecture + Interiors and Teeple Architects.
At UBC Vancouver we enjoy a relatively large amount of water due to high levels of rainfall. However, as a large, research-intensive university, UBC also consumes a significant amount of water.
Our equitable, inclusive, and diverse team is committed to transformative change, protecting the environment, climate justice and to enriching the UBC campus landscape with a stronger Indigenous presence. How to apply Find the job ID below Search CareersOnline for the position (available until...
Written by Elena Massing , Illustrations by Iman Janmohamed There’s an entire community working together, and through child-sized, yet critical steps, UBC Child Care is nurturing inclusivity in a new generation — at a price people can afford.
A recent study from Dr. Lilian P. Sales, a postdoctoral fellow working with Dr. Lael Parrott in UBCO’s Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences department , explored the burrowing owl and how it’s adapting to climate change.
Dr. Alessandro Ielpi, an Assistant Professor of Geomorphology in the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science at UBC Okanagan, has found evidence supporting the theory that vegetation influences whether rivers flow in graceful curves or straighter paths. “That plant life aids in shaping river landscapes...
Inspired by the pioneering work of veteran US farmer and environmental campaigner Wendell Berry, Dr. Riseman believes the historic separation of plant and animal production systems has in fact created far more resiliency problems than solutions for agriculture.
Understanding and addressing agriculture’s biggest climate change challenges starts at the microscopic level for plant physiologist Dr. Thorsten Knipfer .

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