Learning with UBC Okanagan travel program
UBC Okanagan student Brooke Bailey recently returned from a two-month volunteer stint in South Africa, where she nursed baby elephants, tracked cheetahs and worked alongside veterinarians involved in wildlife conservation and management.
Pioneering Canadian literary journal turns 50
The first issue of UBC’s Canadian Literature journal appeared in 1959. Over the years it has gained an international readership with more than 200 published issues of criticism, reviews and poetry, helping profile this country’s literature around the world.
U.N. honours Peter Oberlander posthumously
UBC Professor Emeritus H. Peter Oberlander (1922-2008), founder of the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) and the Centre for Human Settlements at UBC, will be recognized posthumously by the United Nations Habitat agency (UN-Habitat) with a 2009 Scroll of Honour award.
Trivial similarities translate into greater sales, but also greater risk
Finding out that you share the same birthday, hometown or even first name with another stranger can be a great icebreaker in social situations.
Sharing island treasures
Without the support of a UBC-based program, the rich visual history of a local island community would remain confined to thousands of aging film negatives.
Grad student tackles cerebral palsy's long-term challenges
Marylyn Horsman, a master's student in UBC’s Rehabilitation Sciences has had her share of hurdles to overcome.
Planning student surveys Vancouver's housing future
When Latosia Campbell, MSc student at UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), first came from Jamaica to Canada to study she was surprised to find only a small selection of Vancouver rentals fit her student budget.
More than just bloodsucking lawyers
While thoughts may turn to zombies, vampires and other ghoulish creatures as Hallowe’en approaches, few think of adding “the law” into the mix.
