Jumpstarting success
Nearly 1,300 new international and Aboriginal students benefit from two-weeks of orientation and a year of personalized support.
Extreme makeover, campus edition
New pedestrian pathways, water features, courtyards, gardens and lighting are part of a 15-year, $45 million plan to improve outdoor public spaces
UBC’s mobile mojo
The BIG trend is unstoppably mobile. And coming soon to a campus near you—the mobile-enabled university.
8,000 strong. UBC welcomes the class of 2016
They’ve been planning it for months. Staff and student volunteers organize Canada’s largest one-day orientations, called Imagine and Create, plus activities for international students (Jump Start), and residence life. But support for university life goes well beyond the first day. Here are a few staff who work year round to support students.
When organizational culture hinders human rights
Prof. Galit Sarfaty studies why some organizations devoted to good causes sometimes drop the ball on human rights.
Finally fluent
Claudie Diaz was part of the Academic English Support (AES) pilot program, which helps close the language gap for students who have a different mother tongue.
No longer optional
Prof. Darlene Johnston teaches Aboriginal Rights and Treaties. UBC is one of the first Canadian law schools to make it a requirement for graduation.
Small planet, global classroom
Kristina Michaux worked in Rwanda as part of a new international nutrition major, one of two new programs in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems.
Don’t be a passive witness
Second-year Tbird Andrew Darcovich is helping lead a campaign to help end violence against women. The football squad is partnering with the BC Lions.
Adding a touch of green to the blue and gold
UBC Athletics & Recreation asked sustainability researchers to measure the environmental footprint of its facilities and programs.