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May 12, 2022

New UBC research aims to free Type 1 diabetes patients from daily insulin injections. Credit: Unsplash

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

Researchers from the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) have received $1 million from Canada’s Stem Cell Network to conduct research and a clinical trial for one of the world’s first genetically engineered cell replacement therapies for type 1 diabetes.

May 12, 2022

A sockeye salmon jumping the falls on the Meziadin River, B.C. Credit: Andrea Reid

Wild Pacific salmon catches down 80 per cent, elders report

Wild Pacific salmon catches are one sixth what they were 50-70 years ago, Indigenous elders report. Employing Indigenous research methodologies, Dr. Andrea Reid interviewed 48 knowledge keepers from 18 First Nations across the Fraser, Skeena, and Nass rivers.

May 12, 2022

Community Making and Black Flourishing Through the Scarborough Charter, brings together four panels of administrators, faculty, advisors, students, and community activists to discuss concrete pathways to achieving the goals of the Scarborough Charter.

Event: Community Making and Black Flourishing Through the Scarborough Charter

On May 13 and 14, the University of British Columbia will be hosting the inaugural Inter-Institutional Forum of the Scarborough National Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education.

May 12, 2022