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UBCO professor spearheads global effort to translate, analyze rare 13th century text

One of the world’s most unique and important texts—the General e grand estoria will soon be translated, analyzed and made widely available, thanks to a global endeavour led by a UBC Okanagan researcher.Dr. Francisco Peña, Professor in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, is leading a team of international scholars in the collaborative effort to translate and digitally preserve the General estoria (GE)—the largest universal history written in Medieval Europe. 

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Wildfires could be harming our oceans and disrupting their carbon storage

"As wildfire frequency and intensity continue to rise in B.C., we need to better understand the cascading effects of fire across systems, and to integrate this knowledge into land, water, and climate resilience planning." 

How language revitalization boosts Indigenous health

New research shows that reviving Indigenous languages may do more than preserve culture—it may also improve public health.A new review, led by an interdisciplinary team from the University of British Columbia with participation from the University of Toronto and the University of Sydney, reinforcing what many Indigenous communities have long said: speaking and sustaining ancestral languages contributes to health and well-being.