Celebrating faculty and staff who are partnering for purpose

Cascades of Change: Inclusive Leadership and Respectful Engagement
Dean's Office, Faculty of Applied Science 
UBC Vancouver

Areeba Asif collaborates with faculty and staff to advance equity, inclusion, and systemic change in academic and professional streams through Cascades of Change to Inclusive Leadership and Respectful Engagement, a university-wide initiative led by the Faculty of Applied Science.

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Outdoor Banner Exhibition
Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
UBC Okanagan

Shauna Oddleifson is partnering with the City of Kelowna to showcase original artworks by UBC Okanagan students, alumni, faculty, and staff on street banners in the Art Walk pathway in Kelowna’s Cultural District.

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Balanced Supply of Housing
Housing Research Collaborative
Peter A. Allard School of Law
UBC Vancouver

Alexandra Flynn conducts rigorous community-based research and data analysis through the Balanced Supply of Housing Research Node to foster a just and equitable housing system through knowledge generation and mobilization.

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Patient and Community Partnership for Education
UBC Health
UBC Vancouver

Mandy Young is involved with expanding province-wide partnerships at UBC Health, integrating patient voices into education to foster compassionate, community-rooted, and inclusive training for future health professionals.

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Virtual Patient Interaction Practice Tool in Pharmacy Education
Office of Educational Technology and Learning Designs, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
UBC Vancouver

The GENRx Team is collaborating with the UBC Cloud Innovation Centre to integrate generative artificial intelligence into pharmaceutical education, to create more dynamic, interactive, and personalized learning tools that equip pharmacy students for real-world patient interactions.

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UBC Cloud Innovation Centre
UBC Vancouver & UBC Okanagan

The UBC Cloud Innovation Centre, powered by Amazon Web Services, empowers innovation through collaboration, expertise and open-source solutions to tackle real-world challenges faced by the university and public sector, including marine habitat conservation, community access to water, improving patient care, and AI for student learning. 

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Contact CIC

Geriatric Oncology Speaker Series
School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
UBC Vancouver

Kristen Haase is bringing together experts across disciplines and geographies to advance knowledge and practice in the care of older adults with cancer. 

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Innovation UBC
Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
UBC Vancouver

Innovation UBC is supporting interdisciplinary collaborations to accelerate research translation and student learning across faculties and campuses.

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Flavours of Hope
UBC Food Services / Student Housing & Community Services
UBC Vancouver

UBC’s Local Supplier Spotlight with Flavours of Hope uplifts newcomer women entrepreneurs, showcasing three female-owned food businesses annually through storytelling, community, and culinary celebration.

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Contact David Speight

Climate Action Planning Micro-Certificate
Sustainability Hub
UBC Vancouver

A faculty and staff collaboration between the Sustainability Hub, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, and Campus + Community Planning that delivers a climate action planning micro-certificate designed to equip professionals with the tools, confidence, and foundational skills to begin climate action planning within their organizations and communities. After two successful offerings reaching over 40 participants from a diversity of sectors, the team will collaborate once again to deliver a third iteration in the Fall of 2026.

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Contact Oliver Lane

From the Tissue Level to Clinical Manifestations and Inter-professional Care
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Vancouver;
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, UBC Okanagan

Jennifer Kong and Zoë Soon collaborated with faculty and students at UBCV, UBCO, BCIT, and industry to develop the first-ever open education multimedia resource on Pathology.

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Postdoctoral Peer Mentorship Program
Dean’s Office, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, Faculty of Medicine
UBC Vancouver

Alisha Lettman is bringing together Faculty of Medicine researchers across programs and research sites to cultivate a sense of belonging, collaboration rather than competition, and exploration of non-academic career pathways through the Postdoctoral Peer Mentorship Program.

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Geering Up Engineering Outreach
Faculty of Applied Science
UBC Vancouver

Geering Up Engineering Outreach, a team within the Faculty of Applied Science, works with industry and community partners to inspire youth across BC to engage in science, technology, engineering and math.

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Health Data Analytics Micro-Certificate 
Faculty of Medicine
UBC Vancouver

To help equip BC healthcare professionals with essential data skills, the Department of Medicine and Data Science Institute partnered with BC's regional health authorities and the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills to develop the Health Data Analytics: Opportunities and Applications Micro-Certificate.

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RNA-LNP Research
Michael Smith Labs
UBC Vancouver

Andrew Varley is advancing RNA-LNP innovation by uniting Anna Blakney’s RNA & Formulation Core with Pieter Cullis’s Nanocore to deliver cost-effective, non-profit manufacturing services.

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World Deaf Ice Hockey Championships
UBC Conferences and Accommodation and Student Housing and Community Services
UBC Vancouver

The 4th World Deaf Ice Hockey Championships, held May 2025 at UBC Vancouver, brought together the world’s top deaf hockey talent. Conferences & Accommodation at UBC, in partnership with campus and community stakeholders, delivered a safe, inclusive, and accessible event that celebrated excellence and supported the growth of the sport.

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Contact Ria Natividad

Sustainable Transportation Initiatives
Sustainable Transportation Office
UBC Okanagan

UBC Okanagan’s Sustainable Transportation Office is collaborating with UBC units and local businesses to offer programs, including the Try an E-Bike pilot and Loan-a-Lock program.

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Contact Hailey Rilkoff

Spatial Empathy and Immersive Sound
Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts
UBC Vancouver

Siobhán collaborated with the Pacific Immigrant Resources Society to develop an immersive audio storytelling project for its 50th anniversary, highlighting the experiences of immigrant and refugee women while giving students hands-on experience in community-engaged storytelling.

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Contact Siobhán Wittig McPhee

Our Hustle, Our Struggle, Our Art 
Division of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
UBC Vancouver

Our Hustle, Our Struggle, Our Art is the culmination of an arts-based participatory-research project born from long-standing partnerships between UBC-researchers and Vancouver’s sex work community.

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Contact Melody Yin Yun Wise

Addictive E-Waste Problem
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Faculty of Science
UBC Vancouver

Bringing together faculty members from Science, Applied Science, and Forestry, along with survey data from the Canadian and US public, this IRES research explores how nicotine vaping devices are slipping through regulatory cracks, causing serious environmental and health concerns. 

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Contact Nivretta Thatra

Indigenous Specific Anti-Racism and Cultural Safety Education
Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine
UBC Vancouver

To address the need to access culturally safe health care in BC, the Continuing Professional Development team partnered with Doctors of BC’s Indigenous Specific Anti-Racism and Cultural Safety Team to deliver education through a series of webinars exploring foundational knowledge, resources and practical tools for health professionals.

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BC Rural Health Network 
Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
UBC Vancouver

In collaboration with the BC Rural Health Network through their Implementation Committee, Jude Kornelsen is bringing together rural mayors, city counsellors, community leaders, and concerned citizens from across the province to advocate for local health care needs, prioritizing the lived and living experiences of rural residents.  

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Campus of Care
Vice-President, Students, Student Health and Wellbeing
UBC Vancouver

Noorjean Hassam, Associate Vice President Student Health and Wellbeing (SHW), and the SHW leadership team partnered with Vancouver Coastal Health including UBC Hospital & Emergency Department, the UBC Urgent and Primary Care Centre, the Ministry of Health, the UBC Health Clinic, and the Gateway Team Based Care Teaching Clinic, to create Campus of Care—an initiative designed to ease navigation and coordinate health care services for students, staff, faculty, and residents at the Vancouver campus. 

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Cooking In Two Worlds Gathering
UBC Food Services / Student Housing & Community Services
UBC Vancouver

In March 2025, UBC Food Services partnered with Vancouver Community College to host the Cooking In Two Worlds Gathering, which brought together Indigenous leaders and decision makers from BC institutions to address gaps in access to traditional Indigenous goods in hospitals, K-12 schools, and post-secondary institutions. 

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Contact David Speight