UBC community stories

Prevention, training and support: Fighting sexual violence at UBC

If anyone at UBC has had to hit the ground running, it’s Sonya Boyce and Shilo St. Cyr. Not only are they just six months into their respective roles as directors of the new Vancouver and Okanagan Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Offices, but they are building a team of staff, working on training and awareness campaigns, and providing supports and referrals to students, staff and faculty affected by sexual violence.

Cultivating fairness in our community

Taryn Cigagna goes global

If there were ever a job custom-fit for an individual, it’s Taryn Cigagna’s role as Associate Director of UBC’s Go Global international learning program.

Fighting the good fight

When it comes to conflict, most people try to avoid it. But Aftab Erfan, UBC's first Director of Dialogue and Conflict Engagement in the Equity & Inclusion Office, views it as an opportunity for growth and change.

The value of engagement: An interview with Darren Dahl

Darren Dahl, Senior Associate Dean of Faculties and Director of the Graduate School at the Sauder School of Business, works with faculty in the hiring, development, and tenure process for research faculty and also supervises 36 staff. Here, he shares his perspective on why workplace engagement matters.

Perfect synchronization – at work and on the water

An unexpected path sparks UBC’s online learning era

Empowering youth in Kenya and at home

It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students—and a yearly experience for Colleen Poeta. As program coordinator of the Sauder Social Entrepreneurship-Kenya (SSE-K) Program, Colleen spends four weeks of her summers in Nairobi, where she supports a team of UBC students as they deliver a series of workshops in the large urban slums of Kibera and Mathare.

Bringing emergency preparedness to life at UBC

Alex Bigazzi’s “Silver Bullet”

Skeleton staff: curating the big blue whale

Chris’s passion for nature was what first sparked his involvement with the Beaty Museum. While an undergraduate in animal biology at UBC, he began volunteering with the Cowan Tetrapod Collection in 2006 helping to move it into the newly constructed Beaty Museum in 2007. A part-time position followed, during which he completed a certificate in Museum Studies from UVic’s Cultural Resource Management program.

A new take on the classroom builds space for better learning