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  • Suzie Currie
    UBCO
    June 16, 2025 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff

    Suzie Currie

    Dr. Suzie Currie is the Vice-Principal and Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation at UBC Okanagan, and began this role in October 2024. She is dedicated to fostering an environment where faculty and staff feel empowered to succeed and make a meaningful impact through their work. With a strong commitment to collaboration and innovation, she strives to connect researchers across disciplines and with the broader community to address real-world challenges beyond academia.Prior to working at UBC, Dr. Currie served as interim Associate Vice-President Research, Innovation and Graduate Studies and Dean of Pure and Applied Science at Acadia University. She also served as Department Head at Mount Allison University.With a deep love of animals rooted in her background as a zoologist and comparative animal physiologist, Dr. Currie holds a unique appreciation for the natural world. Off the clock, she’s got a quirky creative streak and dreams of one day learning to play the bass guitar. 

  • UBC COP30
    UBCV & UBCO
    June 16, 2025 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff

    Apply to be part of UBC's virtual delegation at COP30  

    The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) will take place in Belém, Brazil, from Nov. 10–21. The Sustainability Hub is assembling a virtual delegation to witness official negotiations and take part in this year's event. Submit your application by July 8. Learn more 

  • Indigenous language
    UBCV & UBCO
    June 12, 2025 | Media release | Faculty & Staff

    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.

  • EML 2025
    UBCV
    June 12, 2025 | Announcement | Faculty

    Call for proposals for Emerging Media Lab projects

    Faculty members at UBC Vancouver are invited to submit a proposal to work with the Emerging Media Lab team to explore how to incorporate emerging and immersive technologies into teaching, learning or research projects.UBC’s Emerging Media Lab is an experimental lab space where faculty, staff, and students from all disciplines collaborate to evolve learning by creating tools and techniques using emerging media technologies.The deadline for submitting project proposals is July 15.

  • wildfire
    UBCV & UBCO
    June 9, 2025 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff

    This wildfire season is going to be intense. Here’s what to expect

    With Canada’s 2025 wildfire season starting earlier and more intensely than usual, UBC experts break down what’s behind the shift and how to prepare for what’s ahead.In this Q&A, wildfire experts Dr. Lori Daniels and Dr. Mathieu Bourbonnais, co-directors of the Centre for Wildfire Coexistence, explain what’s driving early activity and how communities can prepare. Air quality expert Dr. Christopher Carlsten also weighs in on health precautions.

  • accessibility
    UBCV & UBCO
    June 9, 2025 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff

    Call for applications: Join UBC’s Accessibility Committee

    UBC’s Accessibility Committee is inviting faculty, staff, and students on both campuses to apply to become members. Applicants should have lived experience of disability or be actively engaged in accessibility and disability advocacy. A number of 'at-large' positions are available, and, in addition, the UBC Executive will appoint seven members for key offices and appoint three student leaders representing the Alma Mater Society (AMS), Graduate Student Society (GSS), and Students’ Union of Okanagan (SUO).

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