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Teaching in focus: Kelly Allison

Kelly is an assistant professor of teaching in the School of Social Work at UBC Vancouver. Find out how she encourages students to bring their unique strengths and lived experiences into their professional practice.

SoTL Seed Program open for proposals

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Seed Program helps you explore and understand the impact of pedagogical choices by providing graduate research specialists, collegial collaborations, and complementary project funding.Previously, the SoTL Seed Program was only open to faculty members at UBC Vancouver. This year, the program has been expanded to include all faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan. Applications are open until Nov. 20.

Participate in UBC's Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11

2023 marks the 73rd year that UBC will host a Remembrance Day ceremony to honour and remember all those who served in times of war, military conflict and peace. The university community is invited to join the event at the Vancouver campus War Memorial Gym on Nov. 11. In addition, several commemorative ceremonies and events will take place across Canada to mark Veterans' Week. UBC Okanagan faculty and staff are encouraged to attend a ceremony in their local community.

Apply to the Developing Leaders Program by Nov. 24

The Developing Leaders Program – which has evolved from the Managing at UBC Program – is now taking applications from eligible managers.The program is aimed at equipping early-career managers in Vancouver and Okanagan campuses with the skills and knowledge required to lead with more confidence and effectiveness.The deadline for applications is noon on Nov. 24 and the program will begin on Jan. 25, 2024.

Call for nominations for OER Excellence and Impact Awards; West Coast Teaching Excellence Award

We are pleased to announce the inaugural call for nominations for the Open Education Resources (OER) Excellence and Impact Awards, as well as a call for nominations for the 2024 West Coast Teaching Excellence Awards. These awards are open to faculty members at both campuses.OER Excellence and Impact AwardsThe OER Excellence and Impact Awards recognize outstanding work done by faculty who materially advance the use and impact of open educational resources in credit courses at UBC. 

Why is the law different when you’re unhoused?

Message from the President: Hello from a new colleague

A message from Benoit-Antoine Bacon, President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor of Psychology

High insulin levels directly linked to pancreatic cancer

A new study from researchers at UBC’s Faculty of Medicine reveals a direct link between high insulin levels, common among patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes, and pancreatic cancer.

Low-income countries could lose 30% of nutrients like protein and omega-3 from seafood due to climate change

The nutrients available from seafood could drop by 30 per cent for low-income countries by the end of the century due to climate change, suggests new UBC research.That’s in a high carbon emissions and low mitigation scenario, according to the study published today in Nature Climate Change. This could be reduced to a roughly 10 per cent decline if the world were to meet the Paris Agreement targets of limiting global warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius – which recent reports have shown we’re not on track to achieve.

Research in focus: Yue Qian

Having grown up in Wuhan, China, Yue Qian felt compelled to help people in her hometown by better understanding their experiences after the pandemic hit. Her research specifically examines how the pandemic affected the course of gender progress for women.

How will you take part in this year's UBC United Way campaign? 

UBC’s annual United Way campaign is currently underway until December, providing an opportunity for the UBC community to come together and raise funds for a great cause.United Way British Columbia is strengthening vital connections that support people in need in our local communities, across BC. All money raised will make a difference locally.There are a number of ways you can get involved in this year’s campaign: