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From lawns to living ecosystems: UBC’s campus embraces biodiversity, climate resilience, and cultural connection

At UBC’s Vancouver campus, a transformation is underway where manicured lawns are being reimagined as thriving ecosystems, blending biodiversity with cultural significance.

Teaching in focus: Johannah Black

As an educator in the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office, Johannah teaches consent, bystander intervention, trauma-informed approaches, and respectful communication. She fosters a collaborative learning environment by inviting learners to share ideas and feedback, challenging themselves and the world around them.

Bringing Indigenous ways of knowing to neuroscience

UBC researchers are working with Indigenous scholars and communities to bring Indigenous perspectives into brain science. Their work aims to open up new pathways for treating mental health and neurological conditions that are centered on collaboration, respect and self-determination.

Only seven out of 100 people worldwide receive effective treatment for their mental health or substance-use disorders

Talk ‘n’ Textiles workshops teach participants how to weave, creating space to build community

Get active this February with Move UBC

Move UBC is an annual university-wide initiative in February to encourage faculty, staff and the wider university community to reduce time spent being inactive. During Move UBC this month, find out about: The benefits of moving more and breaking up sedentary behaviourTips for fitting physical activity into your dayEvents and initiatives at UBC Vancouver and UBC OkanaganLearn more

Reminder: Preparing for extreme weather at UBC

As the season progresses, familiarize yourself with the information available to help you prepare for winter weather. Find out what steps the university has taken to keep your campus operational and how faculty members can support students who are unable to travel.UBC Vancouver

Research in focus: Ray Taheri

Driven by a passion for real-world, community-centred challenges, Ray believes that engineers have a unique responsibility to be part of society's solutions. He works closely with Dr. Hadi Mohammadi on projects to improve the quality of life for those affected by medical conditions.

Black History Month at UBC

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 technologies (such as virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, etc.) 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 March 15.

Preparing for extreme weather at UBC

As weather patterns shift towards snow, we would like to remind you of information available to help you prepare for extreme weather.If UBC is subject to extreme winter weather conditions, the administration may decide to curtail in-person learning activities and non-necessary services. In the event of extreme weather, you are advised to regularly check www.ubc.ca for campus status updates.