Topics:
EDI+Indigeneity
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
IGNITE! book club: David Chariandy in conversation with Ayesha S. Chaudhry
Jun 30, 2021 | 2:30pm - 5:00pm | Event
On June 30, Dr. David Chariandy, award-winning author of ‘Brother’, will be in conversation with Dr. Ayesha S. Chaudhry about her new book, ‘The Colour of God’. By revisiting a series of pivotal moments in her life, Dr. Chaudhry examines the…
Black women in the academy
Jun 23, 2021 | 9:30am - 11:00pm | Event
The purpose of this speaker series is to foreground Black voices in fields where Blackness is particularly underrepresented, and provide actionable and measurable strategies to UBC to increase Black representation and Black excellence in these…
How Applied Science faculty members are decolonizing their classes
| Announcement
Professors in the UBC Faculty of Applied Science are working to decolonize their classrooms, and incorporate Indigenous teaching methods and ways of knowing.
Honouring and celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ people: Week 2
| Announcement
June is Pride Month in Canada and each week we are sharing content to honour and celebrate 2SLGBTQIA+ people and teach about the issues this community continues to face.
A message to our community on the discovery of a mass grave of Indigenous children in Kamloops
| Announcement
Our hearts are with all those mourning the 215 young lives lost at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Two undergraduate students awarded CEMF Engineering Ambassador Awards
| Announcement
Third-year mechanical engineering student, Madisyn Szypula, and first-year engineering student, Kayley Beckie, were both recognized by the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF) with 2021 awards.
UBC Applied Science condemns anti-Asian harassment and violence
| Announcement
Edited: June 29, 2022 Racism and bias have no place in our community and we have zero tolerance for it. - UBC President Santa Ono Recent escalations of anti-Asian harassment and violence, are horrific reminders of the racism faced by the…
Celebrating women in engineering
| Announcement
While the numbers of women enrolled in postsecondary engineering programs and working as professional engineers have increased over the past few decades, women continue to be significantly underrepresented in these areas.
Marginalized groups experience higher cumulative air pollution in urban Canada
| Announcement
Edited: June 27, 2022 Different marginalized groups are exposed to higher cumulative air pollution in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto, according to new research from the University of British Columbia. In Vancouver, Indigenous residents are most…
UBC Geering Up to offer free virtual engineering-themed workshops for high school girls
| Announcement
This Saturday, October 17, UBC Geering Up Engineering Outreach will launch a series of free monthly online workshops targeted at girls in grades 8 to 12. Designed and led by current UBC Engineering students, the “All-Girls Events”, which were…