Topics: Indigenous Student Experience
Campus, co-op and first place at the Canadian Mining Games
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How did you get interested in engineering? My high school hockey coach once offhandedly told me he thought I would make a good engineer. To be honest, I hadn’t really thought about it before. I enjoyed math and science in high school and knew…
Engineering as a pathway to medicine
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Why did you want to study biomedical engineering? Both of my parents are engineers – my dad is a computer engineer and my mom is a mechanical engineer – so I always knew what engineering was about and considered it as an option. In high…
Curious about what it’s like to be an Indigenous student studying engineering at UBC?
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Indigenous students in Engineering at UBCFor Indigenous students, studying engineering at UBC can be a pathway to bring together traditional knowledge, problem-solving skills and community values in a profession that values diverse perspectives and…
Finding connections between civil engineering and tap dancing
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Why did you want to study engineering?My father is an engineer so I’ve always had the idea of studying engineering in the back of my mind as an option. When I began looking into university programs, I realized that…
UBC/UNBC environmental engineering program offers best of both worlds
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Why did you want to study engineering?I found it hard to figure out what I wanted to study, and in grades 11 and 12 I felt like I had way too many options to choose from. One day in math class I thought ‘I’d like to do a degree where I can do a fair…
Designing a resin transfer moulding apparatus to make surfboard fins
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Designing a resin transfer moulding apparatus to make surfboard fins
Seed2Stem Research Program Gives Tomme Lab Experience
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Tomme's experience in first year engineering.
Making The Most Of Every Opportunity, From Researching T-cell Therapy to Co-leading UBC Bionics
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Emily's experience in biomedical engineering; how co-op shaped her degree and her plans after graduation.
A landslide mitigation plan for CN Rail
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Our projectIn November 2020, a glaciomarine landslide occurred west of Terrace, BC, and destroyed a CN railway track. Our project was to propose a solution to stabilize the slope and mitigate the impact of a potential future landslide in the…
Applying Your Knowledge and Building Things
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Briden's experience in mechanical engineering and how his co-op shaped his professional journey.