In the Media
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Gender+ Research Collective
Dr. Agnes d’Entremont — Multiple perspectives for better engineering: The importance of EDI and intersectionality
“Engineering technology and devices are for human use, and it’s difficult to design for perspectives you don’t have collectively,” said d’Entremont, explaining the importance of EDI within the engineering field. Dr. Agnes d’Entremont is an associate professor of teaching in UBC’s Mechanical Engineering program.
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The Tyee
First Nations life expectancy has plummeted. How to change that
Tania Dick, Indigenous nursing lead at UBC’s School of Nursing, said that Indigenous Peoples are still trying to work their way through the trauma of residential schools, but society at large isn’t helping them do that.
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The Tyee
BC’s first seniors advocate steps down
Nursing adjunct professor Dan Levitt has been appointed as B.C.’s new seniors advocate.
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The Ubyssey
Humanitarian engineering course host first ever student showcase
APSC 367, Humanitarian Engineering: Politics and Practice, recently hosted their first ever showcase of student projects at Orchard Commons. The interdisciplinary course, jointly created and taught by the departments of international relations and political science and the Faculty of Applied Science, explores the intersections between technical engineering design, sustainability and humanitarianism.
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Meet the recipients of the 2023 Personnel Awards for Black Scholars
UBC School of Nursing's doctoral candidate Ismália De Sousa was one of 19 people to receive the 2023 Personnel Awards for Black Scholars.
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The Ubyssey
14 Not Forgotten ceremony honours École Polytechnique victims
The UBC engineering community gathered outside the Fred Kaiser Atrium in remembrance of the 14 victims of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre.
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CTV News
Engineering grad from B.C. awarded Polytechnique's Order of the White Rose
Chemical and biological engineering alumna Amelia Dai is the first UBC graduate to receive the Order of the White Rose, a scholarship set up in memory of the 14 women who died in the Ecole Polytechnique massacre.
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Canadian SME Business Magazine
Canadian innovators receive prestigious Mitacs Awards for breakthroughs
Bern Klein, a mineral process engineer and professor in the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia, earned the Mitacs Award for Exceptional Leadership—Professor.
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CBC Listen
Truth and Reconciliation in workplaces
Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, Senior Manager of EDI and Indigeneity, discussed Weaving Relations, a training course on Indigenous understanding for UBC faculty and staff.
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British Columbia
Optimism, gratitude, and painful memories at B.C. events on Orange Shirt Day
Applied Science co-hosted an intergenerational march at the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre on September 30 to mark Orange Shirt Day. Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, Senior Manager EDI and Indigeneity, was quoted.