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UBC Geering Up to offer free virtual engineering-themed workshops for high school girls
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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…
Supportive communities and progressive politics can reduce suicide risk among LGBTQ girls
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Edited: June 27, 2022 Many LGBTQ youth continue to experience stigma and discrimination despite Canada’s progress in protecting human rights. New research from UBC’s school of nursing shows that supportive communities—and a progressive political…
New online tool co-developed by UBC supports women in violent relationships
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A new app co-developed by researchers at the University of British Columbia, Western University and the University of New Brunswick could help guide women who are experiencing intimate partner violence to a position of better health and security.…
Geering Up for a pandemic
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Edited: June 27, 2022 Editors Note: Since this article's original publication, Geering Up has continued to expand it's online programming. The organization posts workshops for adolescents, teens, and teachers. Geering Up's YouTube…
UBC Applied Science #ShutDownSTEM Statement
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Dear Applied Science Community, I am writing to affirm that UBC Applied Science stands in solidarity with #ShutDownSTEM, #ShutDownAcademia, and #Strike4BlackLives this Wednesday, June 10th. We support colleagues in our Faculty, at UBC and globally…
Dean’s message: We must act together against racism and discrimination
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Dear students, staff and faculty, As I follow current events, I am deeply unsettled and acknowledge that I must do more, we must do more, to change the systemic racism embedded in all facets of our society, including within the Faculty of Applied…
Experts call for more equitable housing policy post-COVID-19
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Republished from UBC News - Jonathan Rados. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted unique pressures on certain groups like Canada’s seniors, Indigenous communities, and people experiencing homelessness.
Vote for Applied Science Women of Distinction
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In 2020, two UBC Applied Science researchers have been nominated for the prestigious YWCA Women of Distinction Awards: Karen Cheung (Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering) under the category of Research, the…
Geering Up receives 2019 Actua Experience Award
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Updated June 24, 2022 Editors note: Since this article was published in 2019, Gearing Up has been diversifying and expanding. During the COVID-19 pandemic, online programming was launched so that BC youth could access STEM. Now, Gearing Up…
Four UBC Applied Science students receive Women in Tech Scholarships
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Four students in the UBC Faculty of Applied Science — Jessica Bo, Esther Lin, Parmis Mohaghegh and Tiffany Quon — have been awarded 2019 Women in Technology and Indigenous Women in Technology Scholarships from the Irving K. Barber British Columbia…