Topics: EDI+Indigeneity
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
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,…
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…
Building more inclusive cities through data science
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Edited: June 24, 2022 In a fair society, everyone — young or old, high-income or low- — would have equal access to hospitals, schools and other essential services by public transit. Such a society may soon be within closer reach thanks to…
Warm welcomes and a fond farewell in the APSC Dean's Office
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Sally Thorne will step down from her position as Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs in the UBC Faculty of Applied Science dean’s office on June 30, 2019 — the end of her term — to take a one-year administrative leave.
UBC’s School of Biomedical Engineering nears student gender parity
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UBC’s new school of biomedical engineering (BME) is closing in on a milestone of student gender parity. BME’s female enrolment rate is now 45.9 per cent which makes the BME program close to the faculty of applied science’s goal of gender parity.