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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Shifting perspectives: This biomedical engineering student’s path to innovation and accessibility
| Announcement
Max Arsenault sees the world from a different perspective. As a full-time manual wheelchair user, this cellular bioengineering student is a steadfast advocate for improving the health research sphere and transforming how we plan for equity,…
Weaving Relations Launch Event
Jun 21, 2023 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Event
This event has passed. We encourage you to learn more about Weaving Relations on our course webpage, which offers professional content-based video interviews. Join us, along with guest speaker Chancellor Steven Point and other distinguished…
Dialogue Day: Building your Anti-Oppression Toolbox
May 17, 2023 | 10:00am - 2:30pm | Event
This event has passed. Unfortunately, it was not recorded. We encourage you to check out our previous Dialogue Day on Race, Allyship, and Reconciliation, which was recorded.
'We can do this together': UBC Engineering strives to increase female enrolment
The Ubyssey | | Media coverage
Engineering professors Dr. Sheryl Staub-French, associate dean of equity, diversity, inclusion and Indigeneity, and Dr. Agnes d’Entremont, faculty advisor of Women in Engineering UBC, on increasing women enrolment in UBC Engineering.
Dialogue Day: International Day for the Elimination of Racism
Mar 21, 2023 | 10:15am - 2:30pm | Event
Hosted by the Faculties of Applied Science and Land and Food Systems This event has passed. Watch the recording This Dialogue was a response to our community’s desire to develop our collective toolboxes for having critical and challenging…
‘Joyously welcoming’: Pamela Wolf receives first UBC Applied Science Inclusion and Belonging Award
| Announcement
The first UBC Applied Science Inclusion and Belonging Award went to Pamela Wolf, civil engineering assistant professor of teaching, for her leadership and practice in fostering inclusion and belonging within engineering education.
Black History Month: A panel conversation on the Black experience in the Faculty of Applied Science
Feb 28, 2023 | 3:00pm - 4:30pm | Event
In this panel conversation, students, staff, and faculty come together to share their experiences of being Black in a faculty that is – unfortunately – under-representative of the Black population in Canada.
Master’s program empowers Indigenous nurses to utilize their own teachings
IndigiNews | | Media coverage
UBC is one of six schools taking part in a collaboration to challenge anti-Indigenous racism and better support Indigenous healthcare providers.
Black Canadian history and APSC: understanding and reconciling the history of our professions
Feb 1, 2023 | 3:00pm - 4:30pm | Event
For Black History Month, Bashir Mohamed, former EDI.I Coordinator in the APSC EDI.I Office, gave a talk focused on Black Canadian history and how the history relates to our disciplines in Applied Science.
UBC’s first IBET Momentum Fellow aims to decolonize engineering design and project delivery
| Announcement
When Danilo Caron returned to school for an engineering degree, he never imagined how much his new career and research would support his personal journey to connect with his Anishinaabe culture. Years spent working as a masonry contractor in his…