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Concrete toboggan race returns to Kelowna, Big White

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UBCO’s School of Engineering is hosting the Great Northern Toboggan Race—a multi-day, student-led event where universities from across Canada race their hand-built concrete toboggans down steep hills.

Student-athlete is a force on and off the court

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Student-athlete Hellen Lacava is a force on and off the court as she pursues her dual passions for volleyball and engineering.

Acid-base chemistry makes fuels from air possible

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I was raised in Kelowna, BC and received my BSc in Chemical Engineering Co-op at the University of Alberta. I joined the Berlinguette group at UBC in 2018 to pursue my PhD in Chemical & Biological Engineering. There, we…

Building bridges across design and research: architecture and landscape architecture

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I was born and raised in Vancouver, BC. UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) has been my second home in recent years as I developed my capacities for design in the dual degree Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape…

BE Brave, BE Relevant, STAY Relevant

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Se:ko! My name is Olivia Maracle, and my pronouns are she/her. I am a daughter, a sister, and a granddaughter. I am of the Turtle Clan and identify as Kanien'kehá:ka (People of the Flint) or Mohawk from the Bay of Quinte. My…

Setting a new course: It's never too late to make a career change

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I was born and raised in Jonquière, Québec and decided to join the Canadian Armed Forces straight out of high school to serve as a Naval Combat Systems Engineer. I received a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada…

Trauma-informed design: Changing the narrative in health technology development

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Dr. Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, from the UBC School of Nursing in Vancouver.

Moving toward a sustainable world

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I was born and raised in China and spent 5 years at UBC doing a major in Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE), and minor in Commerce. During my time as a CHBE student, I found my passion in renewable energy and other solutions to environmental…

UBC Engineering: A program so nice, I joined it twice

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I graduated from UBC’s Chemical and Biological Engineering undergraduate program in 2020. I loved my time in the department so much that I ended up staying for an additional two years to complete my Master's. My Master's research focused…

Two UBC alumni receive 2022 McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award

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Todd Ablett, a teacher of competitive robotics at West Vancouver Secondary School, and Joe Muise, a science teacher at St. Thomas More Collegiate, are being honoured with the 2022 McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award by UBC Applied Science.

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UBC is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people (Musqueam; which means 'People of the River Grass') and Syilx Okanagan Nation. The land has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam and Syilx peoples, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history and traditions from one generation to the next.

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