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How to climate-proof your neighbourhood

Citizen’s Coolkit on Climate Change and Urban Forestry offers ideas to create a cooler future

Spotlight

Santa J. Ono reappointed President and Vice-Chancellor

Professor Ono will serve a second term after joining UBC in 2016

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New to UBC? Start here

Find info on orientation and a pre-university checklist

Justice Edwin Cameron, a former judge of South Africa’s highest court and UBC Connects speaker

Former South African judge to speak at UBC Connects event

Edwin Cameron was awarded the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights

Explore UBC

Researcher Joanne Taylor with a basket in a food garden or farmers market

Researcher explores food security during COVID-19

Joanne Taylor says it has never been more important to buy locally-produced food

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Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers

Valley networks scarring Mars’s surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, research finds

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Research, Teaching and Learning

Gender affirming voice training helps people find their true voice

Participants learn techniques to develop a voice that matches their gender identity

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Canadians wary of new technologies that allow employers to spy on staff

Research shows resistance to surveillance technologies designed to help employers monitor staff productivity

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A new student’s dictionary of UBC terms and acronyms

Here’s why your CWL matters

Yu Yang (Sally) Lin, UBC student, Faculty of Arts

People of UBC: Yu Yang (Sally) Lin

Passionate about building better communities through policy, planning and design