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Boosting your mental health

How to get through — and even enjoy — the holidays

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Meet UBC’s honorary degree recipients

Sixteen extraordinary individuals recognized in 2020

UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Santa J. Ono

President Santa J. Ono updates the UBC community

Academic integrity and support during exam time

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Inclusive teaching: What is it and why does it matter?

Online session offers an introduction for anyone who teaches at UBC

Explore UBC

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Community, Research

It’s not too late to save 102 species at risk of extinction

Yet there is currently no overarching plan to save them

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Campus, Community

Happiness 101: prioritizing time over money

Alumnus talks to UBC’s resident expert on happiness, Dr. Elizabeth Dunn

Surabhi Shakkarwar, UBC Alumna, Master of Urban Design, Faculty of Applied Science

People of UBC: Surabhi Shakkarwar

Born and raised in India. Passionate about creating healthy communities. Loves mascara and reading in the park.

Will Oxtaby, co-host of This Week at UBC

This Week at UBC

What’s happening from November 29 to December 5

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Arts and Culture, Campus, Community

Learn the story behind UBC’s new Indigenized academic regalia

Chrystal Sparrow, a xʷəməθkʷəy̓əm artist, created the design

Peter Simpson, Dean of UBC Okanagan’s College of Graduate Studies

Campus, Community, People

Finding the fun in academia

Meet Peter Simpson, the new dean of UBC Okanagan’s College of Graduate Studies