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Research working in the lab.

Advancing research

UBC welcomes 45 scholars in first wave of Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards

Spotlight

Two climbers on a tree.

Support the UBC Climb for Conservation

This event at UBC Botanical Garden will raise funds to help protect the Amami Maple

Kicking a soccer ball.

Soccer in the Square

Free live broadcast of the world’s biggest soccer tournament of 2026

Person looking at vegetables growing at the farm.

Saturday Farm Farmers’ Market at the UBC Farm

Market features local vendors selling produce, meats, baked goods and more

Explore UBC

Contraceptions shown including IUD and birth control pills.

Free contraception policy sharply reduces patient costs in BC

Researchers find out-of-pocket spending fell 83 per cent within two years of universal coverage

Gloved hand reaching into a stream of running water.

Why protecting drinking water after wildfires is a public health issue

The flames may last days or weeks, but the effects on water can last far longer

Person looking at their phone.

Focus apps are failing neurodivergent minds, new research finds

Research shows that some ‘distraction blocker’ apps can deepen feelings of inadequacy around productivity

Dr. Lesley Cormack, UBC Okanagan Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, City of Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas and Naden Qually, VP External for the Students’ Union Okanagan of UBC, break ground for a new recreation facility at UBC Okanagan.

Campus, Community

Students, City of Kelowna, UBC announce partnership for on-campus recreation facility

New indoor court facility will expand recreation access for UBC Okanagan and the Kelowna community

Gary Bartley on the field preparing for preparing the National Soccer Development Centre.

Meet UBC’s head groundskeeper preparing the National Soccer Development Centre

Gary Bartley and his team proudly prepare the world-class training pitch for the FIFA World Cup 2026™

Micah, Jackson and Aiden Borne pose in this family photo.

Nursing graduand finds a calling in the care that carried him through cancer

Aiden Borne to cross the stage this week as UBC Okanagan celebrates the Class of 2026 during convocation

We acknowledge that UBC’s two main campuses are situated within the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.