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tudent Nadia Smith and Dr. Chase Mason examine pepper plants as part of the Plant Breeding Initiative inside UBC Okanagan's Plant Growth Facility.

Plants for the future

The hottest course on the Okanagan campus puts peppers on the table—and students in the lead

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UBC graduates at the Chan Centre

Celebrate Spring 2026 graduation

Ceremonies are scheduled for May 20–28 in Vancouver and June 4–5 in the Okanagan

Person lifting weights in the gym.

Join UBC Recreation’s Free Week

Try out a variety of fitness classes for free

Sign up for a UBC Farm Community Workshop

Find a variety of workshops on topics including gardening, foraging, baking and more

Explore UBC

Earth

How the rise of continents may have set the stage for life on Earth

UBC Okanagan researcher says Earth’s crust stabilized critical element boron to help establish life

Dr. Craig Jones

Innovation, Research, Teaching and Learning

How can Canada fix its housing crisis?

Researchers are investigating and advocating for better housing outcomes across the country

Computer Scientist Dr. Alan Mackworth

Can Canada constrain AI?

Computer Scientist Dr. Alan Mackworth says Canada needs guardrails to protect against the real dangers of AI

Backdrop of lake, trees and mountains.

UBC researchers find Indigenous lands can outperform protected areas on conservation

Yet most of these lands remain inadequately recognized or resourced

Minhal Hasnain's artwork

Arts and Culture, People

(Extra)ordinary moments: UBC vignettes I’ll never forget

International student Minhal Hasnain finds beauty and meaning in the everyday moments of university life

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT)

Innovation, Research

Canada nabs time on Extremely Large Telescope with groundbreaking instrument investment

The telescope will allow scientists to see the universe in unprecedented detail

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.