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Historian, scholar Pieter Lagrou visits UBC to discuss post-war Europe

Historian, scholar Pieter Lagrou visits UBC to discuss post-war Europe

The end of the Second World War witnessed massive border changes across Central and Eastern Europe.

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Attend Alex Usher’s keynote presentation on trends affecting higher education in Canada

Attend Alex Usher’s keynote presentation on trends affecting higher education in Canada

Celebrate Research Week culminates on Friday, March 10 at 1 p.m. with an insightful presentation by Alex Usher, post-secondary education expert and author of the widely followed and occasionally controversial ‘One Thought to Start Your Day’ blog. Usher will be joined by Phil Barker, vice-principal research, for a focussed Q&A on innovation.

Re-imagining a good green life

Re-imagining a good green life

Seth Klein, BC director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, shares how our province can become carbon-zero and generate green jobs.

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Finding opportunities in academics and extracurricular activities

Finding opportunities in academics and extracurricular activities

WHEN BLAKE EDWARDS FIRST CAME TO UBC OKANAGAN, he was […]

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UBC Okanagan transforms Kayley Miller from Sociology student to engaged global citizen
History major Daniel Sadler finds his voice through directed Gender and Women’s Studies
Racial minorities still viewed as broken windows, UBC research shows

Racial minorities still viewed as broken windows, UBC research shows

Skin colour is still a cause for suspicion among the urban middle class who are turning to technology to record and express their fears, a UBC study has concluded.

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Field to Fork research discusses food security

Field to Fork research discusses food security

Ever wonder if the cost of healthy, locally grown food is out of reach for those on the lower end of the income scale? Think eating healthy should be more affordable? Concerned about sustainable uses of our agricultural land?

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Raising research priorities for the benefit of the community, university, and faculty

Raising research priorities for the benefit of the community, university, and faculty

There is a growing awareness that we need to challenge the ways the universities engage with communities and the way that we think about the boundaries between knowledge production and community engagement.

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Raising research priorities for the benefit of the community, university, and faculty

Raising research priorities for the benefit of the community, university, and faculty

There is a growing awareness that we need to challenge the ways the universities engage with communities and the way that we think about the boundaries between knowledge production and community engagement.

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