Posts Tagged ‘community’
Apr. 8, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Extra, News Feed | Tags: Aboriginal, Aftab Erfan, community, Faculty of Applied Science, First Nations, Parenting, School of Community and Regional Planning, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, storytelling
Aftab Erfan was intrigued when she learned that a Vancouver Island First Nation band had approached UBC’s School of Community & Regional Planning (SCARP) for help drafting and implementing their community plan.
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Mar. 15, 2013 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: community, Community Learning Initiative, computer science, Faculty of Science, hackathon, learning, non-profits, studentlife
Fifty UBC Computer Science student volunteers partner with local non-profits this weekend to prototype software solutions at UBC’s inaugural Community Hackathon.
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Feb. 27, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Business, Law and Society, Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology, University News | Tags: Addictions, Alan Kingstone, BC Lottery Corporation, community, Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Gambling, Government of BC, health, medicine, Psychology, research
A $2-million investment from the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) and the Government of B.C. will create a major new Centre for Gambling Research at UBC to advance our understanding of gambling psychology and help reduce problem gambling behaviours.
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Nov. 2, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: community, community engagement, Education, health, Marvin Westwood, start an evolution, tim laidler, veterans transition network, veterans transition progr, vtp
A University of British Columbia program to help former members of the Canadian military make the transition back to civilian life is expanding into a non-profit organization that will provide services across Canada.
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Sep. 6, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: athletics, centre, community, community partnership, Government of BC, national, soccer, sport, studentlife, students, UBC, University of British Columbia, Whitecaps
The University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus will be the home of a new training facility which will form the centerpiece of the proposed National Soccer Development Centre (NSDC) – a new athletic facility to be shared by Vancouver Whitecaps FC, the university and community.
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Mar. 22, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: 1942, arts, Asian Canadian Studies Program, community, community engagement, Gage Averill, Henry Yu, intercultural understanding, Japanese Canadian students tribute, Japanese-Canadian students, UBC, ubc1942, University of British Columbia
As part of UBC’s efforts to recognize Japanese Canadians affected by internment in 1942, the university is asking the Asian Canadian community to help guide the creation of a interdisciplinary program that will highlight the contributions of Asian Canadians and examine anti-Asian racism that produced events like the forced removal of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War.
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Jan. 6, 2012 | Filed under: Hot Topics, Media Release, News Feed, News Tip | Tags: Aboriginal, bitumen, business, community, economics, economy, Enbridge Northern Gateway, environment, Forestry, Keystone XL, oil, oil sands, politics, research, Sauder, sauder school of business, sustainability, U.S. elections
UBC experts are available to provide media commentary on two controversial pipeline projects to carry Alberta bitumen to U.S. and foreign markets.
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