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Call for proposals to the Health Research Seed Grant Program

The Ministry of Health Research Seed Grant Program provides funding for BC universities to produce research that responds to pertinent health-related questions identified by the ministry. In partnership with the Ministry of Health, the Faculty of Medicine and UBC Health are offering researchers up to $50,000 to carry out a research project. If you want to generate new research that responds to the Ministry of Health’s current needs, submit a Notice of Intent by 12:00pm on December 9.

Apply to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Seed Program

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Seed Program provides graduate research assistants, collegial collaborations, and complementary project funding for faculty interested in exploring and understanding the impact of their pedagogical choices.

Research in focus: Alexandra Flynn

Alexandra is an associate professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. Her research focuses on developing tools using census data to help governments build equity-focused housing strategies. Find out about an upcoming research milestone and what this could mean for housing needs in Canada.

Reminder: Preparing for extreme weather at UBC

With snowfall across the province in the coming days, please note that information is available to help you prepare for extreme weather on your campus.Last month, a UBC Bulletin and UBCO Admin were issued for the Vancouver and the Okanagan campuses, respectively, with information on how to be prepared during extreme weather, steps being taken to keep the campus safe, and how faculty members can support students.

Voting open for Board of Governors and second call for nominations for Vancouver Senate

A message from Rella Ng, Associate Vice-President, Enrolment Services and Registrar Further to the UBC Broadcast last month, the first round of elections for the 2023 – 2026 triennium is currently underway with opportunities for you to participate.

Staying safe during the winter flu season

A message from Deborah Buszard, Interim President and Vice-Chancellor; Lesley Cormack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan As you may have seen in the media, many provinces are being challenged right now with increased cases of flu and respiratory viruses. Canada, and other countries around the globe, are also still managing the ongoing situation regarding COVID-19 and its variants. In light of these factors, we would like to remind you of the important ways to help prevent illness and help keep yourself, and others, safe.

Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation Town Hall

UBC researchers find high rates of iron deficiency in pregnant women

UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio

UBC Library has made its first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies openly accessible to the public by publishing a digitized version of the volume online through Open Collections. The process to digitize the First Folio took more than a year to facilitate due to the Folio’s age and fragility. The First Folio arrived at UBC in September 2021 and almost immediately, work with UBC Library’s conservator Anne Lama began in order to plan for its 2D digitization.

Spread the seasonal cheer by sharing your favourite holiday-inspired photo

Holidays inspire all of us in different ways. Last fall, we asked our faculty and staff community to tell us what this time of year means to them by sharing a fun and festive holiday-inspired photo. Thanks to last year's success, we've decided to do it again this year. Spread the seasonal cheer by sharing your favourite holiday-themed photo, and we'll publish it on UBC Today.What do you need to do?

Apply for a Move UBC grant

Move UBC is an annual university-wide initiative in February to encourage faculty, staff, students, and the wider university community to move more.  Building on the success of the February initiative, Move UBC grants are now available in two funding streams:

Greenspaces should support mental health among young adults

Even though many global cities incorporate greenspaces such as pocket parks and community gardens into their urban planning efforts, new UBC research shows those plans often fail to include the needs of youth and young adults between the ages of 15 and 24. As a result, this age demographic can miss out on the known social, physical and mental health benefits of these nature-based solutions.