Featured Projects
Impact Story
Lina Zdruli: VRefugees, an empathy building tool
For Syrian refugees escaping to the west, migrating across the Mediterranean Sea is a life or death circumstance, with no certainty of arriving on welcoming shores. Capturing this perilous journey in virtual reality has been the work of UBC alumna Lina Zdruli, with her VRefugees project. more
Impact Story
PODCAST: Jaelem Bhate, conductor & composer
Recently graduated UBC Master of Music student Jaelem Bhate has a promising career as a conductor and composer in both the classical and jazz genres — after an unexpected start in science. Listen to our podcast interview with Jaelem to hear his journey, and how scholarships and awards helped him on the way. more
Student Learning
Impact Story
To help, as I was helped: From Syria to Vancouver
“I came from Jordan as a refugee with nothing in my pocket.” Azuz Al-Rubaye was one of millions of young people displaced in the Syrian refugee crisis. Thanks to the generosity of donors, he is following his dreams at UBC. more
Student Learning
Impact Story
The Dorothy Somerset Memorial Scholarship is helping UBC students break new ground in 21st-century theatre set design
Using technology unimaginable 60 years ago, Kimira Bhikum is breaking new ground in 21st-century theatre set design, continuing the innovative approach pioneered by Dorothy Somerset. more
Priority Project
Connecting Past and Present: Persian Language and Iranian Studies at UBC
There has never been a better time to champion Persian language and Iranian studies at UBC. Please read our case for support in the project links below, and consider a more
Research Excellence
Impact Story
Teaching at the heart of giving
Musicologist Elizabeth Lamberton (MA’78, PhD’88) fondly recalls her time at UBC. She credits her inspiring professors with helping her to discover her own lifelong passion: teaching. “I more
Research Excellence, Student Learning
Priority Project
Audain Art Centre at UBC: A New Era for the Visual Arts
Opened in Fall 2013, the Audain Art Centre brings together studios and flexible work spaces for UBC art students. As part of a mixed-use student housing development with academic space more
Student Learning
Priority Project
100 Years of Impact: Mapping Donor Support
If you take a walk around our campus, you will see the impact of our supporters everywhere. Click on the points below to find out more—where will you make a more
Community Engagement, Research Excellence, Student Learning
Priority Project
Faculty of Arts Bursary Fund
Donor funding is critical for many students to obtain a post-secondary education. The Faculty of Arts Bursary Fund provides students with the much-needed finances and enables them to focus on more
Student Learning
Priority Project
The Summer Institute for Future Legislators
At UBC’s Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions we hear concerns about the quality of our democracy. We need good people to enter politics, people who are prepared for more
Priority Project
Global Reporting Centre
Media companies have closed foreign bureaus and cut back on investigative reporting. While citizen journalists, social media and the regular feed of short foreign news stories can keep the public more
Student Learning
Priority Project
1942 Japanese Canadian UBC Students Fund
A fund has been created as a tribute to recognize the Japanese Canadian students of 1942 who were unable to complete their UBC degrees or to take part in their more
Student Learning
