Featured Projects
Priority Project
WUSC-UBC Refugee Fund
The continuing Syrian refugee crisis has sparked an outpouring of support from Canadians all over the country including here at UBC. You can join the efforts of students, faculty and more
Community Engagement
Priority Project
Creating a stronger generation of BC Youth
The Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia aims to make a real difference to high-risk youth living in BC. This commitment has led to the creation of two youth development initiatives: the Struggling Youth Research Network and the Social Emotional Learning program. Both aim to help children and youth face learning and life challenges, so they can more
Community Engagement
Priority Project
UBC project Globe in Peace is making lasting peace possible in post-genocide Rwanda
The genocide of 1994 in Rwanda was one of the bleakest moments in African history. 800,000 Tutsis were killed by Hutu extremists and, just nine years later, 63,000 convicted killers more
Community Engagement
Priority Project
Supporting Community Outreach at UBC Botanical Garden
During UBC Botanical Garden’s 100th Anniversary in 2016, the Garden created a new community outreach program to celebrate its history and make its future more accessible to vulnerable children, more
Special Appeals
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
The History Education Network/Histoire et éducation en réseau (THEN/HiER)
Research Informed Practice: Practice Informed Research. Do you want to see real change is how history is taught and learned across Canada? The mandate of the History Education Network/Histoire et more
Community Engagement
Priority Project
Mobile Community Dental Clinic
In 2015, UBC Dentistry invites you to support its new initiative: the Mobile Community Dental Clinic. Inspired by the beginnings of its patient treatment program, the new mobile clinic will more
Community Engagement
Priority Project
Sauder Social Entrepreneurship – Kenya: Empowering Impoverished Communities
The mission of SSE – Kenya is to uplift the lives of African youth and their communities through sustainable entrepreneurship. more
Community Engagement, Student Learning
Priority Project
Building Academic Retention through K9’s – B.A.R.K
Building Academic Retention through K9’s (BARK) brings together university students and trained therapy dogs and handlers in an effort to reduce stress, combat homesickness, foster interpersonal more
Community Engagement
Priority Project
Morita Evaluation Research Grant
In 1994, the ethnic Hutu extremists in Rwanda initiated a genocidal attempt against Tutsis and other minorities and slaughtered over 800,000 in just 100 days. The captured and imprisoned perpetrators more
Research Excellence
Priority Project
Improving the health of Ugandan children
Uganda is facing a crisis in its ability to provide surgical care to its children. 48.3% of Ugandans are under age 15, yet Uganda has only one certified pediatric more
Community Engagement
Special Appeals
The Clyde Hertzman Legacy Fund
The Clyde Hertzman Legacy Fund will begin by supporting the collaboration between the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education (DLC) and the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), in cooperation more
Research Excellence
