Projects By Faculty – Vancouver Campus

Projects and Success Stories:

  • Priority Project

    Image by Santiago Ramon y Cajal

    The Beautiful Brain: Exploring Art and Neuroscience

    A new collaborative project aims to create conversations and expand our understanding of connections between visual art and neuroscience. In fall 2017, the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery will more

  • Priority Project

    Dr. Suzanne Hetzel Campbell Endowment for Nursing Student Leaders

    Dr. Suzanne Hetzel Campbell Endowment for Nursing Student Leaders

    Since 1919, UBC’s School of Nursing has prided itself on being an active, vibrant and dynamic member of our university community, our province and our country. UBC Nursing continues to more

    Student Learning

  • Success Story

    Teaching at the heart of giving

    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

  • Success Story

    In the Fast Lane

    In the Fast Lane

    Thanks to a student athlete award established by UBC Sauder alumnus Peter Antturi, Bachelor of Commerce student and UBC swimmer Maia Brundage excels in competition. When you’re competing at Maia’s level, there’s nothing easy about swimming. “My alarm goes off at 4:45 am three days a week,” says Maia, a member of the UBC Thunderbirds  […] more

    Student Learning

  • Success Story

    Leading with Confidence

    Leading with Confidence

    Karen Dunstan, G.J. Elliot Aboriginal Student Award recipient, makes an impact on her community As economic development manager for Lytton First Nation in British Columbia, Karen Dunstan wasn’t achieving the results she wanted in her role and was questioning if she had the capability to lead with impact. Decades earlier, a high-school instructor told her […] more

    Student Learning

  • Success Story

    Rachel Pottinger is teaching UBC's first computational thinking class. Photo: UBC Science.

    No more abracadabra

    UBC launches its new Computational Thinking Program, available to all students. more

    Student Learning

  • Priority Project

    Jamaloddin Khanjani Family Scholarship

    Jamaloddin Khanjani Family Scholarship

    The Jamaloddin Khanjani Family Scholarship has been established by Farid Rohani in honour of Jamaloddin Khanjani, a successful businessman who, because he was Baha’i, lost his business after the more

    Student Learning

  • Priority Project

    The Dr. Charles Shuler Research Fellowship Fund

    The Dr. Charles Shuler Research Fellowship Fund

    Dr. Charles F. Shuler served as dean of the UBC Faculty of Dentistry from 2007 to 2017. His leadership during two terms oversaw many changes and advancements. He was instrumental in establishing the clinical specialty graduate programs in endodontics, orthodontics, prosthodontics and pediatric dentistry. He initiated and stewarded the extensive renovations of the John B. […] more

    Student Learning

  • Success Story

    Photo of bowhead whale

    Aerial drone offers insights into bowhead whale behaviour

    The bowhead whale is the longest-living marine mammal in the world, yet many answers remain about the biology and feeding behaviour of this elusive animal. “We can observe their underwater behaviour like never before, providing new insights into their feeding and social activities.” Recently, a research team undertook what is believed to be the first […] more

  • Priority Project

    Institutional Pharmacy Practice Centre (iPPC)

    Institutional Pharmacy Practice Centre (iPPC)

    With the iPPC project, we hope to train our pharmacy students in a wider range of physical assessment skills. more

    Student Learning

  • Priority Project

    Dean of Education Endowment Fund

    Dean of Education Endowment Fund

    The Faculty of Education at UBC has served the international education community through leadership in research, service and advocacy for more than 60 years. As one of the leading education more

    Student Learning

  • Priority Project

    UBC Sauder Future Minds Initiative

    UBC Sauder Future Minds Initiative

    We are all innovators. We all play a part in what the future looks like—and, given the chance, we can make an impact on the world. That’s the principle behind the more

    Student Learning

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Emma Tully
Assistant Dean, Development and Alumni Engagement
Tel: 604.822.8716
Email: emma.tully@ubc.ca

Sarah Doran-Coelho
Development Officer
Tel: 604.822.0898
Email: sarah.dorancoelho@ubc.ca

Debbie McPherson
Development Coordinator
Tel: 604.822.8787
Email: debbie.mcpherson@ubc.ca

Janna Kellett
Alumni Engagement Manager
Tel: 604.827.3082
Email: janna.kellett@ubc.ca

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Darya Sawycky
Associate Director, Development
Tel: 604.827.0081
E-mail: darya.sawycky@ubc.ca

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  • Still Here seeks female participants May 9, 2017
    Still Here is a photo project featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals affected by suicide. LGBTQ people are four times more likely than heterosexuals and cisgendered people to attempt suicide and suffer from depression.
  • Sally Thorne Receives Two More Honours March 7, 2017
    Never one to rest on her laurels, Sally has received a couple of fantastic honours already this year.
  • Elizabeth Saewyc Accepts Directorship February 28, 2017
    The end of term for Dr Suzanne Campbell approaches all too soon, but after a brief and fruitful search, the advisory committee has unanimously supported, and the Provost has approved, the appointment of Dr Elizabeth Saewyc as the in
  • Distinguished University Scholar - Annette Browne February 20, 2017
    Congratulations to Dr Annette Browne, recently named a UBC Distinguished University Scholar.
  • Two Nursing teams receive MSF Award January 13, 2017
    Two Nursing research teams have been named among Michael Smith Foundation's 2017 Convening & Collaborating Awards.  Congratulations to teams lead by:

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Leanne Denis
Executive Director, Development and Alumni Engagement
Tel: 604.822.2207
Email: leanne.denis@ubc.ca

Kaman Ng
Senior Associate Director, Development
Tel: 604.822.8079
Email: kaman.ng@ubc.ca

Laura Ralph
Associate Director, Development
Tel: 604.827.4728
Email: laura.ralph@ubc.ca

Lisa Slater (on leave)
Associate Director, Development
Tel: 604.822.7087
Email: lisa.slater@ubc.ca

Lindsay Lynch
Manager, Research and Development Proposals
Tel: 604.822.7184
Email: lindsay.lynch@ubc.ca

Kate Black
Senior Writer
Tel: 604.822.7250
Email: kate.black@ubc.ca

Diana Gallivan (on leave)
Development Officer
Tel: 604.827.2376
Email: diana.gallivan@ubc.ca

Nic Miller
Development Officer
Tel: 604.827.4493
Email: nic.miller@ubc.ca

Stephanie Huehn
Development Officer, Donor Relations
Tel: 604.827.0301
Email: stephanie.huehn@ubc.ca

Erin Bartlett
Development Officer
Tel: 604.827.4997
Email: erin.bartlett@ubc.ca

Meagan Dallimore
Development Coordinator, Writer
Tel: 604.822.7244
Email: meagan.dallimore@ubc.ca

Adrienne Lariviere
Specialist, Administration & Finance
Tel: 604.822.5664
Email: adrienne.lariviere@ubc.ca

Ophelia Yu
Development Assistant
Tel: 604.827.3699
E-mail: ophelia.yu@ubc.ca

Anne McCulloch (on leave)
 Senior Writer
Tel: 604.827.4997
Email: anne.mcculloch@ubc.ca

Christina Salvatori
Associate Director, Alumni Relations
Tel: 604.875-4111 (ext. 62031)
Email: christina.salvatori@ubc.ca

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Tracy London
Assistant Dean, Development and Alumni Engagement
Tel: 604.827.5556
Email: tracy.london@ubc.ca

Amanda Reaume
Associate Director
Tel: 604.827.2519
Email: amanda.reaume@ubc.ca

Niki Glenning
Development Officer
Tel: 604.822.8910
Email: niki.glenning@ubc.ca

Sabrina Yan
Development Officer
Tel: 604.822.0599
Email: sabrina.yan@ubc.ca

Anna Grabowski
Development Coordinator
Tel: 604.822.8866
Email: anna.grabowski@ubc.ca

Caely-Ann McNabb
Alumni Relations Manager
Tel: 604.314.6695
Email: caely-ann.mcnabb@ubc.ca

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Allan Berezny
Assistant Dean, Development
Tel: 604.822.8686
Email: allan.berezny@ubc.ca

Krista Sheppard
Associate Director
Tel: 604.827.4137
Email: krista.sheppard@ubc.ca

Carly Martin (on leave)
Associate Director
Tel: 604.827.4406
Email: carly.martin@ubc.ca

Sandra Hunt 
Associate Director
Tel: 604.822.3444
Email: sandra.hunt@ubc.ca

Tom Balke
Associate Director
Tel: 604.827.4464
Email: tom.balke@ubc.ca

Valerie Titford
Development Manager
Tel: 604.822.3404
Email: valerie.titford@ubc.ca

Sarah Fedorchuk
Development Writer and Communications
Tel: 604.822.4376
Email: sarah.fedorchuk@ubc.ca

Nicholas Leach
Development Coordinator
Tel: 604.827.4466
Email: nicholas.leach@ubc.ca

Melinda Sam
Development Assistant
Tel: 604.822.4114
Email: melinda.sam@ubc.ca

Kim Duffell
Associate Director, Alumni Relations
Tel: 604.822.1864
Email: kim.duffell@ubc.ca