Projects By Faculty – Vancouver Campus

Projects and Success Stories:

  • Success Story

    Gifts that keep on giving: navigating The Trump Impact through the Lind Initiative

    Gifts that keep on giving: navigating The Trump Impact through the Lind Initiative

    In 2015, alumnus Phil Lind, BA, made a major donation to UBC to establish the Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies. Hosted by UBC’s Liu Institute for Global Issues, the initiative was created to address the most urgent issues of our time by inviting prominent American scholars, writers and intellectuals to UBC to conduct research and […] more

  • Success Story

    Creative Destruction Lab-West boosts innovation and entrepreneurship at UBC

    In September 2016, the UBC Sauder School of Business launched Creative Destruction Lab-West, partnering with the successful seed-stage program of the same name at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. CDL-West is a focused mentorship and investment program for massively scalable tech ventures, and welcomed its first cohort of ventures in January 2017. […] more

  • Success Story

    How genomic sequencing is changing BC’s health care policies

    How genomic sequencing is changing BC’s health care policies

    Each year in Canada, more than 15,500 people will be diagnosed with epilepsy – 55% of those before the age of ten. In 50-60% of the cases, the cause is unknown. Refractory epilepsy – described as that which cannot be controlled with two or more medications – is especially dangerous, because uncontrolled seizures interfere with […] more

  • 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

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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
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Debbie McPherson
Development Coordinator
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Darya Sawycky
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RSS News / Stories Listing

  • SARAVYC gets 7-year CIHR Foundation Grant August 9, 2017
    The School of Nursing is excited to announce that our Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre has received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Foundation Grant.
  • Canada 150 Celebrates Nursing July 24, 2017
    Various organizations have created special initiatives to recognize the contributions of nurses in Canada in this, our 150th year. Below are stories that feature UBC Nursing Faculty, students, and community members.
  • Teen Drinking Down - but not so much for LGB Youth July 17, 2017
    Dr Elizabeth Saewyc and the SARAVYC team have released a new paper that discusses the drinking trends of BC teenagers.
  • Wendy Hall Has Advice for Weary Parents June 29, 2017
    New paper on infant sleep problems makes headlines.
  • 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.

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Leanne Denis
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Kaman Ng
Senior Associate Director, Development
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Laura Ralph
Associate Director, Development
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Lisa Slater (on leave)
Associate Director, Development
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Lindsay Lynch
Manager, Research and Development Proposals
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Kate Black
Senior Writer
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Diana Gallivan (on leave)
Development Officer
Tel: 604.827.2376
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Peter Andreasen
Development Officer
Tel: 604.827.0569
Email: peter.andreasen@ubc.ca

Nic Miller
Development Officer
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Stephanie Huehn
Development Officer, Donor Relations
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Erin Bartlett
Development Officer
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Meagan Dallimore
Development Coordinator, Writer
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Adrienne Lariviere
Specialist, Administration & Finance
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Ophelia Yu
Development Assistant
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Anne McCulloch (on leave)
 Senior Writer
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Christina Salvatori
Associate Director, Alumni Relations
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Tracy London
Assistant Dean, Development and Alumni Engagement
Tel: 604.827.5556
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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
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