Featured Projects
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Boye Ahlborn Endowment for the Engineering Physics Project Lab—Scaling Up the Future of BC Entrepreneurship
Think of an innovation that has impacted your life, or has the potential to change it forever. A new medical device, an automotive fuel cell, or a quantum computer? Whatever more
Community Engagement, Research Excellence, Student Learning
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The Steven Volrich Memorial Bursary
The Steven Volrich Memorial Bursary was named for our Class of 1984 classmate, Steven Volrich, as a way to honour his courage when faced with terminal cancer. The Steven Volrich Memorial Bursary more
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Enhancing care for women and girls affected by violence: The Capacity Research Unit
Violence against women and girls is a significant problem in Canada and around the world. There is an urgent need for improved evidence to prevent violence, intervene early when it more
Special Appeals
Help Vulnerable Youth Reach Their Potential
Adolescence is a challenging time in everyone’s life, but what if you also have to contend with stigma, trauma, discrimination, or other violence? What would a world look like if more
Community Engagement
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Support Room: A New Publication by SALA Students
Please make a donation to support Room, and support the design culture and community of Vancouver. The publication will fill a considerable void in both local and international design discourse, more
Community Engagement
Success Story
Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation makes first gift to Blue & Gold Campaign for Students
The Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation operates on a simple belief: ensuring children are healthy and educated today will prepare them to be the leaders of tomorrow. It’s a principle Dr. Djavad Mowafaghian, the renowned philanthropist who founded the Vancouver-based foundation in 2003, learned from his mother, who always modeled kindness and generosity during his childhood in […] more
Success Story
A New Advocate in the Downtown Eastside
Christopher Hiebert had heard of the Indigenous Community Legal Clinic, a program offered by the Allard School of Law at UBC, long before he became a law student. He lived in a single-room occupancy hotel in Gastown, a block from the clinic’s front door. He was intrigued. “The clinic inspired the idea that I could […] more
Success Story
Fighting Fire with Fire
Having recently lived through the worst wildfire season on record in BC, Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz is the first to acknowledge that promoting the benefits of fire in the province’s interior forests is a hard sell. BC foresters have worked diligently – and often successfully – in the last century to supress fire, to prevent its outbreak […] more
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Building the Future in Medicine
As educators, mentors, and support staff for the UBC Faculty of Medicine, we know the value of investing in the next generation of health professionals and researchers. Trainee awards and bursaries give us the opportunity to recognize emerging talent and encourage deserving individuals to pursue their passion for improving health. more
Student Learning
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Supporting Healthy Living after Spinal Cord Injury
People with spinal cord injuries (SCI) are at greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease than the able-bodied population due to the physical restrictions their condition places on their more
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The David Randall Seminar Fund
The David Randall Seminar Fund will honour Dr. David Randall’s enormous contributions to the international success of the Department of Zoology and to the growth of the field of comparative more
Student Learning
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Allard School of Law Bursary
The Allard School of Law Bursary Fund provides bursaries for students in any year of study on the basis of financial need and satisfactory academic standing. more
Community Engagement, Student Learning
