Featured Projects
Priority Project
Shape the World for the Better: the 2017 Alumni Appeal
Progress toward a better world is not guaranteed—it is the result of people coming together to create it. However, voices around the world that reject the values of knowledge, research, more
Community Engagement, Research Excellence, Student Learning
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Thunderbird Swimming Excellence Fund – Sustaining Excellence
The Thunderbird Swimming Excellence Fund is a new avenue for alumni, friends and supporters of UBC Varsity Swimming to be a part of, and contribute to, the program’s success. Created more
Community Engagement
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The Men’s Hockey Power Play Fund
Join the UBC Men’s Hockey Power Play and support the team. Having alumni, donors and supporters like you on our team gives us the advantage we need to compete on more
Community Engagement
Priority Project
International Health Project
The Gulu Regional Referral Hospital (GRRH), located in a resource-limited, post-conflict area of Northern Uganda, has long faced a critical staffing shortage. Since 2013, UBC’s International Health Project has offered UBC internal medicine residents clinical electives on GRRH’s medical ward. Here, UBC residents undertake short-term medical rotations to support the hospital’s limited staff and learn […] more
Community Engagement, Research Excellence, Student Learning
Success Story
Providing a bit of home for those who live on the streets
UBC and community aim to provide secure storage for Kelowna’s homeless Shopping carts used by Kelowna’s homeless are going high-tech thanks to engineers at UBC’s Okanagan campus. In a unique industry-university-community project, Kelowna-based Waterplay Solutions, Metro Community Church, the RCMP, City of Kelowna, and UBC’s School of Engineering are hoping to develop a personal belongings […] more
Community Engagement
Priority Project
Your Community, Your Impact
UBC has an amazing community of supporters. Every year, thousands of donors show their commitment to the university through one-time donations, regular annual gifts or ongoing monthly contributions. more
Community Engagement, Research Excellence, Student Learning
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UBC Engineering Student Competition Team Fund
“Only within engineering teams can students seize the opportunity to work at the cutting-edge of solutions to the world’s problems. The unique environment fosters invaluable hands-on collaboration more
Community Engagement, Student Learning
Priority Project
The Lane 4 Club
As a member of the Lane 4 Club, you can make a huge impact on UBC Swimming through monthly giving. All funds raised by the Lane 4 program support the more
Community Engagement, Student Learning
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
CampOUT!
YOU’RE INVITED! Join us for our eighth annual Evening in Support of CampOUT! Hosted by Louise Cowin, VP Students; Janice Stewart, Chair of UBC’s Critical Studies in Sexuality; Rumee Ahmed, UBC Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts; and community builders Heidi and Richard Coglon, with special guests Amber Dawn and CJ Rowe. Enjoy an intimate evening […] more
Community Engagement
Priority Project
Making a Difference in Indigenous Teacher Education
Hands Back, Hands Forward – Making a Difference in Indigenous Teacher Education 2016 marks the 42nd Anniversary of NITEP, UBC’s Indigenous Teacher Education Program. Over the past four decades, more
Community Engagement, Student Learning
