Mukuru, east of Nairobi

Jane Weru – Building bridges and catching dreams

I met Jane Weru for the first time in the summer of 2020, when the world was engulfed by the COVID-19 crisis. I was planning my autumn urban resilience course, offered though the UBC Sauder School of Business’ Collaborative for Urban Resilience and Effectiveness (CURE) , and looking for resilience...

  • Global Capacity Development
  • Issues of Global Relevance
Doctors Vikk Dua and Dan Goldowitz in India

In conversation: ‘Training the trainers’ on early autism intervention in India

Early diagnosis and intervention are crucial in addressing autism in children. But in India, there are only a dozen specialists for the nearly 14 million people affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder. Dr. Vikram Dua and Dr. Dan Goldowitz discussed their work growing the India-Canadian Autism Network...

  • Cross-disciplinary Research
  • Global Capacity Development
  • Global Partnerships
An evicted resident in Chiapas, Mexico

Inspiring the world to fight injustice by exposing Latin America’s secretly sanctioned violence

Covertly state-supported paramilitary groups are forcing vulnerable Latin American villagers off their land at gunpoint by the millions, and Covid has exacerbated that. UBC Okanagan Associate Professor of Sociology Jasmin Hristov is collaborating to help displaced peasants get their homes back.

  • Issues of Global Relevance
Parsa Shani in China's Forbidden City

Parsa Shani: Designing strong cities, smashing silos and staying optimistic

Growing up in Vancouver, Parsa Shani always had a “lingering notion” that there was a lot more world out there. When he and his family, originally from Iran, moved back for a while during his middle and high school years, Shani experienced a country very different from Canada. The “massive, hectic...

  • Issues of Global Relevance
  • Students as Global Citizens
School in Ghana

SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Cindy Bourne

Sending students into what Dr. Cindy Bourne calls “challenging contexts” can be hugely successful – or it can be disastrous. It all depends on preparation and how the program is designed. That’s what spurred Dr. Bourne to develop a framework with 11 design principles for overseas student programs...

  • Issues of Global Relevance
  • Literacy
  • Students as Global Citizens
Kenyan entrepreneurs and UBC business students

Kenyan entrepreneur, UBC alumni team up for successful COVID pivot

Small business owner Rachel Irungu quickly swapped car wash detergent for hand-san to better serve her Nairobi customers when COVID-19 hit – a brainstorm solution with UBC grads Pavani Chugh and Zahara Foyston.

  • Issues of Global Relevance
  • Students as Global Citizens
  • UBC Global Engagement
Dr. Ussif Rashid Sumaila

A deep dive: Dr. Sumaila on sustainable ocean management in global partnership

When Dr. Ussif Rashid Sumaila was a boy, running and playing with other kids around his home in Nigeria, his grandfather would say, “Children, why are you hitting the ground so hard? You should walk on the earth as if it feels pain.” Only later did Dr. Sumaila begin to understand that his...

  • Cross-disciplinary Research
  • Issues of Global Relevance
  • Sustainability

The Mindful Project: Breaking mental health stigma in India

Three service-minded UBC students recently collaborated remotely to “reframe” negative beliefs surrounding child mental health in Northern India. Working with the country’s largest health network, the interdisciplinary, international team put together school peer-led sessions addressing anxiety and...

  • Child Health
  • Issues of Global Relevance
  • Mental Health
  • Students as Global Citizens
Yalis Alert Bay

A whole new perspective: Exchange inspires Seattle scholar’s Indigenous campus walking tour

Soon after Seattle student Owen L. Oliver arrived on UBC’s Vancouver campus, he began exploring. Walking among the collection at X̱wi7x̱wa Library , visiting the First Nations Longhouse , seeing Indigenous art and language all around… He was struck by the presence, and prominence, of Indigenous...

  • First Nations
  • Indigenous
  • Students as Global Citizens
  • UBC Global Engagement

Thoughts for food: UBC researchers, farmers unearth pioneering ag tech

Recent estimates suggest that 2 billion people do not have safe and sufficient access to nutritious food. In response to rising hunger rates, farmers, policymakers and researchers around the globe, including several at UBC, have been investigating alternatives to typical agricultural...

  • Agriculture
  • Food Security
  • Issues of Global Relevance

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