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

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

A new way of connecting Canadian and South American Indigenous communities

We have a lot more in common than we might think and most community challenges are universal – those were among the main takeaways at the February Global South Forum for students, many connecting with Indigenous peoples from the Global South for the first time. Originally envisioned as a four-day...

  • First Nations
  • Indigenous
  • Issues of Global Relevance

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: 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

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 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

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

University presidents celebrate UTokyo-UBC friendship

Friendship was on the agenda March 8 when UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Santa J. Ono and University of Tokyo President Makoto Gonokami sat down with a group of scholars and athletics representatives for a virtual gathering. The event marked a celebration of the friendship between the two...

  • Culture
  • Global Partnerships
  • UBC Global Engagement

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