All-Star UBCO undergrad paves the way for international elite athlete recruiting

Runner Lauren McNeil appreciated the lack of mud when she first started competing on Canadian soil in 2021 as an international student at UBC Okanagan (UBCO) from Braxton, England, where it’s a lot muddier. Her chosen alma mater appreciated the winning performances, of which there have been many...

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Students from across the world discover they can tackle thorny global problems when they band together

“Realizing you can have an impact even though you’re ‘just a student’ was huge,” said UBC student Hypatia Behar-Gryl, 21. “I learned that we can absolutely come up with big ideas to solve these huge problems we have today if we put our minds together, working from different cultures and backgrounds...

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Calling all researchers! Apply to collaborate with French colleagues in 2023

If you want to take on issues of global relevance together with researchers in France, now is your chance. Apply for an exchange spot under the Embassy of France's Mourou-Strickland Program for 2023. Candidates need to have a permanent or tenure-track position and be attached to a laboratory or...

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‘Making the unfamiliar familiar’: Bridging the gap for African scholars studying in North America and Europe

How can you support someone if you don’t fully understand their experiences, culture and community? How can you help them make the unfamiliar familiar? The short answer is: you can’t. The issue of effectively mentoring African students surfaced as part of UBC’s work supported by the Mastercard...

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MasterCard Foundation Scholar Marian Orhierhor

If Marian Orhierhor gets her way, she’ll help ensure the world can prevent some of the most debilitating diseases through vaccination. Marian is a qualitative health researcher from Nigeria, with an interest in health promotion, health policy, vaccines and knowledge translation. She graduated from...

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MasterCard Foundation Scholar Abigail Okyere

Abigail Okyere is about optimism, reliability and vision. A management accounting professional, she has six years of experience in oil and gas operations, business development, energy trading, supply chain and project management experience. Abigail is originally from Accra, Ghana. She finished her...

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MasterCard Foundation Scholar Andrews Nartey

Cooking and writing—poetry, fiction and inspirational quotes—keep Andrews Nartey busy in his free time. Andrews currently works as an Evaluation Consultant with Ference & Company, one of Canada’s leading program evaluation and research consulting firms. He has strong working knowledge of...

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UBC deepens collaboration with the University of Stuttgart in science, technology and innovation

UBC is expanding collaboration with the University of Stuttgart in science, technology and innovation, and in joint clean energy research supporting the new Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance , signed by Chancellor Scholz and Prime Minister Trudeau in August 2022. Visiting UBC from the University of...

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Grad students: Apply for prestigious fellowship for 1-year exchange at Yale

Do you want to play a leading role in overcoming some of the most daunting obstacles facing the world today? Are you a UBC graduate student hoping to further your research—and broaden your horizons outside Canada? Under the Fox International Fellowship banner, both UBC and Yale University in New...

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Join the action at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt Nov. 15

UBC students, staff and faculty are on the ground now at the COP27 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference and you can take part! Join the free webinar on Nov. 15. The UBC delegation will talk with CBC News climate journalist Lisa Johnson for an inside view on the negotiations, discussions...

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