An instructor at the School of Kinesiology and the head coach of the women’s rugby team, Maria Gallo brought her love of rugby to four world cups over a 15-year competitive career. Gallo has also tried her hand at bobsledding.
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First-year Sauder student Thenuka Karunaratne is also the CEO and founder of AdMark Technologies. He created a Netflix search engine called Flixed, which allows users to search for content throughout different countries and regions.
Angela Crane is a chemistry professor who blows things up in flashy demonstrations for students and kids, trains the police's hazmat team and helps TV shows get their chemical special effects just right.
“The answer to that is because these particular students we are targeting are not the ones who are happy in a high school. Secondly, what we know is that most often we underestimate what people are capable of.”
At the Vancouver Aquarium, UBC researchers team up with specially trained northern fur seals and Steller sea lions in order to to better understand how to save their declining populations in the wild.
Robert Rouse's course — Our Modern Medieval: A Song of Ice and Fire as contemporary Medievalism — uses George R.R. Martin’s novels and HBO’s series A Game of Thrones to teach students about how the past is reimagined to reflect the present.
In light of the the widespread media criticism over its mishandling of sexual assault cases, the university is reviewing its response protocols and drafting a new, specialized policy on sexual assault.
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Daria Danylchuk established UBC's University Transition Program, which brings gifted youth to UBC each year.
A sortable table breaking down who serves on UBC's Board of Governors
Katherine Kalsbeek cares for UBC's Rare Books and Special Collections.
Regardless of the degree type, an undergraduate university education without work experience is unlikely to bring students an adequate return on their investment.
Neal Yonson, the voice of investigative blog UBC Insiders, brings in-depth commentary and analysis on campus affairs through his meticulous research.
Hillary Janssens, who learned rowing at UBC, is coming off a team victory at the Canadian national rowing championships and is on her way to potentially represent Canada at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
As the university prepares its annual release of data on the program, which is expected by the end of the year, faculty and administrators continue to defend the necessity of using animal testing in the face of opposition.