Communications, Media, and Journalism

Kat Jayme

Kat Jayme

Kathleen Jayme is an award winning filmmaker based in Vancouver, who is passionate about telling meaningful and personal stories. After graduating with her BFA in 2011, Kathleen worked at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) where she coordinated and oversaw over thirty documentaries, animations, and digital projects through all stages of production. While working […]

Adrian Liem

Adrian Liem

A version of this interview originally appeared on the Psychology website, October 2019. Adrian Liem’s curiosity about human behaviour first brought him to study psychology at UBC over 20 years ago. Today, he is the man behind UBC.ca, using his degree to understand how people interact with the university’s website and ensuring it meets the […]

Ziya Tong

Ziya Tong

“What we really need now is people who can bridge the arts and science divide. We need more polymaths!” says Ziya Tong, who’s spent 15 years hosting television shows like the Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet and CBC’s pioneering ZeD, the world’s first show with user-generated content. Ziya traces the start of her career back to […]

Devon Wong

Devon Wong

Devon is an award-winning media producer with international experience in digital, news and television production. She has told stories from the field as a journalist and filmmaker with the United Nations, in addition to producing television documentaries for major networks including National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and Channel NewsAsia.  In this video profile, Devon talks about […]

Ellen Keith

Ellen Keith

UBC Creative Writing graduate Ellen Keith (MFA ’16) recently published her debut novel The Dutch Wife – a historical fiction work that she completed during the MFA Optional Residency program. The book, which won the HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction, reached #1 on the Globe & Mail Canadian Fiction Bestseller List. Why did you choose […]

Eden Robinson

Eden Robinson

Eden Robinson, an internationally acclaimed Haisla and Heiltsuk novelist and short story writer, is the recipient of a 2018 honorary doctoral degree from UBC for her literary contributions. A graduate of UBC’s master’s program in Creative Writing, she has received numerous awards, including the 2016 Writers’ Trust Engel/Findley Award. Her most recent novel, Son of a […]

Christopher Cheung
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Natalie Morrill

Natalie Morrill

UBC Creative Writing graduate Natalie Morrill (MFA ’13) was the winner of the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction for her debut novel The Ghost Keeper.   Why did you choose to study Creative Writing at UBC and what did you enjoy most about the program? I chose the program because it offered creative and professional […]