UBC English professor Tiffany Potter receives prestigious 3M National Teaching Fellowship
The award is the highest recognition of individual teaching excellence and educational leadership in Canada.
Five Arts professors receive UBC Faculty Research Awards
Five scholars from the Faculty of Arts have won 2019 Faculty Research Awards. Winners of these awards were selected by UBC’s Faculty Research Award Committee, which spans arts and humanities, business, education, applied science, science and medicine. Each spring, the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation hosts an awards reception to recognize outstanding UBC researchers. This year […]
UBC psychology researchers awarded $3.6M in CIHR funding
UBC Psychology researchers have been awarded $3.6M for projects at the university and its affiliated health authority research centres through the Project Grant: Fall 2019 Competition from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR). As CIHR’s largest funding program, the Project Grant competitions support multi-year grants for researchers at various stages in their careers as they conduct […]
UBC welcomes Dr. Bernard C. Perley as new director of the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies
The University of British Columbia welcomes Dr. Bernard C. Perley as the new Director of the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies (CIS) in the Faculty of Arts. An Indigenous anthropologist and leading scholar in the field of language revitalization, Dr. Perley will assume the role for a five-year term starting July 1st, 2020. “We are pleased and […]
Richard Johnston receives the 2019 Dean of Arts award
Congratulations to Richard Johnston (Professor, Political Science) who received the 2019 Dean of Arts Award.
UBC welcomes Dr. Allison M. Macfarlane as new director of the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
UBC welcomes Dr. Allison M. Macfarlane as the new Director of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA). Dr. Macfarlane will assume the role for a five-year term starting July 1st, 2020.