17 UBC Alumni Bring Home 2018 Jessie Awards
UBC alumni were out in full force at the 2018 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, with 17 alumni bringing home awards.
Katherine Moore: Outstanding Leader in the UBC Community & Beyond
Katherine (BA ’18) received the award for her contributions to mental health culture on campus and in the wider community.
Using augmented reality to enhance learning
In collaboration with students, Geography professor Siobhán McPhee developed an augmented reality app to create an urban history tour of Vancouver’s historic Chinatown and Downtown Eastside neighbourhoods.
ASA Student Spotlight: Adina Williams
Adina Williams is from the Squamish Nation and a descendant from the ‘Namgis (Kwakwaka’wakw) peoples from Alert Bay, B.C. She grew up and continues to live in her home community of Xwemelch’stn, or the Capilano Reserve, in what is now more commonly known as West Vancouver. Adina is currently a fourth-year student in First Nations and […]
Undergraduate Research Spotlight: Exploring the Heritage of Chinese Migration
As part of a Go Global seminar, 20 UBC students travelled to China to explore the heritage of Chinese migration.
ASA Student Spotlight: Russell Nesbitt
Russell Nesbitt is from Calgary Alberta. His background is Métis from Red River Valley Manitoba on his mother’s side, and Scottish on his father’s side. He is currently majoring in Psychology, and minoring in First Nations and Indigenous Studies. Do you have any advice for new Aboriginal students at UBC? Especially those living away from home? […]
Meet Ran Yang: Arts Internship Program Student of the Year
“It’s never too late to find out what you really want.”
ASA Student Spotlight: Wenonah North Peigan
Wenonah North Peigan is Blackfoot from her father’s side and a member of the Piikani Nation located in Treaty 7 territory in Southern Alberta. On her mom’s side she is Anishinaabe from the Wikwemikoong Unceded Nation in Ontario. She was raised in Southern Alberta and moved to Vancouver to attend UBC where she studies Political Science […]
Javier Barreto-Gomez: Outstanding Leader in the UBC Faculty of Arts
UBC offers so many fascinating courses both within and outside of the Faculty of Arts. I recommend that you take an elective in something you are curious about, sometimes it can inspire you to take a minor degree in that subject!
ASA Student Spotlight: Memegwans Johnson-Owl
Memegwans Johnson-Owl is from Anishnaabe-kwe from Sagamok Anishnawbek and Cree from Montreal Lake First Nation, and grew up in Regina Saskatchewan. She is currently working on a Bachelor of Arts majoring in First Nation Indigenous Studies with a minor in Political Science. Last summer you worked with the Alberta’s Future Leaders Program (AFL), can you tell […]