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Staff in focus: Aara Johnson

Learn more about Aara, the Director of Public Legal Education and Information Sectoral Planning at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. Discover how she plans her weeks to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Call for proposals for the summer 2025 Work Learn program

The UBC Career Centre Work Learn program funds approximately 3,500 part-time hourly appointments each year, subsidizing meaningful work experiences for current UBC Vancouver students.If you have a work opportunity to help students develop their professional skills and contribute to a work environment, submit a proposal to the Work Learn program for summer 2025 employment opportunities (May 1 - August 31, 2025).Submit a proposal by January 27.

External review of the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

UBC community members among new Order of Canada appointees

UBC Okanagan partnerships fuel energy efficiency research for BC and beyond

With ‘beaker mugs’ and icicles, this glassblower raises money for charity in his daughter’s memory

UBC Okanagan research institute honoured with prestigious Renata Shearer Award

The Resilient Brain: A Journey from Birth to Old Age

Dr. Ainsley Carry, Vice President for Student Affairs, receives NASPA Pillar of the Profession award

Bears and berries: Researchers highlight critical role of grizzlies in huckleberry health

Holiday message from President Benoit-Antoine Bacon

Celebrating 10 years of the UBC Learning Exchange pop-up Tech Café

How an innovative free program bridges the digital divide, encourages transformative learning and builds skills in the Downtown Eastside.The UBC Learning Exchange, located in the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), offers a range of community-based programmes aimed at helping residents improve their lives through personal development and new social networks. It also supports faculty who wish to offer experiential learning opportunities to their students and researchers who want support with community-based research.