30 Apr 2020
2019/20 Killam Award winners for excellence in teaching
UBC has announced the recipients of the 2019/20 awards from the Killam Endowment Fund to faculty and teaching assistants who demonstrate excellence in teaching.
Award Winners
30 Apr 2020
UBC Forestry professor receives 'Nobel Prize of Forest Research'
Dr. Nicholas Coops, professor in the Faculty of Forestry and Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing (I), is the recipient of the world’s most prestigious forestry honour, the Marcus Wallenberg Prize.
29 Apr 2020
UBC Psychology professor named member of the National Academy of Science
Dr. Janet F. Werker, professor in UBC's Department of Psychology at UBC, has been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
21 Feb 2020
Two UBC Faculty Members Named 2020 3M National Teaching Fellows
Tiffany Potter, Professor of Teaching in the Department of English Language and Literatures, and Paul Cubbon, Assistant Dean, Innovation at the UBC Sauder School of Business, have been named 2020 3M National Teaching Fellows.
06 May 2019
2018/19 Killam Award winners for excellence in teaching announced
As one of six Killam institutions, UBC offers yearly awards from the Killam Endowment Fund to faculty and teaching assistants who demonstrate excellence in teaching.
04 Mar 2019
UBC Instructor Named 2019 3M National Teaching Fellow
Steven Barnes, a senior instructor and Associate Head of Undergraduate Affairs in the Department of Psychology, was recently named a 2019 3M National Teaching Fellow. The award, jointly sponsored by 3M Canada and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), is the highest recognition of individual teaching excellence and educational leadership in Canada.
17 Dec 2018
UBC faculty named AAAS Fellows
Dr. Eric Eich and Dr. Sarah Gergel have been elected as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.
20 Aug 2018
Andrew Arida and Grace Wong win UBC President's Awards for Staff
Andrew Arida, Associate Registrar & Director, Student Recruitment & Undergraduate Admissions, Enrolment Services, has been awarded a President's Service Award for Excellence, and Grace Wong, Senior International Advisor, Office of the Provost and Vice President Academic, has been awarded a President's Staff Award for Creativity and Innovation.
10 May 2018
Congratulations to the 2017/18 Killam Award Winners for excellence in teaching
As one of six Killam institutions, UBC offers yearly awards from the Killam Endowment Fund to faculty and teaching assistants who demonstrate excellence in teaching.
25 Jul 2017
UBC recognized by Canada Research Chairs Program for exemplary equity practices
The Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat (TIPS) is pleased to recognize The University of British Columbia (UBC) for its exemplary equity and diversity practices in recruiting Canada Research Chairs, and for achieving its equity targets for the representation of women, Aboriginal Peoples and members of visible minorities among its chairholders.