After 28 years as Director of UBC Child Care, Darcelle Cottons is retiring at the end of this year. She looks back on the university’s five decades of pioneering work, and ahead to new innovations such as modular and $10-a-day childcare
UBC Forestry and Horticulture students step out of the classroom to conduct a comprehensive inventory of trees and plants to inform campus whole systems planning.
A stepped water feature in the centre of campus surprises with its rich aquatic life and potential as a site for demonstrating biodiversity.
For 18 years, SEEDS Sustainability Program has been creating unique partnerships between UBC students, faculty, staff and community partners.
New wayfinding signage for cyclists aims to point out faster routes for travelling across the UBC Vancouver campus.
A colourful mural with an inspiring safety message for cyclists will be painted in the Fraser River Parkade this spring.
Upgrades are underway on this major north–south roadway at UBC, focusing on improvements for pedestrians, cyclists and public transit plus changes for a new 41st Avenue B-Line coming September 2019.
It’s not every day that kids get the chance to work behind the scenes at UBC, but you will see them do just that at Kids Take Over UBC on the Family Day weekend.
2018 drew to a close with nearly 40 departments participating in Seasonal Shutdown, an annual campus-wide campaign at UBC to reduce energy consumption during the winter holiday break.
Along with a handful of leading higher education institutions, UBC was recently recognized at the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories last month for leadership in promotion of the new ACT label and taking action on sustainability.
