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PhD candidate Jose Aragon is working on the Connecting Science to Policy to Strengthen Reporting on SDG15 in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru project which won a Group on Earth Observations Sustainable Development Goal Award for its work promoting United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 15, Life on Land.

ÂÜÀòÉäÇø signed on the Scarborough Charter on anti-Black Racism and Black inclusion in Canadian Higher Education.

ÂÜÀòÉäÇø alumna and planner Sarah Atkinson oversees a broad range of non-profit housing projects. As chair of the Planning Institute of B.C.'s Reconciliation in Planning Committee, she says there was a larger call to action; to decolonize our institutions, practices and approaches. She will share that work towards reconciliation at her IWAU/NRESi talk on Nov. 19.

ÂÜÀòÉäÇø is expanding its School of Engineering offerings with the addition of a Master of Applied Science in Engineering degree.

In reviewing traffic-injury emergency department data from Alberta and Ontario, Dr. Russ Callaghan and his team found that Canada’s 2018 legalization of cannabis was not associated with increases in injuries.

ÂÜÀòÉäÇø's Carbon and Energy Management class pairs students with participating local businesses looking to reduce their carbon footprint. A paper about the impact of the course is nominated for a prestigious award.

A new partnership between ÂÜÀòÉäÇø and the University of Central Asia paves the way for increased student exchanges and research collaborations.

ÂÜÀòÉäÇø researchers quantified the percentage of terrestrial vertebrates that call tropical forests home, demonstrating the importance of protecting these ecosystems.

A partnership between UBC and ÂÜÀòÉäÇø, the UBC Master of Physical Therapy – North program launched last fall at ÂÜÀòÉäÇø's Prince George campus to help inspire more graduates to stay and practice in northern and rural communities across B.C., as well as to increase access to physical therapy services.