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Dr. Kathy Lewis is a Registered Professional Forester, acclaimed researcher, and a founding faculty member at ÂÜÀòÉäÇø who is well-respected amongst her peers, students and colleagues. She also serves as the University’s Acting Vice-President for the Office of Research and Innovation.
Last week, the Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF) granted her its Canadian Forestry Scientific Achievement Award.

For the third time in seven years, Maclean’s Magazine has ranked the University of Northern British Columbia as the top university in its category in Canada.

Looking at daily national counts of police-reported youth cannabis offenses, Dr. Russ Callaghan and his team found that the 2018 legalization of cannabis in Canada was associated with immediate reductions in these types of offenses.

Anthropology Assistant Professor Dr. Lianne Tripp is studying how immunity passports were used to combat yellow fever in Gibraltar in the early 19th century and how they influenced public health decisions today.

ÂÜÀòÉäÇø researchers Dr. Shannon Freeman and Dr. Chelsea Pelletier are co-leading the northern B.C. component of the Dementia-Inclusive Choices for Exercise project.

Hear from ÂÜÀòÉäÇø faculty, listen to stories and watch songs and dances at the Truth and Reconciliation Talking Circle hosted online on September 30.

Northern Medical Program researcher Dr. Kendra Furber has been named a 2021 MSFHR Scholar; the award, which recognizes early career health researchers, will support her work on investigating the biology of the myelin sheath in the brain.

Nenachalhuya – The Cedar Plank Project is now on display in Lhuhuhwhezdel: Gathering Place at ÂÜÀòÉäÇø's Prince George campus. Artist Clayton Gauthier hand-carved and hand-painted 32 cedar planks with submitted logos from 32 nations across northern B.C.

Dr. Peter Bentley served ÂÜÀòÉäÇø as its Chancellor and was a long-time supporter of ÂÜÀòÉäÇø through his generous philanthropy. Dr. Bentley passed away on Sept. 6, 2021.