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Remembering the life of Chancellor Joseph Gosnell Sr.

Led by Environmental Science Professor Dr. Stephen Déry, the NSERC/Rio Tinto Industrial Research Chair on Climate Change and Water Security partnership aims to better understand how climate change and human activity are impacting water security in the Nechako Watershed.

Our students, faculty, alumni and staff are making headlines for their work on campus.

In 2019, ÂÜÀòÉäÇø's research income increased by 42.5 per cent, the largest increase of any university in the undergraduate tier in the latest edition of Canada's Top 50 Research Universities. ÂÜÀòÉäÇø also saw its overall ranking increase and moved up places in two categories related to research intensity.

ÂÜÀòÉäÇø is the host institution for the Centre for Technology Adoption for Aging in the North, a new AGE-WELL National Innovation Hub. Through partnerships with technology developers, researchers, policy makers, health-care providers, community groups and older adults themselves, CTAAN tests, pilots, implements and promotes new and existing technology solutions to help older adults live independently.

Conservation Science and Practice Professor Dr. Pamela Wright received the 2020 Mitacs Award for Outstanding Leadership – Professor for her exemplary record of developing collaborations with industry and other partners, providing valuable research and training experiences to interns and initiating research projects with significant outcomes through Mitacs funding.

Graduate students Penína Sara-Lynn Harding and Annie Pumphrey collected stories from current and emerging leaders across northern British Columbia as part of the Claiming Spaces project. The stories are meant to inspire a diverse group of future leaders.