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Healthy Aging

By mid-century, it’s projected that about one quarter of Canadians will be at least 65 years old. More people living longer is a triumph of modern times, but those extra years need to come with good health, independence, and wellbeing. Find out how science and innovation are redefining what it means to grow old.

Anne Martin-Matthews.
Are we prepared for an aging world?
New ways of living, working, and caring can help to sustain aging populations.
Spotlight Archive
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Arts
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Heated Rivalry show creator to adapt UBC prof’s novel for Netflix
Annabel Lyon’s The Golden Mean, about Aristotle and Alexander the Great, heads to screen.
Spotlight Archive
Athletics
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UBC and the Winter Olympic Games: On and beyond the podium
Medal moments, equity research, and elite training reveal UBC’s impact on winter sport.
Spotlight Archive
Business
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How a UBC scientist built Canada’s largest biotech company
Founded by Dr. Allen Eaves, STEMCELL Technologies now anchors BC’s life sciences sector.
Spotlight Archive
Campus
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UBC launches South Asia Hub to strengthen Canada-India collaboration
This hub will advance research connections, academic partnerships, and talent development.
Spotlight Archive
Careers
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Did your career take a wild or unexpected turn?
Tell us about the detour—and how it’s working out. Your story might just help a new alum!
Spotlight Archive
Community
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Where in the world was this photo taken?
Guess where each of these 24 images were shot—and meet some global graduates along the way!
Spotlight Archive
Environment
Hero Image
Carol Eugene Park and Jeevan Sangha
Where the wild things matter
What does it take to protect some of Canada's most iconic—and at risk—animals?
Spotlight Archive
Give UBC
Michael Young photographed with the PICNIC kitchen in the background.
Michael Young: Rebuilding connection, community, and hope
“My lived experience gives me a different perspective.”
Spotlight Archive
Health
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How to hack your microbiome for lifelong health
Learn how the microorganisms in your body can support healthy living and aging.
Spotlight Archive
Humanities
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As war raises oil prices, households pay while energy companies profit
The US–Israeli war on Iran means higher fuel prices and greater economic uncertainty.
Spotlight Archive
Life
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My financial life: 10 steps to retire without debt
Discover how you can embark upon a path toward a more financially secure future.
Spotlight Archive
Science
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UBC study finds research in exercise physiology still fails women
Who gets studied—and who does the studying—limits scientific knowledge.
Spotlight Archive
Technology
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UBCO research examines rage bait and why digital anger can feel louder
A UBC Okanagan study explores how anger spreads online versus in person.
Spotlight Archive
afterwords

alumni UBC’s afterwords is a digital conversation series that shares the stories of some of UBC Okanagan’s extraordinary alumni.

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Allisha Heidt
Meet a UBCO alum and entrepreneur whose business is helping to save the planet.
Spotlight Archive
Changemakers

UBC grads defining the future

April Houweling.
Symphony of the sea

A marine biologist invites us to listen to the underwater world of Howe Sound.

Spotlight Archive
Class Acts

News from your old classmates

Collective Wisdom

One pressing question. Multiple expert perspectives.

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How should democracies adapt for the 21st century?

One pressing question, multiple expert perspectives.

Spotlight Archive
In Memoriam

Lives and legacies

Spotlight Archive
My Town

Insider travel tips from alumni around the world

Test
Geneva, Switzerland
UBCO alum Courtney Wilson shares budget-friendly tips for exploring this stunning Swiss city.
Spotlight Archive
Opinion
Canadian PM Mark Carney talks to US President Donald Trump
How Mark Carney became the darling of the global anti‑Trump movement
Why was Carney able to say what others would not, or could not, on such a high-profile stage?
Spotlight Archive
President’s Highlights

Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon reflects on the people and places shaping UBC

Rick Hansen at a tour of the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre.
How UBC researchers are changing what it means to age well

Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon reflects on the people and places shaping UBC.

Spotlight Archive
Readers Write

Stories, advice, and snapshots of life from UBC Magazine readers.

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10 ways you ingeniously saved during university

Necessity is truly the mother of invention when it comes to stretching a student budget.

Spotlight Archive
Rewind

A glance into UBC’s past

Darren Peets and the "Hydrant."
Beer and politics

The drunken “radicals” who shook up UBC elections.

Spotlight Archive
Short Fiction

Winning entries from our annual writing contest for UBC alumni 

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2025 Winner: Magnificence
Winner of the 2025 alumni UBC Short Fiction Contest.
Spotlight Archive
The Big Picture

More show, less tell

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Robby the robot
The newest member of UBC’s Athletics & Recreation team is a line-painting robot.
Spotlight Archive
The Last Word

Q&As featuring well-known individuals with a UBC connection

Kim Campbell.
Kim Campbell

“Seek wisdom, conquer fear, do justice.”

Spotlight Archive
7 people in businesswear standing in line in office
UBC launches South Asia Hub to strengthen Canada-India collaboration

A new partnership with ATLAS SkillTech University and a $4-million investment in scholarships for Indian students were also announced during a visit to India by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand.

Thandi Fletcher
5 Min
Person unscrews cap on gas tank while holding gas pump nozzle
As war raises oil prices, households pay while energy companies profit
The US–Israeli war on Iran means higher fuel prices and greater economic uncertainty.
Philippe Le Billon
6 Min
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The Road to Valour
An army veteran is helping to support others whose professions expose them to trauma.
Rosemary Anderson, BA'74, MFA'19
3 Min
A man and a boy jump off of a deck into a lake

Spotlight

Healthy Aging

Presenting Partners of FORWARD, the campaign for UBC
CBC logo The Globe and Mail logo
Illustration of two young people watching their older selves.
The last “acceptable” prejudice
Bruce Grierson
9 Min
A landscape made up of a uterus.
A new chapter in women’s health
Rachel Glassman, BA'18, MA'20
6 Min
Community connectors—volunteers who provide social services to those in need—emerging from pill bottles.
The social prescription
Chris Cannon
4 Min
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Featured

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Did your career take a wild or unexpected turn?
2 Min
Two men in hardhats talk on a construction site
Canada needs 22 million homes—UBC and partners are delivering solutions
Lou Corpuz-Bosshart
3 Min
Darren Peets and the "Hydrant."
Beer and politics
Rachel Glassman, BA'18, MA'20
5 Min
Cherry trees in bloom on UBC campus
The ultimate cherry blossoms quiz
Kyna Airriess
2 Min
Woman headshot (left) beside book cover image
Heated Rivalry show creator to adapt UBC prof’s novel for Netflix
Sachintha Wickramasinghe, BA’11, MJ’14
4 Min
Headshot of Shakeela Begum in the center of a navy blue background with purple and blue geometric patterns.
Superpower your work—with calmness
A gif of the quiz photographs, designed to appear in polaroid style, layered on top of each other.
Where in the world was this photo taken?
Guess where each of these 24 images were shot—and meet some global graduates along the way!
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UBC’s Gateway Health opens as state-of-the-art research and care hub
This new building houses nursing, kinesiology, and student health programs.
Lou Corpuz-Bosshart
5 Min
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Podcasts

Carol Eugene Park and Jeevan Sangha
Where the wild things matter
30 Min
Carol Eugene Park and Jeevan Sangha
The secret lives of orcas
27 Min
Carol Eugene Park and Jeevan Sangha
From migrant justice to The Amazing Race Canada
31 Min
Carol Eugene Park and Jeevan Sangha
20 years of UBC Okanagan
22 Min
Carol Eugene Park and Jeevan Sangha
What helps men ask for help
30 Min

Give UBC

Michael Young photographed with the PICNIC kitchen in the background.
Michael Young: Rebuilding connection, community, and hope
4 Min
PhD student Klára standing with a group of DTES learners part of the Learning Exchange program
When stories come to life
3 Min
A dog from UBC Okanagan's B.A.R.K program, photographed next to a handler.
Therapy dogs help students find home at UBC Okanagan
3 Min

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