Challenges, changes, and research: Insights from UBC’s University Killam Professors

November 20, 2025

Killam Professors from left to right: headshots of Marco Marra, Isabel Grant, and Jamie Peck, with a golden dusted background.

Three of UBC's newest University Killam Professors, from left to right: Professor Marco Marra, Professor Isabel Grant, and Professor Jamie Peck

In this time of global uncertainty and unrest, the role of research is more crucial than ever. Meet UBC’s three newest University Killam Professors—recipients of the highest honour UBC can confer on faculty members—as they explore the local and worldwide impact of their innovative research in biological, socio-political, and legal systems. In this illuminating webinar, discover how their research is both being shaped by, and could help respond to, the shifting global landscape. 

This UBC Dialogues event is presented by alumni UBC and the Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation. 

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Moderator

Dr. Gail Murphy – Vice-President, Research & Innovation, UBC

Speakers

Dr. Isabel Grant – Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC

Dr. Marco Marra – Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine & Michael Smith Laboratories, UBC

Dr. Jamie Peck – Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, UBC

Recorded on November 12, 2025.

THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE PRESENTING PARTNERS OF FORWARD: THE CAMPAIGN FOR UBC

 

 

WITH ONGOING SUPPORT FROM THE ALUMNI UBC PILLAR PARTNERS