Most of today's university undergraduates were born in the 2000s. Like every generation before them, their formative years are being influenced by a distinct set of social conditions, significant events, opportunities, and challenges. What's it like to be a student today? What do Gen Z want from university? And how are universities helping them prepare for their (and our) futures?
I’m currently an associate professor of Creative Writing on UBC’s Okanagan campus and have a new novel out called The Double Life of Benson Yu. It’s about a man confronting his past by telling a...
Folk dance has a long history in traditional Chinese culture and has taken diverse forms over millennia. Dance has always been closely connected with the common people, reflecting their ideas, their...
Congratulations to Hon. D. Ross Fitzpatrick (BCom'58), who was invested as an Officer (O.C.) into the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of...
Nadine (Binkley) Bonda, Ph.D., has been appointed Board of Trustees Chair at TERC, a STEM education research and development nonprofit. With six years of support and advocacy for TERC, Nadine brings...
After graduation, I didn’t want to work a 9-5. Instead, I ended up working a 9-9, but I love it.
I’m the founder of Rocketbrew - a super-secret start-up based here in Vancouver. My cofounder and I...
My debut fiction collection, Such a Lovely Afternoon, is out this fall with Inanna Publications.
I’m an award-winning writer now based in Whitehorse, Yukon. In my new book, a feisty young...
The graduating class of UBC Civil Engineers of 1972 recently celebrated their 50th anniversary. The event was held at the Sparkling Hill Resort in Vernon, BC. Of the class of 43 graduates, 19...
Since giving up the practice of law (over fifteen years divided between Vancouver, London, and Milan) I have begun writing in my free time, mostly short stories. I have a story...