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I was a resident of Fort Camp in the school year of 1959-1960. The walls were little more than 1/4 inch plywood which meant privacy was essentially non-existent. My roommate decided to discretely...
Bali Brothers
My brother, Rohit Bali, and myself are UBC alumni who started a construction company specializing in renovations and building custom homes. Our company was named by the Canadian Home Builders'...
My years at UBC enriched my life in so many ways, not only intellectually. Graduate studies field work opened doors for me to learn about communities that I otherwise might never have made...
a photo of Kevin Chong
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...
a photo of D. Ross Fitzpatrick
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...
Dr. Nadine Bonda
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...
A photo of Rachel Wong
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...
an image of a swan flying above the clouds
New album out now: Blue Swan, available on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, Amazon Music, YouTube, and other digital platforms. 
a photo of Patti Flather
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...