Spotlight

The good news is we have most of the technological solutions for transitioning to low-carbon sources of energy. The biggest challenges to adopting them more widely and rapidly are social and political — from funding and investment, to international cooperation, to inspiring mass support for ambitious policies.

Short Fiction

Winning entries from our annual writing contest for UBC alumni

An illustration of students in a classroom practicing calligraphy, while outside the window other people march beside red flags

An illustration of three people looking up at a branch while a wildfire rages in the background

An illustration of a person with shaggy brown hair and a pink sweater holding a plate of red jello and watching another person bounce jello up his arm.

An illustration of an elderly woman with short white hair and a walker looking outside her window at the falling snow.

An illustration of a kitchen, in which a person with long brown hair and a black skirt looks towards the open front door.

An illustration of a man with grey hair sitting in a room at night, surrounded by piles and boxes of books.