Spotlight

How can Canada repair a broken housing system while also future-proofing it? At UBC, researchers are tackling this question from multiple angles: piloting more efficient and sustainable construction methods, informing policy that recognizes adequate housing as a basic right, and designing homes that protect occupants from natural disasters and the effects of a warming climate.

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

UBC grads defining the future

One pressing question. Multiple expert perspectives.

Insider travel tips from alumni around the world

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

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

A glance into UBC’s past

Winning entries from our annual writing contest for UBC alumni

More show, less tell

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

Science

Dr. Tony Yang and students in UBC's Smart Structures Lab.

Novel modular construction using AI and robots can raise a 15-storey building in under a week.

Dr. Lisa Tobber's seismic engineering practices.

This engineer studies how buildings fail during earthquakes, and redesigns them so they don’t.

The outside of Brock Commons Tallwood House.

Novel designs piloted at UBC are leading the way for a new era of sustainable housing.

Asian woman with water bottle in a park shields her eyes from sunlight

Warm weather is arriving earlier, lasting longer, and packing more heat than it used to.

Qian Chen's Building Information Modelling, or BIM.

Turning building plans into an integrated virtual platform that can be updated in real time.

Man with glasses in dress shirt and tie sits at table

Founded by Dr. Allen Eaves, STEMCELL Technologies now anchors BC’s life sciences sector.

Woman running on treadmill wearing breathing mask

Who gets studied—and who does the studying—limits scientific knowledge.

Man kneels on barren rocky surface with equipment

It all started in a UBC lab.

Bird's eye view of several orcas surfacing in ocean

Canadian researchers captured a rare video of killer whales and dolphins working together.

Two men in hardhats talk on a construction site

These projects are accelerating housing solutions, lowering costs, and creating jobs.