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UNBC researchers receive $300,000 in federal funding
Two UNBC researchers received funding through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's Insight Grant and Insight Development Grant programs.
From disaster to discovery: WIRL's structural resilience
From misfortune came the opportunity to examine a mass timber structure's ability to withstand a series of extreme events, as the University's cutting-edge laboratory was the closest exposure to a natural gas blast.
UNBC scientists receive $5 million grant for salmon research in Quesnel Lake
While the project focuses on salmon populations in the Quesnel watershed, the team of researchers expects the findings to be application to other large lake systems in the Pacific Northwest undergoing climate change.
Challenges of professional boundaries for rural practitioners
New research brought together expertise from medicine and physical therapy to help examine how rural practitioners manage overlapping relationships in small and remote communities.
Repelling and still holding together
Physics Assistant Professor Dr. Jean-Sébastien Bernier co-authored an article in the latest issue of the journal Nature documenting the observation of exotic repulsively bound objects.
UNBC researchers secure nearly $2 million in funding
Eleven UNBC researchers received funding through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's Discovery Grant Program.
New remote sensing technologies used to measure water from the province's snowpack and glaciers
A collaborative project involving researchers from UNBC, Vancouver Island University and the Hakai Institute are working to understand the role seasonal snow cover and glaciers play in the hydrology of key watersheds along B.C.'s Central and Southern Coast.
Student-designed portal connects health researchers
HRI Connect, a new UNBC Health Research Institute databank developed by UNBC Computer Science students, will enable northern health researchers to more easily find and connect with others who have similar interests, helping to further health innovation in the region. The portal is also the first major production deployment in the cloud for the University.
Connecting climate change to food systems and health in Indigenous communities
Geography Associate Professor Dr. Tristan Pearce is leading an international study linking climate change, food systems, and health on Indigenous communities around the world.