Dr. Kathy Lewis is a Registered Professional Forester, acclaimed researcher, and a founding faculty member at UNBC who is well-respected amongst her peers, students and colleagues. She also serves as the University’s Acting Vice-President for the Office of Research and Innovation.
Last week, the Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF) granted her its Canadian Forestry Scientific Achievement Award.

For the third time in seven years, Maclean’s Magazine has ranked the University of Northern British Columbia as the top university in its category in Canada.

Looking at daily national counts of police-reported youth cannabis offenses, Dr. Russ Callaghan and his team found that the 2018 legalization of cannabis in Canada was associated with immediate reductions in these types of offenses.

Anthropology Assistant Professor Dr. Lianne Tripp is studying how immunity passports were used to combat yellow fever in Gibraltar in the early 19th century and how they influenced public health decisions today.

UNBC researchers Dr. Shannon Freeman and Dr. Chelsea Pelletier are co-leading the northern B.C. component of the Dementia-Inclusive Choices for Exercise project.

Northern Medical Program researcher Dr. Kendra Furber has been named a 2021 MSFHR Scholar; the award, which recognizes early career health researchers, will support her work on investigating the biology of the myelin sheath in the brain.

This fall, UNBC researchers will be in the field studying Pineapple Express storms in the Coast Mountains. These atmospheric rivers bring heavy doses of rain and snow to the region. This first-of-its-kind experiment in Canada is part of the NSERC/Rio Tinto Industrial Research Chair in Climate Change and Water Security project.

UNBC researcher Dr. Phil Burton took part in an international study examining the estimated global contributions of deadwood decomposition to carbon dioxide emissions. The team's research was published in the journal Nature.

UNBC's saw its scores increase in all categories, with significant increases in both the teaching and research pillars, in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.