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Promoting healthier lifestyles for strong northern futures
Focused on finding ways to help people live their best possible active lives, Dr. Taru Manyanga with the UBC Master of Physical Therapy – North at UNBC is seeking to draw inspiration from the northern B.C. region and local Indigenous cultures.
New stations to monitor B.C.'s extreme weather
New funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation will support the development of the Monitoring Extreme Climate and Hydrometeorological Events project. Led by Dr. Stephen Déry, the project includes two new weather stations in west-central British Columbia.
Keeping aging brains lightning-fast
Northern Medical Program researcher Dr. Kendra Furber and her team have been using the Mid-IR beamline at the Canadian Light Source facility, University of Saskatchewan, to look at biochemical changes in the brain.
Measuring the impact of the habitat matrix
Enhancing biodiversity is not just about protecting pristine habitat, it's also about ensuring habitat influenced by humans remains high quality for a variety of species, according to new research led by UNBC PhD candidate Juan Pablo Ramírez-Delgado.
Creating dementia-friendly neighbourhoods
As more people choose to live at home as they grow older, there are steps communities can take to make neighbourhoods friendly for people living with dementia and their caregivers.
Research income increasing at UNBC
UNBC placed first in its category for not-for-profit research income growth in the latest Research Infosource Canada's Top 50 Research University rankings.
Collaborating on mathematics research
Mathematics and Statistics Assistant Professor Dr. Alia Hamieh is part of a Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Collaborative Research Group examining the role of L-functions in analytic number theory.
New mapping shows western Canada’s glaciated environments rapidly changing
A new mapping tool developed by UNBC researchers shows that western Canadian glaciers are shrinking at an increasing rate. Accelerated area loss was highest for small glaciers on Vancouver Island where they experienced a 32-fold increase in the rate of shrinkage.