UNBC is the host institution for the Centre for Technology Adoption for Aging in the North, a new AGE-WELL National Innovation Hub. Through partnerships with technology developers, researchers, policy makers, health-care providers, community groups and older adults themselves, CTAAN tests, pilots, implements and promotes new and existing technology solutions to help older adults live independently.

Conservation Science and Practice Professor Dr. Pamela Wright received the 2020 Mitacs Award for Outstanding Leadership – Professor for her exemplary record of developing collaborations with industry and other partners, providing valuable research and training experiences to interns and initiating research projects with significant outcomes through Mitacs funding.

Graduate students Penína Sara-Lynn Harding and Annie Pumphrey collected stories from current and emerging leaders across northern British Columbia as part of the Claiming Spaces project. The stories are meant to inspire a diverse group of future leaders.

River otters have been eating juvenile sturgeon released from a Vanderhoof hatchery. By visiting dozens of otter latrine sites along the Nechako River, UNBC graduate student Cale Babey has begun to quantify the extent of the predation.

Once again, UNBC ranks among the best small universities in Canada. In the latest rankings from Maclean's magazine, UNBC placed fifth out of 19 universities in its category. Its students placed first in the awards category, acknowledging their success in achieving national recognition.