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.
Representation matters
Forests mean different things to different people. UNBC Ecosystem Science and Management Assistant Professor Dr. Samuel Bartels wants to see more diverse voices included when we consider the future of our forests.
Finding community
Women's and Gender Studies student Akua Agyei has found support and community through her participation in the Afro-Caribbean Student Association.
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.
Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples’ Health in Canada
The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH), housed at UNBC, has contributed to a major national report regarding current and projected risks from climate change to the health of Canadians.
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.