Scotiabank funds $2-million cybersecurity and financial data initiative at UBC
UBC is poised to accelerate cybersecurity and financial risk research in Canada and beyond, thanks to a $2-million donation from Scotiabank.
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Dressed for success
AS A BOY GROWING UP IN REGINA, Matt Stefan longed […]
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UBC management students take on challenge with SunRype
Third-year UBC Bachelor of Management students are squeezing everything they have learned to help Sun-Rype Products Ltd., as part of the sixth annual Live Case Challenge.
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Supporter of amateur and professional sports speaks at UBC breakfast event
Doug Mitchell, a man who has played professional football, triumphed in amateur sports, and has arenas and championship trophies named after him, is the special guest at this year’s Valley First/UBC Okanagan Athletics Scholarship Breakfast.
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UBC Management students honoured in business competition
Faculty of Management students from UBC Okanagan’s campus earned a podium finish at JDC West, one of Western Canada’s largest business competitions.
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UBC welcomes national sustainability research chair
UBC’s Okanagan campus has a new national research chair.
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New SIDIT-UBC co-op grant available for employers
An investment of $50,000 from the Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust (SIDIT) to UBC’s Okanagan campus will give regional companies access and financial support to the best and brightest of young talent—UBC Okanagan co-op students.
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UBC Okanagan receives more than $1 million in federal grant funding for social sciences and humanities research
UBC Okanagan has received over $1 million in federal grant funding across multiple disciplines from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The funding, awarded earlier this year, will support an array of social, cultural, economic, sustainability and arts-based research projects.
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UBC researcher says management of pine beetle not working
A method to control the spread of mountain pine beetles—pheromone baiting—may actually help the pest’s population increase, UBC research shows.
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UBC prof. creates crowdsourcing map to track changes in Canada’s media
While the landscape of Canadian media outlets has changed significantly during the past decade, a UBC researcher is hoping to keep tabs on exactly what has changed and where.
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