Planetary health

B.C. wood fuel could cut coal power emissions by 85%

UBC researchers develop biodegradable medical mask for COVID-19

New partnership aims to help BC communities adapt to surging seas

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Environmental action

Support leadership in environmental sustainability, climate and planetary health

Environmental Action

Weaving nature back into cities through strategic design
Delivering high impact collaboration while reducing carbon footprint

Weaving nature back into cities through strategic design

Delivering high impact collaboration while reducing carbon footprint

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Community solutions

Strengthen the Faculty’s testbed approach for developing campus, city and community solutions

Community Solutions

Clean energy ventures & solutions
Campus as a city-scale testbed for leading-edge tech and policies

Clean energy ventures & solutions

Campus as a city-scale testbed for leading-edge tech and policies

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Promote agency

Promote advocacy and agency to effect change in partnership with local and global communities

Promote Agency

Investment in strategic student-led activities
Community portal to tackle challenges in context of needs
Grassroots initiatives that scale

Investment in strategic student-led activities

Community portal to tackle challenges in context of needs

Grassroots initiatives that scale

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Strategic partnerships

Collaborate with purpose in strategic, long-term partnerships

Strategic Partnerships

Strengthened internal & external partnerships via shared projects
Projects which bring together all partners with ‘pieces of the puzzle’
Support model for developing and sustaining long-term partnerships
Partnerships to connect environmental conditions and health outcomes

Strengthened internal & external partnerships via shared projects

Projects which bring together all partners with ‘pieces of the puzzle’

Support model for developing and sustaining long-term partnerships

Partnerships to connect environmental conditions and health outcomes

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Impactful research

Advance disciplinary knowledge and the translation of research and innovation for societal impact

Impactful Research

Research which looks across the entire system, lifecycle and journey or a person or patient
High impact research identified through community engagement
Leaders in built environment adaptation

Research which looks across the entire system, lifecycle and journey or a person or patient

High impact research identified through community engagement

Leaders in built environment adaptation

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Entrepreneurial thinking

Nurture the entrepreneurial mindset and venture creation to support innovative and transformational solutions

Entrepreneurial Thinking

Integration of Design Thinking principles within each of our Faculty’s disciplines
Entrepreneurship fellowships for grad students & faculty
Innovation developed by combining creativity with market intelligence
Entrepreneurship supported in communities of all sizes
Clean energy solutions and ventures

Integration of Design Thinking principles within each of our Faculty’s disciplines

Entrepreneurship fellowships for grad students & faculty

Innovation developed by combining creativity with market intelligence

Entrepreneurship supported in communities of all sizes

Clean energy solutions and ventures

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Truth & reconciliation

Demonstrate an authentic commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and value traditional ways of knowing

Truth & Reconciliation

Co-developed curricula which respects Indigenous traditional knowledge
Community of trust developed via dialogue and knowledge sharing
Indigenous partnerships grounded in respect and land-based learnings
Traditional ecological knowledge supporting environmental health

Co-developed curricula which respects Indigenous traditional knowledge

Community of trust developed via dialogue and knowledge sharing

Indigenous partnerships grounded in respect and land-based learnings

Traditional ecological knowledge supporting environmental health