With more than $1.5 million in funding, the GROW research project team gathered with community partners to officially launch a collaborative study aimed at digging deeper into the ecological and health impacts of herbicides on forest ecosystems.

UNBC researchers rank among world's top scientists

UNBC researchers listed in the most recent release of a peer-reviewed database of the top two per cent of the world's scientists.

Finding strength in community and mental health advocacy

Drawing from his personal journey and empowered by the Mitacs Indigenous Research Ambassador program, Patrick Stubbington Teed Louie George has helped raise mental health awareness and built bridges to support at UNBC's Prince George campus.

Fostering wildfire resilience in northern communities

Students, faculty, staff, outside experts and community members came together to look at ways to bolster community resilience in an event called 'Wildfire Friday'.

Finding keys to salmon resiliency through research

Sustainable fish populations depend on resilient ecosystems. With climate change, habitat loss and other environmental pressures posing significant threats to both fish stocks and their habitats, researchers at UNBC’s Quesnel River Research Centre (QRRC) are working to understand the impacts of those pressures on salmon and develop strategies to preserve salmon species for future generations.

Faculty of Environment

There has never been a better time to explore and understand our natural world and to contribute to our knowledge, discovery, and solutions to the environmental, sustainability, and climate challenges facing our planet and society.

We live in unprecedented times requiring innovative and integrative approaches of science, social science, humanities, and technology, and diverse perspectives from communities, government, and industry. Our programs prepare you to understand the world, solve problems, contribute to and positively impact their professions, and to change systems for the better, through multi-disciplinary approaches, diverse classrooms, lab, field, and community-focused, hands-on experiential learning.

Earn your Bachelor of Arts in Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Geography, Nature-based Tourism Management and Public Administration and Community Development. Or choose a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, Biology, Conservation Science and Practice, Geography, Forest Ecology and Management, and Wildlife and Fisheries. Or attain your Bachelor of Planning in First Nations Planning, Natural Resources Planning, and Northern Rural and Community Planning.

If you are a new to UNBC student, we encourage you to explore all the amazing Orientation events available to you. If you are a returning UNBC student, we encourage you to explore and attend the Weeks of Welcome events.

Fall 2023 Orientation and Weeks of Welcome

Fall 2023 Weeks of Welcome Calendar

Views