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

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Dean

Koper, Dr. Nicola

PhD (University of Alberta), MSc (University of Guelph), BSc (University of Guelph)

Dean, Faculty of Environment

Phone

250-960-5121

nicola.koper@unbc.ca

Office

8-270

Research and Expertise

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Chairs

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Clapp, Dr. Tara Lynne

PhD (University of Southern California), MEDes (University of Calgary), BES (University of Manitoba)

Chair, School of Planning and Sustainability

Associate Professor

Phone

250-960-6016

Cell

236-792-4460

tara.clapp@unbc.ca

Office

10-3066

Dr. Tara Lynne Clapp is Chair of the School of Planning and Sustainability at the University of Northern British Columbia. Her research interests are in rural and northern sustainability and resilience, particularly in water and watersheds, and housing and development.

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Nolin, Dr. Catherine

PhD, MA (Queen's University at Kingston), BA Geography (University of Calgary)

Chair, Department of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Professor

Phone

250-960-5875

Cell

250-961-5875

catherine.nolin@unbc.ca

Office

Teaching Lab 8-148

Website

https://www.unbc.ca/catherine-nolin

I am a social geographer with two broad areas of research interest that connect in many ways and often overlap: Guatemala/Violence/Development/Justice and Migration/Transnationalism/Refugee Studies.

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