The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health and the Health Arts Research Centre, both housed at UNBC, are receiving a $1-million Indigenous Services Canada grant for a two-year project focused on promoting cultural safety and Indigenous knowledge in health care.
The Northern Collaborative Baccalaureate Nursing Program afforded recent graduate Brooke Clarabut and her mom Amanda Weir the unique opportunity to support each other on their educational journeys towards nursing degrees. They appreciated being able to pursue degrees in their hometown of Terrace and are now working in the community at Mills Memorial Hospital.
A collaboration between UNBC, UBC Faculty of Medicine and Northern Health, the new Northern Centre for Clinical Research will create more opportunities in the north for clinical and biomedical research.
A donation of seven carvings from Castley, Jones and Slonaker families will help students from across the province form a deeper connection when they visit UNBC's First Nations Centre.
Dr. Wendy Rodgers is UNBC's new Vice President Academic and Provost. In her new role, Dr. Rodgers will lead the comprehensive strategic planning, development, and implementation of academic priorities at UNBC.
UNBC student Lydia Kinasewich won the W. Kaye Lamb scholarship for her research paper about the history of Harrison Hot Springs. Awarded by the British Columbia Historial Federation, the competition is open to all students writing about topics related to B.C.'s history.
The Class of 2022 at UNBC's South-Central campus all come from the School of Nursing and many of them will be working in Quesnel and the Cariboo region.