Mourning the passing of John MacDonald
John S. MacDonald, the fifth Chancellor of the University of Northern British Columbia, died on Boxing Day at the age of 83.
UNBC sees phenomenal growth in partnered research
UNBC had the largest increase of any university in the undergraduate tier for corporate research, according to Research Infosource Inc.
UNBC appoints climate change and water security research chair in partnership with NSERC and Rio Tinto
Dr. Stephen Déry is the new NSERC/Rio Tinto Senior Industrial Research Chair in Climate Change and Water Security. The $1.5 million in research funding will allow Déry to to better understand the impacts of climate change and human activity on the long-term water security of the Nechako watershed.
Research Launched to Study Health Outcomes of B.C. Wildland Firefighters
Dr. Chelsea Pelletier, a UNBC health sciences researcher, and her team will spend the next year studying what is known about the health impacts of occupational exposure to wildfires that B.C. wildland firefighters and related personnel face on the job.
