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Year in Review: UNBC launches the Centre for Technology Adoption for Aging as an AGE-WELL National Innovation Hub. Through partnerships with technology developers, researchers, policymakers, health-care providers, community groups and older adults themselves, CTAAN tests, pilots, implements and promotes new and existing technology solutions to help older adults live independently. Read more: https://www.unbc.ca//innovation-hub-will-make-technology-a #ThisIsUNBC

Year in Review: Conservation Science and Practice Professor Dr. Pamela Wright receives the 2020 Mitacs Award for Outstanding Leadership Professor for her exemplary record of developing collaborations with industry and other partners, providing valuable research and training experiences to interns and initiating research projects with significant outcomes through Mitacs funding. Learn more: https://www.unbc.ca//wright-honoured-leadership-partnered- #ThisIsUNBC

Year in Review: Louisa Hadley, a UNBC Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Master of Arts student, is among the Top 25 finalists selected in the 2020 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Storytelling competition. Hadley’s master’s thesis found that based on an online experiment, compared to the carbon tax, personal carbon trading was significantly better at providing the public with the knowledge about reducing their direct carbon emissions. Read more: https://www.unbc.ca//hadley-among-top-25-sshrc-storyteller #ThisIsUNBC

Year in Review: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted so much in our society, including higher education. This spring and summer our faculty and staff worked to transition many of our courses to alternate delivery modes. In the latest issue of This Is UNBC magazine, Ecosystem Science and Management Associate Professor Dr. Lisa Poirier explains how online learning can create more engagement and space for discussion. Read the story: https://www.unbc.ca/newsroom/unbc-stories/moving-online #ThisIsUNBC

Coronavirus Update: As winter weather beckons, please remember to take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including conducting a daily health assessment before coming to campus and wearing a mask when in public places at UNBC. Also, medical masks must be worn at our Health Services Medical Clinic. Read the full update: https://www.unbc.ca/coronavirus/updates #ThisIsUNBC #COVID19

The dedication, time management, and hard work it takes to become a U SPORTS Canada Academic All-Canadian is incredible. In 2019-2020, our University of Northern British Columbia student-athletes raised the bar, with a record 28 Timberwolves earning AAC status with GPA's of 3.67 or higher. We will announce our honourees over the coming weeks, and UNBC Interim President, Dr. Geoff Payne wanted to send along a personal congratulations. #RunAsOne #ThisIsUNBC #WeAreAllTimberwolves

Whether you are a future student who will be joining us next year or a returning student, there may be scholarships and bursaries you are eligible to apply for. In the latest Future Student Admissions Blog post, learn how to apply for financial awards at UNBC! https://www.unbc.ca//ne/apply-unbc-scholarships-and-awards... #ThisIsUNBC

Examining the ways that muskeg and its reclamation appear in Indigenous, government and scientific discourses is the focus of UNBC's first Anthropology in Our Backyards series talk Thursday afternoon, Nov. 26 from 1 - 2:30 p.m. Oil sands companies in northern Alberta are required to reclaim land disturbed by their extractive activities. Titled Growing [With] Muskeg: Oil Sands Reclamation and Healing, Dr. Tara Joly, an assistant professor at UNBC’s Department of Anthropology, ...will discuss the social and cultural context for the creation of these reclaimed landscapes. Reclaimed land is meant to resemble a naturally-occurring boreal forest, but reclamation has been criticized for ‘desertifying’ a landscape that, before extraction, consisted largely of muskeg (peatlands). Dr. Joly’s public online lecture is open to everyone. You can register for it at: https://bit.ly/anthropology-in-our-backyard #ThisIsUNBC #Anthropology See more

UNBC researcher Dr. Roy Rea had an amoosing welcome to campus this morning at the entrance on University Way. The cow moose is most likely taking her Bachelor of Commoose and Bachelor of Antlerology classes remotely too. Thanks for the photo Roy! As always, if you encounter any wildlife on campuse, please keep your distance and call Campus Security at 250-960-7058. #ThisIsUNBC #UNBC #moose #mooseofnorthernbc #wildlifeoncampus #PrinceGeorgeBC

We're happy to welcome Rahim Somani, who spent more than a decade overseeing the finance and operations at the University of Central Asia, has joined UNBC as our next Vice-President, Finance and Administration. Somani began his new role at UNBC on Nov. 2. We are fortunate to have attracted such a strong candidate with a breadth of skills and experience and I have no doubt that he will provide the strategic thinking and leadership needed from those on our senior administration team, said Dr. Geoff Payne, UNBC’s interim president and chancellor. Read more about Somani here: https://www.unbc.ca//somani-joins-unbc-its-next-vp-finance #UNBC #ThisIsUNBC

Coronavirus update: masks are now mandatory for everyone in all public indoor settings and workplaces per the Provincial Health Officer's latest orders. And we must redouble our efforts to reduce in-person contacts, including working remotely when possible. Read more: https://www.unbc.ca//coronavirus-update-november-20-2020-3 #ThisIsUNBC #COVID19

Listen to our Virtual Writer in Residence, renowned international storyteller Richard Van Camp as he presents: Good Medicine Stories to Remind You That All Storms Pass, Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. during an online Zoom session. Van Camp has published five short story collections, six graphic novels, nine children’s books, and two novels, including the coming-of-age classic The Lesser Blessed, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed film. Everyone welcome. To access the Zoom link, please email Kathy Shaw, [email protected] #ThisIsUNBC #UNBC

Graduate students Penína Sara-Lynn Harding and Annie Pumphrey collected stories from current and emerging leaders across northern B.C. as part of the Claiming Spaces project. The stories became 16 videos meant to inspire a diverse group of future leaders. The Claiming Spaces virtual launch event takes place on Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 5:30 p.m. as part of Inspiring Women Among Us 2020. Claiming Spaces is a partnership between IWAU, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and th...e City of Prince George. Read more: https://www.unbc.ca//unbc-/sharing-stories-claiming-spaces #ThisIsUNBC #UNBC

Congratulations to UNBC Geography Chair and Professor Dr. Catherine Nolin who is being inducted into the Royal Canadian Geographical Society today as a Fellow. According to the RCGS, Fellows "embody the longstanding values and tenets of the Society: the determination to build, courage to explore and steadfast love of country." Dr. Nolin is a social geographer who is an advocate for social justice, including more than 25 years grappling with life after the Guatemalan genocide...s. Her research interests include political violence, violence of development, mining injustice, social justice, human rights, transnationalism, forced migration, qualitative research methodologies, Guatemala & northern B.C. Today's Fellows Show at 4:30 p.m. PST will be live streamed on the RCGS's Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube channels. #ThisIsUNBC #unbcgeography #UNBC See more

UNBC students are resilient and innovative thinkers but need your support to become the nurses, doctors and engineers we require to navigate the challenges of today and to become our future world leaders of tomorrow. Please make an investment towards the future of a UNBC student by providing financial support in this unprecedented time of hardship and uncertainty. #ThisIsUNBC #UNBCGiving