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Nazreen Cameron, an older woman with pulled-back dark hair, wears a UBC hoodie and stands at an entrance of Wesbrook Building.

December 23

‘This will be with me forever’: UBC custodial worker Nazreen Cameron receives 2025 President’s Service Award

It’s a regular afternoon for Nazreen Cameron as she prepares roti and chicken curry in her kitchen, when she gets the sudden urge to check her phone. She sees multiple missed messages alerting her she has received an award at UBC and asks her son for confirmation, assuming it to be a scam. “No, Mom,” he reassures her. “You got the award. $5,000.” Read More.

featuresHarper Jasinski with photos by Aleah Kippan

JP Catungal stands outside wearing glasses and a black short-sleeved shirt.

June 28, 2025

Dr. JP Catungal centres equity and justice in the classroom

featuresJulian Coyle Forst

Mila Zuo, a Chinese woman with long dark hair wearing a green coat, stands against a leafy background.

May 16, 2025

‘I want to see the weird in you’: Dr. Mila Zuo’s refreshingly honest take on cinema

featuresBernardo Sampaio de Saboya Albuquerque with photos by Mehnaj Syed

Eli Puterman smiling at the camera under a cherry blossom tree. He is wearing a blue button-up shirt.

April 14, 2025

Eli Puterman explores avenues to reduce stress — mentally and physically

featuresShobana Shanmugasamy with photos by Fiona Sjaus

Serena Kealy smiles away from the camera in a black shirt and cream blouse in front of a beige background.

April 8, 2025

Crafting joy: Serena Kealy’s textiles speak of girlhood, resistance and belonging

featuresHana Kovar

Igor Drljača wears a black turtleneck and smiles at the camera on the top floor of the Nest in front of the rooftop garden.

March 11, 2025

For Igor Drljača, film is about self-healing and reclaiming truth

featuresFiona Sjaus

Aatisha Avasthi photographed in front of the Koerner library outside wearing a red coat and orange scarf around her neck.

February 10, 2025

Before Aatisha Avasthi becomes an educator, she wants to reform the classroom

featuresShubhreet Dadrao with photos by Sidney Shaw

Naomi Leung photographed in front of a blue, green and red projected art display.

February 10, 2025

‘Repetitive motions’: Naomi Leung processes memory, resilience and healing

featuresKrishna Narayanan

A photo of Rosemary Ommer wearing a light blue shirt and looking at the camera in front of a black background

January 24, 2025

Dr. Rosemary Ommer casts a line to fisheries and coastal communities

featuresMahin E Alam

Ilsa Cooke smiling at the camera in a black top in front of a grey background.

January 14, 2025

Dr. Ilsa Cooke scours the cosmos for the molecular origins of life

featuresJoyce Park

Guangyu Wang smiles at the camera in a black blazer and shirt inside the UBC Forestry Sciences Centre.

January 11, 2025

Dr. Guangyu Wang believes forests are for the people

featuresShobana Shanmugasamy with photos by Saumya Kamra

A photo of Thomas Lemieux smiling at the camera in a grey shirt with the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre in the backdrop.

December 16, 2024

Dr. Thomas Lemieux is leading Canadian research on wealth and income inequality

featuresSophia Bertuzzi Samilski with photos by Saumya Kamra

September 25, 2024

Antoine Bourges' camera slows down time

featuresRaunaq Nambiar

Anita stands on a podium with a medal around her neck behind a grey backdrop.

September 24, 2024

Anita Nambuuza is a student of life

featuresFiona Sjaus

Rebecca Todd looking down and sitting next to some tools in front of a barn holding a yellow mug and wearing a straw sunhat, navy sweater and jeans.

September 23, 2024

Dr. Rebecca Todd follows her interests to where art and science meet

featuresDuncan Murray

President Bacon sitting in his office and smiling at the camera.

September 3, 2024

Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon answers UBC’s call to service

featuresRenée Rochefort with photos by Jerry Wong

August 23, 2024

Deputy Provost Dr. Janice Stewart pushes for a UBC that’s a wonderful place to be

featuresIsabella Ma

July 26, 2024

Dr. Alfred Hermida pioneered digital media so we can learn how to do journalism without it

featuresFiona Sjaus

July 23, 2024

Alex Migdal brings news to social media, one TikTok video at a time

featuresIman Janmohamed

July 18, 2024

Dr. Kimberly Bain’s classroom is a space for refusal, dreaming, transformation

featuresElena Massing with photos by Isa S. You