Stories tagged "Our Campus" from The Ubyssey

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

Harper Jasinski and Aleah Kippan — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:00:09 +0000

Aleah Kippan / The Ubyssey

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.”

Dr. JP Catungal centres equity and justice in the classroom

Julian Coyle Forst — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 08:27:00 +0000

Courtesy JP Catungal

Dr. John Paul “JP” Catungal recalls the moment he was first approached by a stranger on the topic of his own Queerness.

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

Mehnaj Syed and Bernardo Sampaio de Saboya Albuquerque — Fri, 16 May 2025 19:59:00 +0000

Mehnaj Syed / The Ubyssey

Dr. Mila Zuo wasn’t always going to study film — but after taking a pornography course at UC Berkeley, she was hooked.

Eli Puterman explores avenues to reduce stress — mentally and physically

Shobana Shanmugasamy and Fiona Sjaus — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:16:28 +0000

Fiona Sjaus / The Ubyssey

“I realized my deep passion was the connection of the field of health psychology, where we're trying to explore the impact of our behaviours, our stress levels, on the underlying physiological mechanisms that predict disease,” said Dr. Eli Puterman.

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

Hana Kovar — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 02:46:03 +0000

Courtesy Serena Kealy

Since she was young, textile arts and community have played an important role in Serena Kealy’s life.

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

Fiona Sjaus — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:48:00 +0000

Fiona Sjaus / The Ubyssey

As a kid, Igor Drljača could never get through the New Year’s Eve screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey that a local Toronto television station would play before midnight in the 90s.

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

Shubhreet Dadrao and Sidney Shaw — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:59:52 +0000

Sidney Shaw / The Ubyssey

Entering the throes of the second term and starting a new class can be daunting — especially one you’re running.

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

Krishna Narayanan — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:17:00 +0000

Courtesy Naomi Leung and Yin Mei

“I think art really helps you focus on tactile material things, and repetitive motions can be very reflective, at least for me,” said Naomi Leung. "And I find it a way to feel in my own body.”

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

Mahin E Alam — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:45:00 +0000

Courtesy Rosemary Ommer

For Ommer, her career has been defined by an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration and the goal of producing findings about the humanities and the climate crisis that can be understood across all fields and communities.

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

Joyce Park — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:41:00 +0000

Courtesy Ilsa Cooke

“Most people, if they look at the sky, they want to know what’s out there,” said Dr. Ilsa Cooke.