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Honouring this year's Indigenous graduates

Thursday, 25 June 2020

Congratulations to all Indigenous graduate students who graduated in 2020! On June 27, the First Nations House of Learning is hosting a virtual graduation celebration to honour and recognize the educational achievements of participating Indigenous graduates.

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship winners announced

Friday, 19 June 2020

Twenty-one doctoral students at UBC have received a Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship, and three postdoctoral fellows have received a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2020!

Tuesday, 16 June 2020

This year’s Spring graduation will be held online, and while the ceremony will include many elements of a traditional ceremony, there will be some unique ones as well. More than 1,270 master's and doctoral students have earned the right to cross the virtual stage this year, and we wish all of them the very best in their future endeavours.

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Strategic Priorities

Improving Student Funding

Promoting Excellence in Graduate Programs

Enhancing Graduate Supervision

Advancing Indigenous Inclusion

Supporting Student Development and Success

Reimagining Graduate Education

Enriching the Student Experience

Dr. Johal's research seeks to understand how shame and stigma have shaped women's participation in Punjabi theatre, and to analyze the factors that can enable female participation and success in the face of constraint. Her research focused on the life stories of four women who have made significant contributions to Punjabi theatre.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Studies (PhD) - graduated in 2020