Khaled Ahmed "In addition to being one of the top schools in Canada, I was impressed by the work of my current supervisors and wanted to learn from them and follow their footsteps. " Read More Cassandra Elphinstone "At the end of my undergraduate degree, which was also completed at UBC, I spoke to my honours thesis supervisor who studies the ecological effects of climate change on tundra plants and another professor who investigates the genomic adaptation... Read More Shubham Arora "One of the noteworthy reasons behind my interest in pursuing my higher education at this Canadian university is that the curriculum of UBC is much more advanced, challenging, and research intensive, which will allow me to enhance my... Read More Xueqing (Rose) Zhang "UBC is a world famous university. I participated in the UBC Vancouver Summer Program in 2016, which is when I found that UBC has a beautiful campus, outstanding professors and a multi-cultural environment. Vancouver is a multi-cultural city,... Read More A. Saskia Wolsak "UBC has been incredibly supportive to me during my Master's of Science (2017) and now for my PhD. This support has been financial in the form of fellowships, academic in the presence of world class teachers and fellow students, as well as... Read More Reid Mitchell "After growing up in Ontario I came to UBC for undergraduate studies in Kinesiology and continued at UBC with a Master of Science under the supervision of Dr. Jordan Guenette. My time in this beautiful place, the network (both professional and... Read More Denali YoungWolfe "Hosted on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territory, UBC is a place where world class Indigenous academics and knowledge keepers come together. This is a centre of excellence, and I am grateful to be here. " Read More Eric Simons "For an archaeologist who works with living people on the British Columbian coast, UBC offers three attractive strengths: 1) UBC’s archaeology program is housed in the university’s Department of Anthropology, a situation that encourages... Read More Kirsten McIlveen "UBC Geography is one of the few geography departments in North America that has faculty (ie my advisor, Dr Gerry Pratt) with interest and expertise in the new sub-disciplinary field of carceral geography; it is to this sub-discipline that I can... Read More Javiera Pumarino "I decided to study at UBC because it is one of the top Universities in North America. I particularly value its vibrant research community and the support provided through first-class facilities and varied resources. Specifically, I chose the... Read More David Champagne "It was mostly following a need to meet new networks of activists, policy markers and scholars in my field. But also, to discover some of the most creative and relevant contemporary research in sustainability and political economy. Moreover, I... Read More Maj Britt Jensen "UBC and my program are the specific environment that will guarantee that rigorous critique and subversive creativity, research and artistic practice can be pursued simultaneously without having to organize any of the parts into a... Read More Daphne Ling "I came to UBC in 2011 to work full-time in Prof. Adele Diamond’s lab. I had gotten in touch with her when I had freshly graduated with my BSc and she had flown me out for an interview and subsequently created a position for me. I am fortunate... Read More Rebekah Kartal "I decided to study at UBC because of the strength of the geography program. With the faculty members doing research in multiple areas, I feel the program at UBC will expose me to a diversity of subdisciplines within the field of geography. In... Read More David Moulton "I came to be a part of Dr. Hinch's research program, which provides an opportunity to make a tangible difference in the field due to topical research in an extensive collaborative network. His lab has an amazingly supportive atmosphere and... Read More Henrik Jacobsen "UBC has several scholars in the field of environmental politics, which made it very attractive. Moreover, the political science department has been highly supportive during the application and admissions process and made sure I would have... Read More Santiago David "The broad range of faculty, graduate and post-graduate students who are part of the department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre are one of the most outstanding in the world and are broadly recognized for their research excellence and... Read More Simangele Mabena "Dr. Belliveau's work in research based theatre and Dr. Kendrick's work in multimodal literacy support my exploration of utilising signed and spoken languages as a bridge between the d/Deaf and hearing teachers in the classroom. The freedom... Read More Kyle Loewen "When deciding where to do my PhD, the geography department seemed to be a really good fit for my research interests. In addition, the work coming out of this department was really exciting. When it came time to decide, I chose UBC based on my... Read More Severn Cullis-Suzuki "I wanted to study at UBC because of its wonderful resources at UBC: Dr. Pat Shaw and FNEL, and for the Museum of Anthropology, the X̱wi7x̱wa Library and the First Nations House of Learning. I came to UBC because it is endeavouring to embody and... Read More Lily Ivanova "I came to UBC as a master’s student interested in the sociology of education as a way to meaningfully strengthen Canada’s multiculturalism commitment. I’ve since become aware that issues of ethnic and racial discrimination are deeply embedded... Read More Kirk King "I was curious about the unique fusion of music theory and ethnomusicology at the UBC School of Music, and having spent several years focusing on the more philosophical realm of ethnomusicology (cultural studies, ethnography, and such), I wanted... Read More Pages« first ‹ previous … 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Khaled Ahmed "In addition to being one of the top schools in Canada, I was impressed by the work of my current supervisors and wanted to learn from them and follow their footsteps. " Read More
Cassandra Elphinstone "At the end of my undergraduate degree, which was also completed at UBC, I spoke to my honours thesis supervisor who studies the ecological effects of climate change on tundra plants and another professor who investigates the genomic adaptation... Read More
Shubham Arora "One of the noteworthy reasons behind my interest in pursuing my higher education at this Canadian university is that the curriculum of UBC is much more advanced, challenging, and research intensive, which will allow me to enhance my... Read More
Xueqing (Rose) Zhang "UBC is a world famous university. I participated in the UBC Vancouver Summer Program in 2016, which is when I found that UBC has a beautiful campus, outstanding professors and a multi-cultural environment. Vancouver is a multi-cultural city,... Read More
A. Saskia Wolsak "UBC has been incredibly supportive to me during my Master's of Science (2017) and now for my PhD. This support has been financial in the form of fellowships, academic in the presence of world class teachers and fellow students, as well as... Read More
Reid Mitchell "After growing up in Ontario I came to UBC for undergraduate studies in Kinesiology and continued at UBC with a Master of Science under the supervision of Dr. Jordan Guenette. My time in this beautiful place, the network (both professional and... Read More
Denali YoungWolfe "Hosted on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territory, UBC is a place where world class Indigenous academics and knowledge keepers come together. This is a centre of excellence, and I am grateful to be here. " Read More
Eric Simons "For an archaeologist who works with living people on the British Columbian coast, UBC offers three attractive strengths: 1) UBC’s archaeology program is housed in the university’s Department of Anthropology, a situation that encourages... Read More
Kirsten McIlveen "UBC Geography is one of the few geography departments in North America that has faculty (ie my advisor, Dr Gerry Pratt) with interest and expertise in the new sub-disciplinary field of carceral geography; it is to this sub-discipline that I can... Read More
Javiera Pumarino "I decided to study at UBC because it is one of the top Universities in North America. I particularly value its vibrant research community and the support provided through first-class facilities and varied resources. Specifically, I chose the... Read More
David Champagne "It was mostly following a need to meet new networks of activists, policy markers and scholars in my field. But also, to discover some of the most creative and relevant contemporary research in sustainability and political economy. Moreover, I... Read More
Maj Britt Jensen "UBC and my program are the specific environment that will guarantee that rigorous critique and subversive creativity, research and artistic practice can be pursued simultaneously without having to organize any of the parts into a... Read More
Daphne Ling "I came to UBC in 2011 to work full-time in Prof. Adele Diamond’s lab. I had gotten in touch with her when I had freshly graduated with my BSc and she had flown me out for an interview and subsequently created a position for me. I am fortunate... Read More
Rebekah Kartal "I decided to study at UBC because of the strength of the geography program. With the faculty members doing research in multiple areas, I feel the program at UBC will expose me to a diversity of subdisciplines within the field of geography. In... Read More
David Moulton "I came to be a part of Dr. Hinch's research program, which provides an opportunity to make a tangible difference in the field due to topical research in an extensive collaborative network. His lab has an amazingly supportive atmosphere and... Read More
Henrik Jacobsen "UBC has several scholars in the field of environmental politics, which made it very attractive. Moreover, the political science department has been highly supportive during the application and admissions process and made sure I would have... Read More
Santiago David "The broad range of faculty, graduate and post-graduate students who are part of the department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre are one of the most outstanding in the world and are broadly recognized for their research excellence and... Read More
Simangele Mabena "Dr. Belliveau's work in research based theatre and Dr. Kendrick's work in multimodal literacy support my exploration of utilising signed and spoken languages as a bridge between the d/Deaf and hearing teachers in the classroom. The freedom... Read More
Kyle Loewen "When deciding where to do my PhD, the geography department seemed to be a really good fit for my research interests. In addition, the work coming out of this department was really exciting. When it came time to decide, I chose UBC based on my... Read More
Severn Cullis-Suzuki "I wanted to study at UBC because of its wonderful resources at UBC: Dr. Pat Shaw and FNEL, and for the Museum of Anthropology, the X̱wi7x̱wa Library and the First Nations House of Learning. I came to UBC because it is endeavouring to embody and... Read More
Lily Ivanova "I came to UBC as a master’s student interested in the sociology of education as a way to meaningfully strengthen Canada’s multiculturalism commitment. I’ve since become aware that issues of ethnic and racial discrimination are deeply embedded... Read More
Kirk King "I was curious about the unique fusion of music theory and ethnomusicology at the UBC School of Music, and having spent several years focusing on the more philosophical realm of ethnomusicology (cultural studies, ethnography, and such), I wanted... Read More
