April 4, 2023
It isn’t every day that students get to do over their high school prom, but that’s just what happened at UBCO last month when the Social Justice and Change Living Learning Community and the Pride Resource Centre joined forces to create the first campus Pride Prom.
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March 10, 2020
Go Global Experience Iceland, August – December 2018 How did the experience transform your learning? Through this experience I learned a lot about myself and how I like to learn. In first and second year I didn’t have much passion for courses that weren’t directly related to my career in Urban Planning, but when I […]
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March 9, 2020
Work Study Experience UBC Equity & Inclusion Office, May 2019 – Present How did the experience transform your learning? I was hired over the summer by the Equity & Inclusion Office. With the support of the office, we have been able to go to conferences and have conversations with Vice-presidents of different universities. I feel […]
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March 8, 2020
Community Service Learning (CSL) Experience Coding for Kids program – Teaching kids how to code, 2016-2019 How did the experience transform your learning? Through my experience with the CSL program, I was able to gain valuable insight into teaching and learning. The Coding for Kids program enabled me to work closely with elementary and middle […]
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March 7, 2020
Research Experience Lab Technician Assistant, Advanced Thermofluidics Lab, May 2019- Present How did the experience transform your learning? I learned things “in the real world” that helped me take my classroom learning to the next level. For example, I learned about hydrogen embrittlement, which is how hydrogen gas molecules can escape through the grains of […]
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March 4, 2020
Work Study Experience UBC Equity & Inclusion Office, May 2019 – Present How did the experience transform your learning? I’ve always really enjoyed talking through ideas and concepts with people as a way of learning, but in Economics, I felt somewhat limited because our learning is very independent and the concepts are strictly rooted in […]
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March 3, 2020
Research Experience Advanced Thermofluidic Lab, Summer 2019 – Present How did the experience transform your learning? I realized that I did not have as much knowledge in electrical engineering since most of my courses have been in mechanical engineering, but this year I have been taking more electrical courses and working in the lab and […]
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