Steppe to Screen: Language Preservation Project
This gamified language education program provided children from the Kazakh-Canadian community in Vancouver with opportunities to connect to their language and culture. With the support of volunteers, children designed a learning application (http://steppe2screen.com) for learning Kazakh. UBC Student Project Leads: Kamila Maral and Zhanerke Zhumash Community Partner: Qazaq BC Grant Type: Chapman & Innovation Grant Year […]
Digital Bridges: Intergenerational Tech Empowerment Program
This intergenerational digital literacy program responded to a well-documented and urgent community need to support elderly Chinese immigrants with challenges in aging, navigating language barriers, and adapting to a rapidly digitizing world. Youth volunteers taught seniors scam prevention, safe use of artificial tools, and more – all while building their own leadership, teaching, and cross-cultural […]
Kits Kids Cook!
This project aimed to strengthen children’s food literacy by providing accessible, inclusive, and hands-on opportunities to learn about nutrition and cooking through Kitsilano Neighbourhood House’s low-cost summer camp. Workshops paired nutrition education with a hands-on cooking or food activity to encourage children to explore ingredients, develop practical skills, and build positive experiences with food. UBC […]
Therapeutic Tunes: Live Music for Hospice and Long-Term Care Residents
This project delivered outdoor live music events for hospice clients and long-term care residents to spend meaningful time with loved ones in a relaxed, non-clinical environment. This helped reduce social isolation, provided opportunities for families to gather, and established a foundation for future music-based programming within the Surrey Hospice Society UBC Student Project Lead: Aasim Khan […]
The Legacy of Resilience Mural
This community-engaged art project was developed in partnership with Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Coquitlam following the school fire on October 14, 2023. The project aimed to help students maintain a sense of belonging and connection to their school community while their school remained displaced at Winslow Centre. UBC Student Project Lead: Aida Ghapanchizadeh Community […]
Empowered Aging: Digital Health and Chronic Care Navigation for Seniors
The Healthy Aging Collective is a student-led initiative founded by two UBC medical students with a goal of improving health literacy among older adults. This work is grounded in the belief that health education should go beyond simply sharing medical information – helping older adults recognize important health changes, understand prevention strategies, navigate available resources, […]
Research to Impact: Building Knowledge Mobilization Skills Through Community Partnership
Faculty: Dr. Jasmin Ma, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education Community Partner: Foundry BC Responding to a Growing Need The Research to Impact (R2I) Knowledge Mobilization Fellowship was created to address the growing demand for knowledge mobilization (KxM) skills by providing graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with applied training, practical experience, and opportunities to work directly […]
Learning with Community: Reimagining Geoscience Education Through Indigenous and Local Knowledge
Faculty: Dr. Nina Hewitt, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Community Partners: Osoyoos Indian Band, Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre, Covert Farms, FireSmart BC, Osoyoos Desert Centre, and local landowners Responding to a Growing Need Field-based learning is a cornerstone of geoscience education, yet these learning experiences often take place on the traditional territories of Indigenous […]
Maize, Memory, and Community: Bringing Lived Experience into the Classroom
Faculty: Dr. Tamara L. Mitchell, Faculty of Arts Community Partner: Maya in Exile Garden Responding to a Growing Need Latin American Studies 315 (LAST 315) explores the cultural, historical, and political significance of maize in Mesoamerica. While students engage with literature, Indigenous myth, poetry, and historical narratives throughout the course, this project sought to complement those […]
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Building Systems Thinkers: Integrating Map the System into Sustainability Education
Faculty: Dr. Denise Gabriel, Integrated Sciences Program Project: Integrating a Map the System Toolkit into ISCI 360: Systems Approaches to Regional Sustainability Responding to a Growing Need Addressing today’s sustainability challenges requires more than understanding individual issues—it requires understanding the complex systems that shape them. Recognizing this, the Integrated Sciences (ISCI) program has adopted systems thinking […]
Celebrating Algae: Connecting Students, Science and Community
Faculty: Dr. Bridgette Clarkston, Department of Botany Community Partners: Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Hornby Island Natural History Centre, and Hornby Island Community School Responding to a Growing Need Although algae are essential to healthy ecosystems and play an important role in biodiversity, food systems, and human cultures, they are often overlooked in educational resources. To address this […]
Learning Through Care: Preparing Future Pharmacists to Support People Living with Parkinson Disease
Faculty: Dr. Larry Leung, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Community Partner: Parkinson Wellness Projects (PWP) Responding to a Growing Need People living with Parkinson disease (PD) and their caregivers often need accessible education and ongoing support to navigate complex medication management. In partnership with Parkinson Wellness Projects (PWP), the UBC Pharmacy Building Resources and Accessibility in Neurology […]
FROM CLASSROOM TO CAREER: AN ACCESSIBLE ONLINE CURRICULUM & TOOLKIT FOR NEWCOMER STUDENTS
This project created an accessible online toolkit to help newcomer high school students navigate BC’s post‑secondary and career pathways. Developed with the North Vancouver School District and the Edify Foundation, it offers clear guidance through videos, curricula, and multilingual resources, which will remain available online to support long‑term community impact. UBC Student Project Lead: Amir Hosseini […]
NOTHING MOVES WITHOUT US: MIGRANT-POWERED STORYTELLING
This project is a community‑rooted, arts‑based organizing initiative that uses storytelling, cultural practice, and political education to strengthen migrant leadership and collective action among Filipino migrants in British Columbia. It builds on earlier cultural organizing (the East Van Migrant Workers Poetry Collective) and expands it into a broader movement‑building effort. The project aims to mobilize […]
ACCESSIBLE CONTENT WITH THE FAMILY NETWORK FOR DEAF CHILDREN
The project is a community‑engaged accessibility initiative that redesigned the Family Network for Deaf Children website and created ASL‑first informational videos to better serve Deaf and Hard of Hearing children, youth, and families. It centered language justice, co‑creation with Deaf youth, and sustainable digital accessibility infrastructure. The project aimed to rebuild the website and create […]
SCALING CREATIVITY: EXPANDING ACCESS TO ARTS FOR COMMUNITY WELL-BEING IN THE DTES
This project centers on expanding low‑barrier, arts‑based wellness spaces for women and gender‑diverse residents in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), using creative expression as a pathway to connection, healing, and community building. The grant supported 39 workshops across six DTES sites, including women‑only and gender‑diverse spaces. These workshops ranged from UV‑resin jewelry to weaving, painting, lanyard‑making, […]
VANDU LITERACY CIRCLE
This project aimed to support and address longstanding inequities in literacy access, especially for older adults, people with limited formal education, and community members affected by poverty, colonialism, and the toxic drug crisis, and develop civic engagement among residents of the Downtown Eastside. The curriculum blended practical literacy skill‑building with culturally and politically relevant content […]
NEWCOMER HEALTH LITERACY PROJECT
This project aimed to address disparities in healthcare access among immigrant and refugee women in Canada. The project involved 6 online workshops and 4 cohorts of in-community sessions organized for around 150 women, focused on building basic literacy on healthcare topics such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer screening, mental health, vaccinations, and nutrition. These sessions aimed […]