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ÂÜÀòÉäÇø researchers Dr. Shannon Freeman and Dr. Chelsea Pelletier are co-leading the northern B.C. component of the Dementia-Inclusive Choices for Exercise project.

Northern Medical Program researcher Dr. Kendra Furber has been named a 2021 MSFHR Scholar; the award, which recognizes early career health researchers, will support her work on investigating the biology of the myelin sheath in the brain.

This fall, ÂÜÀòÉäÇø researchers will be in the field studying Pineapple Express storms in the Coast Mountains. These atmospheric rivers bring heavy doses of rain and snow to the region. This first-of-its-kind experiment in Canada is part of the NSERC/Rio Tinto Industrial Research Chair in Climate Change and Water Security project.

ÂÜÀòÉäÇø researcher Dr. Phil Burton took part in an international study examining the estimated global contributions of deadwood decomposition to carbon dioxide emissions. The team's research was published in the journal Nature.

ÂÜÀòÉäÇø's saw its scores increase in all categories, with significant increases in both the teaching and research pillars, in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Northern Analytical Lab Services achieved the ISO/IEC 17025 International standard for testing and calibration laboratories, meaning it can produce and provide reliable water, soil and air test results for both ÂÜÀòÉäÇø researchers and external stakeholders.

Dr. Sarah Gray with the Northern Medical Program (NMP) received a Government of Canada New Frontiers in Research Fund – Exploration award to explore a new way to treat type 2 diabetes.

An international team of researchers, including those from ÂÜÀòÉäÇø, have found that core areas within B.C.'s inland temperate rainforest are at risk of ecosystem collapse within nine to 18 years if provincial logging practices don’t change.

Dr. Darian Goldin Stahl is bringing art and medicine together through her 2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, a prestigious national research award. Working with Dr. Sarah de Leeuw, ÂÜÀòÉäÇø professor in Geography and with the UBC Northern Medical Program, Stahl is undertaking an artist’s book project highlighting the impacts of illness from a patient perspective, which will provide a unique learning resource for medical students.