ShQUooz Circle Celebrates a Year of Movement, Culture and Community
The ShQUooz Circle is celebrating a year of movement, culture, connection and community through a growing partnership between UBC, Indigenous Women Rise (IWR) and the Indigenous Physical Activity and Cultural Circle (IPACC). At the heart of this work are the women themselves. Led in partnership with Elder Sally Lee, Diana Day and Angelina Day of Indigenous Women Rise, a grassroots organization […]
Celebrating the Newly Named MacIsaac Health Building
On Sept. 25 2026, UBC formally celebrated the newly named MacIsaac Health Building and the MacIsaac family’s historic $40-million gift, the largest ever made to a Canadian school of nursing. The celebration also showcased the new Team-Based Care Teaching Clinic, which will provide primary care for up to 4,450 B.C. patients without a regular provider […]
UBC’s Gateway Health Building has been renamed the MacIsaac Health Building
In recognition of a historic $40-million gift to UBC’s School of Nursing from alumni Matthew and Natalie MacIsaac, UBC will name the MacIsaac School of Nursing and MacIsaac Health Building in their honour. The shared building is also home to the School of Kinesiology, Student Health and Wellbeing, UBC’s Team-based Care Teaching Clinic and the […]
New federal funding supports UBC research on heat and schizophrenia
The Government of Canada has announced more than $17 million in funding through its Climate Change and Health Capacity Building Program, including support for University of British Columbia research examining how extreme heat affects people living with schizophrenia. At this morning’s announcement, Dr. Liv Yoon highlighted findings from the 2021 B.C. heat dome, during which […]
UBC School of Kinesiology is Ranked 1st in North America and 4th Globally in to the QS World University Rankings 2026
According to the 2026 QS World University Rankings by Subject, the UBC School of Kinesiology, together with the UBC Okanagan School of Health and Exercise Sciences, is ranked among the world’s leading programs in sports-related subjects. Now in its 22nd year, the QS World University Rankings by Subject evaluates more than 1,900 institutions worldwide across […]
Pacific Northwest Exercise Group brings local researchers together
The Pacific Northwest Exercise Group (PNWEG) was revived this year, bringing together exercise physiology researchers and graduate trainees from across the Lower Mainland. PNWEG began in the early 1990s as an initiative of Dr. Don McKenzie, who envisioned a regional meeting where graduate trainees could share their research and connect with colleagues. The meeting continued through the early […]
Crowd funding – Boosting Depression Recovery with Exercise and Brain Stimulation
November 14th, 2025 Depression is one of the most common and disabling illnesses worldwide. While existing treatments can help, many people continue to struggle, and recovery can take weeks or even months. At the University of British Columbia (UBC), we’re exploring a new way to make treatment faster, more effective, and more accessible. Our teams […]
UBC School of Kinesiology is Ranked 1st in North America and 3rd Globally According to the QS World University Rankings 2024
According to the 2024 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) University Rankings, the UBC School of Kinesiology, together with the UBC Okanagan School of Health and Exercise Sciences, holds the top position in North America and is ranked third globally for sports-related subjects. The QS University Rankings, renowned for their rigorous assessment methodology, have evaluated 1,500 institutions spanning […]
UBC KIN celebrates largest graduating class in history
After crossing the stage on May 25, 2023, UBC Kinesiology graduates were joined by faculty, staff, friends, and family to celebrate and recognize their outstanding achievements at the School’s reception, held at Sage Bistro. The class of 2023 is the largest in KIN history, with 303 undergraduate students and 29 graduate students (MKin, MSc, PhD) […]
KIN student, Lynda Li, wins prestigious award at Global Undergraduate Summit
Lynda Li, 4th year undergraduate BKIN student is one of the 25 winners selected in the 2022 Global Undergraduate Awards competition. There were over 2500 submissions received worldwide. “Each year thousands of students from around the world submit their undergraduate research projects to The Global Undergraduate Awards (GUA), the world’s leading pan-discipline, undergraduate research awards […]