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What is cIRcle?

cIRcle is the University of British Columbia's institutional repository for research and teaching materials created by the UBC community and its partners. Materials in cIRcle are openly accessible to anyone anywhere, and will be preserved for future generations. Learn more.

Explore cIRcle: Undergraduate Research Projects in Environmental Science

UBC Pacific Spirit Park © Philip Jeffrey CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ENVR 400 Community Project in Environmental Science is a project-based course in UBC’s Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric sciences. This course gives students the opportunity to work hands-on with community organizations on an environmental science project, gaining collaborative field experience and producing valuable research […]

 

by Vanessa Choy – Jun 23, 2026


Explore cIRcle: Open Educational Resources (OER)

Integral Calculus with Applications to Life Sciences by Tsopméné, Paul, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Queer Geography Dictionary by Sloan Morgan, Onyx and Nassim Zand Dizari, CC BY-NC 4.0. Open educational resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are freely available for others to use, adapt, and share. UBC has an ongoing commitment to OER as […]

 

by Leila Malkin – Jun 09, 2026


Meet cIRcle’s New Research Assistant!

UBC Koerner Library Exterior © UBC Library Communications and Marketing CC BY-NC-ND 2.0   Hello everyone, I’m Vanessa, the new Digital Repository Research Assistant at cIRcle for the Summer 2026 term. As a second year student in the UBC iSchool’s Master of Library and Information Studies program (MLIS), my main interest is working with digital […]

 

by Vanessa Choy – May 26, 2026


New in cIRcle: “Coming Home : curation, exhibition and research-creation as reclamation and truth-telling”

Photo from: James, Margaretta. 2025. Coming Home : curation, exhibition and research-creation as reclamation and truth-telling (Page 9).   Elder Margaretta James’ thesis, Coming Home : curation, exhibition and research-creation as reclamation and truth-telling is available in cIRcle. In this thesis, James explores her personal and family history as paths to understanding and interrogating colonization, […]

 

by cIRcle Office – May 12, 2026


Reflections on My Time at cIRcle

Image courtesy of UBC Library Communications and Marketing. I started my work as the Digital Repository Research Assistant at the cIRcle Office last September as I entered my third year of my MAS/MLIS program. Through my graduate coursework and professional positions, I had experience with digital asset creation and metadata processing; I also understood many […]

 

by Sonia Comstock – Apr 28, 2026