NEW: Low Carbon Economy collection
We are pleased to announce that the new Low Carbon Economy collection recently arrived in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository! This collection is part of the ISIS Research Centre for Social Innovation and Sustainability. “ISIS at the (UBC) Sauder School of Business is focused on leveraging business tools to advance social innovation and sustainability, through research, […]
UNESCO launched a new Open Access Repository to the world
On 18 December 2013, UNESCO launched a new Open Access Repository making more than 300 digital reports, books and articles available to the world under the Creative Commons IGO licenses. Source: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/41265
GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award: new submissions welcome
“The [GSS cIRcle] Open Scholar Award is an excellent representation of both UBC and its graduate students’ dedication to showcasing our unique intellectual output. It gives graduate students an opportunity to showcase their knowledge outside of their normal networks while encouraging the spirit of collaboration and interdisciplinarity.” – Christopher Roach, GSS President (2013-14) The breadth […]
Let the Special Olympics Canada 2014 Summer Games begin
It’s almost here! The Special Olympics Canada 2014 Summer Games will officially start next week (July 8-12) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver Point Grey campus. The UBC Vancouver campus “will welcome 1,300 athletes with intellectual disabilities for the Special Olympics Canada 2014 Summer Games” as announced in the UBC News media release […]
A letter from Prof. Toope to members of the UBC community
In his letter to members of the UBC community, President Stephen Toope expresses his appreciation for the “last eight years [which] have been exhausting and exhilarating”. He continues, “I have marvelled at your inventiveness, commitment and excellence. Although it is hard to say good-bye, I do so with great confidence in the future of this […]