BCcampus receives SPARC Innovator Award
News Release from BCcampus: BCcampus is a Canadian government agency that works with post-secondary institutions to help adapt teaching and learning practices to best serve students. In 2012, it launched the BC Open Textbook Project and has since become a recognized world leader in open education. BCcampus embraced the concept that […]
UBC Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Final Competition is back again
Image courtesy: UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies – Three Minute Thesis (3MT) From 2011 onward, UBC has hosted the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) academic competition. Interestingly, UBC was the first North American university to do so after 3MT was founded a decade ago by the University of Queensland. Now with over 350 […]
cIRcle in the headlines: December 2017 edition
Photo courtesy: Pixabay Is it that time already? What happened to last week? Last month? This past year? Where does the time go nowadays? Time is a precious commodity. Many folks are in the throes of planning, organizing and setting goals for 2018 or wrapping up as many activities and projects as possible before […]
Beyond the musical performance
Above image is courtesy of Pixabay In musical practice, there is an assortment of musical elements at “play”. Just think. Real-time creative decision-making. Risk-taking. Collaboration. So what happens when they all “play” together? Improvisation! That is, musical improvisation. “I’ll play it first and tell you what it’s called later.” […]
In the Spotlight: UBC Faculty Research Collection
Above image is courtesy of Pixabay At the University of British Columbia (UBC), the ‘highest calibre [of] research faculty and students’ create, innovate and inspire while they work and study at its two campuses located in Vancouver and in the Okanagan Valley. According to UBC 2016/17 figures, it ‘secures approximately $600 million in […]