North Coast | 2012 Kelsey Trask of
Prince Rupert
Kincolith
Queen Charlotte
Graduates
Graduate
Graduate
Award Recipient
Desmond Barton
Norma Louis
Braeden Cober
BComm Accounting and Finance
BA English
UNBC Scholars Award
Port Clements
Queen Charlotte City
Award Recipient
Graduate
Jedidiah Zimmerman
Deanna Waters
Mary Fallis Scholarship
BA Anthropology
Emilie Crowley
Marla MacRae
BScN Nursing
BSW First Nations Specialization
Daniel Fish
Ranveer Minhas
BComm General Business
BScN Nursing
Kaeleen Foote
Lindsay Page
BA English
BscN Nursing
Laura Johnston
Lisa Pederson
BSW Child Welfare Specialization
BScN Nursing
Natasha Kerr
MEd Multi-Disciplinary Leadership
Nicole Kish
Kelsey Trask
Aja Lihou BA English
Desmond
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Kincolith
Natasha Kerr (L) & Kayli VanderMeer (R) of Prince Rup ert
Daniel Fish of Prince Rupert
Carey Stewart
BA General
BScN Nursing
Prince Rupert
Field School Assesses Biodiversity of Skeena Estuary
BScN Nursing
Kayli VanderMeer BComm General Business
Award Recipients Hannah Bjorndal
Ranveer Minhas
UNBC Scholars Award
UNBC In-Course Bursary
Kaeleen Foote
Rylee Postulo
UNBC In-Course Award
Raven Scholarship
Conar Harris
Luke Robin
UNBC Transfer Student Award
UNBC In-Course Scholarship
Susan Luong
Vikas Sharma
UNBC In-Course Award
UNBC Scholars Award
Pouyan Mahboubi
A class of 16 UNBC students recently helped complete the first-ever detailed assessment of biodiversity in a historically significant section of BC’s Skeena estuary. The study was conducted at the salt marshes upstream of Port Edwards near the old Cassiar Cannery (below right). “The carbon stores in BC’s estuaries may be greater than those in BC's entire portion of the boreal forest, so they have major environmental significance,” says UNBC biology professor Darwyn Coxson. The class was part of a third-year biology course offered at UNBC’s Terrace campus
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CONGRATULATIONS GRADS! 722 students graduated from UNBC this year, bringing the total number of UNBC alumni to 9,901. Convocation ceremonies took place in Prince George, Quesnel, Terrace, and Gitwinksihlkw.
Northern Doc Hardave Gill from Prince Rupert is among this year’s group of graduates from the Northern Medical Program.
UNBC Scholars Awards First-year students Braeden Cober of Queen Charlotte, and Hannah Bjorndal and Vikas Sharma of Prince Rupert have the chance to earn a UNBC degree tuitionfree after receiving UNBC Scholars awards this past year. As long as they maintain a B average, UNBC Scholars can have their tuition waived for an entire bachelor’s degree program.
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Braeden Cober of Que
Vikas Sharma of Prince Rupert
Hannah Bjorndal of Prin
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
UNBC 2012 Highlights
From Prince Rupert to the Nass Valley
Provincial Champs Headed to the Big Leagues
Carey Stewart’s mantra, “never settle for less than your best,” has inspired him to obtain his MEd, after years as a mature student. Stewart is from the Nisga’a First Nation and one of two in his family to finish university. The accessibility of UNBC’s program offerings made that possible. Stewart is now the principal of Nisga'a Elementary Secondary School in New Aiyansh, the only secondary school in the Nass Valley, in the first independent aboriginal school district in Canada. “Many students ask what an MEd is,” shares Stewart. “I tell them it’s when you focus on an area of study you believe in. I hope to inspire them to pursue their dreams. Without UNBC, I would have struggled to achieve this goal.”
UNBC has said “good bye” to its participation in the Canadian college athletics league by winning the provincial championship in both men’s and women’s basketball. Next season, the UNBC Timberwolves will begin their first season as a member of the Canada West conference in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS)—in both basketball and soccer.
Physical Therapy in the North A joint effort by UNBC and UBC has established a new clinical cohort allowing for 20 physical therapy students to complete the majority of their clinical placements in northern BC. The purpose is to expose more students to the region and address the shortage of local physiotherapists. The partnership will also enable all of UBC’s physical therapy students—80 in each class—to pursue more of their five-week clinical rotations in the north.
Bioenergy Birthday This spring marked the first anniversary of UNBC’s $15.8 million Bioenergy Plant, funded by the Governments of BC and Canada and featuring gasification technology from BCbased Nexterra Systems. The system has already reduced UNBC’s use of fossil fuels for heating by 89% and proven that emissions from bioenergy can be lower than natural gas. The plant serves as the primary heat source for UNBC, and also acts as a platform for education and research.
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UNBC Courses in Prince Rupert Fall 2012 COMM 332-3 Business & Professional Ethics Video-Conference
More UNBC courses
ENSC 308-3 Northern Contaminated Environments Video-Conference
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NORS 312-3 Lands and Environments of the Circumpolar North 2 Video-Conference
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