In the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, students build lasting relationships with accomplished faculty while working on world-class research with local, national and global impact.

 

 

Wildfire Research

The Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science is home to several research and education programs designed in anticipation of, and response to, increasingly impactful wildfires.

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RESEARCH

Research is a learning activity that enlarges our understanding of the world and addresses the many challenges facing our generation.

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Call for Canada to braid Indigenous rights with endangered species law

Climbing caribou numbers in northeastern British Columbia prove that collaborations between Indigenous and colonial governments can reverse decades-long declines.

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Caribou

PEOPLE

Dedicated and supportive staff, accomplished faculty members, and a collection of high-calibre undergraduate, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

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Feeling the heat of climate change

Lael Parrott, a Professor of Sustainability, discusses how the Annual State of the Mountains report indicates our mountains aren’t immune from drastic weather systems plaguing the globe.

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Lael Parrot hiking

PROGRAMS

The Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science offers both discipline-based and interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate degrees.

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Bachelor of Sustainability (BSust)

The Bachelor of Sustainability inspires students to understand and address complex environmental issues by integrating knowledge from different disciplines with hands-on and community-based learning.

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Sustainability Students at UBCO

OUR COMMUNITY

The Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science is deeply committed to creating a learning environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion for all our community members.

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Science at the crossroads of creativity and ethics

Robin Young, Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Biology, looks at cell biology through a lens of ethics, diversity and inclusion.

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Robin Young

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