North Coast | 2012

Northern DocHardave Gill from Prince Rupert is among this year’s group of graduates from the Northern Medical Program.

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.

CONGRATULATIONS GRADS!

Emilie CrowleyBScN Nursing

Daniel FishBComm General Business

Kaeleen FooteBA English

Laura JohnstonBSW Child Welfare Specialization

Natasha KerrBA General

Nicole KishBScN Nursing

Aja LihouBA English

Marla MacRaeBSW First Nations Specialization

Ranveer MinhasBScN Nursing

Lindsay PageBscN Nursing

Lisa PedersonBScN Nursing

Carey StewartMEd Multi-Disciplinary Leadership

Kelsey TraskBScN Nursing

Kayli VanderMeerBComm General Business

Norma LouisBA English

Braeden CoberUNBC Scholars Award

Deanna WatersBA Anthropology

Prince RupertGraduates

Hannah BjorndalUNBC Scholars Award

Kaeleen FooteUNBC In-Course Award

Conar HarrisUNBC Transfer Student Award

Susan LuongUNBC In-Course Award

Pouyan MahboubiUNBC Doctoral Tuition Scholarship

Ranveer MinhasUNBC In-Course Bursary

Rylee PostuloRaven Scholarship

Luke RobinUNBC In-Course Scholarship

Vikas SharmaUNBC Scholars Award

Award Recipients

KincolithGraduate Desmond BartonBComm Accounting and Finance

Port ClementsAward Recipient

Jedidiah ZimmermanMary Fallis Scholarship

Queen CharlotteGraduate Award Recipient

Queen Charlotte CityGraduate

UNBC Scholars AwardsFirst-year students Braeden Cober of Queen Charlotte, and Hannah Bjorndal and Vikas Sharma of Prince Rupert have the chance to earn a UNBC degree tuition-free 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.

Dr. Coxson and his class.

Braeden Cober of Queen Charlotte Vikas Sharma of Prince Rupert

Hannah Bjorndal of Prince Rupert

Field School Assesses Biodiversity of Skeena Estuary 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

Carey Stewart of Prince Rupert

Kelsey Trask of Prince Rupert

Marla MacRae of Prince Rupert

Daniel Fish of Prince Rupert

Desmond Barton of Kincolith

Lisa Pederson of Prince Rupert

Natasha Kerr (L) & Kayli VanderMeer (R) of Prince Rupert

UNBC 2012UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA

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COMM 332-3Business & Professional EthicsVideo-Conference

ENSC 308-3Northern Contaminated EnvironmentsVideo-Conference

NORS 312-3Lands and Environments of theCircumpolar North 2Video-Conference

UNBC Courses in Prince RupertFall 2012

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English grad Kaeleene Foote of Prince Rupert

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 2012 Highlights

Provincial Champs Headed to the Big LeaguesUNBC 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 NorthA 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 BirthdayThis 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 BC-based 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.