Focus on People Framework

Reconciliation Pole, Hereditary Chief 7idansuu (James Hart), Haida. Photo credit: Hover Collective / UBC Brand & Marketing

UBC community celebrates launch of new Indigenous Strategic Plan

UBC’s renewed Indigenous Strategic Plan is an important milestone in UBC’s commitment to truth and reconciliation.

Dr. Reini Kappelhoff, research associate and lab manager of the Overall Lab, in UBC’s Centre for Blood Research, in front of her “Tips for Recycling” wall. Photo by: Ricardo Seah

Staff, faculty and graduate students collaborate to make UBC labs greener

When Dr. Reinhild “Reini” Kappelhoff came to UBC as a postdoctoral fellow in 2003, she proactively started looking for ways to make her laboratory more environmentally friendly. “I was surprised when I found out that there was no battery recycling, and people were not conscious about how to manage their waste,” she recalls. The lab […]