COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ABOUT THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS
When people come together it is possible to create positive, significant and lasting differences in communities. Building respectful, reciprocal relationships between communities and UBC is central to the university’s vision of “inspiring people, ideas and actions for a better world” and foundational to excellent teaching, learning and research.
The Community Engagement office at UBC supports university and community partners to work together, bringing the full force of our combined experiences, expertise and knowledge to advance a more just and sustainable society.
Funding & Opportunities
- Apply for the 2025/26 Community-University Engagement Support Fund
Apply for up to $25,000 to support community-university partnerships that advance collaborative research, teaching and learning and benefit communities across the province.
Events
- Reimagining the Mind: Innovations in Mental Health Research and Care
January 28, 2026 | Join UBC Connects and the Djavad Mowafaghian for the second event in a three part series on brain health. As rates of depression, anxiety, and psychiatric disorders continue to rise, researchers are reimagining how to diagnose, study and support mental health. Learn about how new technologies, such as brain stimulation, social robots and even movies, are opening new doors to recovery and resilience. - Community Engagement Network: Holiday Meet-Up at UBC Okanagan
December 9, 2025 | Take a break and celebrate the holiday season with your colleagues who lead and support community-university engagement at UBC Okanagan. - Lessons from What Didn’t Go as Planned
November 25 | Join us for a light and humble conversation about the value of learning from missteps in community-university partnerships. Hear stories from colleagues about what went wrong, what they learned, and how they’re doing things differently now.
News & Stories
- Stories of Partnership: How Community Veterinary Outreach and UBC Are Leveraging the Bond Between People and Their Pets to Improve Health Access in the DTES
Podcast | In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), Community Veterinary Outreach, a national charity, is working with UBC researchers and students to reduce barriers to health care by allowing people to access support for themselves alongside their trusted animal companions. - How the Nuxalk Nation Is Working with UBC’s Museum of Anthropology to Host the First-Ever Exhibit of Their People
Podcast | In partnership with the Nuxalk Nation, the Museum of Anthropology is presenting Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun, the world’s first dedicated exhibition of the Nuxalk. To learn more, we spoke with the exhibit’s co-curators: Snxakila–Clyde Tallio of the Nuxalk Nation, Dr. Jennifer Kramer, Associate Professor of Anthropology, and Dr. Emily Jean Leischner, Postdoctoral Fellow at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. - UBC Okanagan Students and a Peachland Conservation Group are Using Bats and Bugs to Build Community Conservation
PODCAST | In Peachland British Columbia, a local conservation group is turning the night sky into a classroom, inviting students and community members to study bats, insects, and the vital ecosystems they share. We spoke with Emma Gaudreau, president of BEEPS and Lily Liang, a UBC Okanagan student, to learn more.
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