Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

Meet the Spring 2025 Recipients of UBC’s Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

This spring, the PRE Fund supported 16 new university-community partnerships advancing food justice, cultural memory, Indigenous resurgence, and more across BC. These projects prioritize community leadership, ethical engagement, and experiential learning through reciprocal collaboration.

Apply for the 2025 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

Get up to $1,500 to fill small resource gaps so community partners can build reciprocal relationships with UBC students, faculty and staff.

Bringing Together Nations for Grizzly Bear Stewardship: A Collaborative Summit in Southern British Columbia

The Joint Nations Grizzly Bear Summit, held in June 2024, brought together Indigenous leadership, settler scientists, and governmental agencies to explore approaches for grizzly bear recovery.

Creatrix Rising: Exploring Stories Through Art 

The Archway Society for Domestic Peace collaborate with UBCO student to launch Creatrix Rising. This transformative program combined art workshops and a public exhibition to support and celebrate women survivors of domestic and sexual violence. 

Supporting Climate Resilience in Vancouver’s DTES through Peer-Led Cool Down Stations and Kits

EMBERS Eastside Works, UBC Learning Exchange, and partners across Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) collaborated to provide crucial support to vulnerable DTES residents during the summer’s hottest days.

Building a Veteran-Friendly Campus: Legion Partners with UBC to Support Military-Connected Students

PRE Funded Project | Read about how the Royal Canadian Legion’s UBC Branch and UBC’s IVET joined forces to explore challenges faced by veterans and military-connected individuals at UBC.

Meet the Summer Recipients of UBC’s 2024 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

From advancing Indigenous rights in Kaska Dena Traditional Territory to building seed-saving infrastructure at UBC Farm, this season’s projects showcase the diverse ways in which communities are partnering with UBC students, faculty, and staff.

From Oral Tradition to Comics: Homalco First Nation Partner with UBC and Education Without Borders to Create Graphic Novel Based on the Stories of their Elders

In our latest podcast, we speak with project leads who have brought together a team of Indigenous graphic artists to create short comics inspired by archival recordings of Elders from the Homalco First Nation.

Peachland and the Watershed Ecosystems Project Work Together to Promote Collaborative Watershed Science and Governance 

PRE Funded Project | Read about how the Watershed Ecosystems Research Cluster Team partnered with Peachland to promote community collaboration on watershed science and governance

The Fraser Estuary Radio Explores Estuary Preservation and Mobilizes Public Action 

PRE Funded Project | Learn about how the Fraser Estuary Radio promotes estuary preservation and mobilizes public engagement through diverse, interdisciplinary content.

Meet the Spring Recipients of UBC’s 2024 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund 

This spring’s PRE recipients have formed valuable partnerships with UBC students, faculty, and staff who are passionate about making differences in their communities. 

Exploring the Future of STEAM: UBCO’s Expo of Awesome Inspires the Next Generation

PRE Funded Project | The Expo of Awesome celebrated the ingenuity and curiosity of young minds, bringing over 1,000 participants to campus for an exploration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM). 

Hogan’s Alley Society Partners with UBC Students to Combat Anti-Black Racism in Social Work

In the summer of 2022, Hogan’s Alley Society founding director Lama Mugabo collaborated with a team of five UBC students to create an Anti-Racism in Social Work Toolkit.

Apply to the 2024 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

Get up to $1,500 to fill small resource gaps so community partners can build reciprocal relationships with UBC students, faculty and staff.

Folil Trafün: Connecting Afro-descendant, Indigenous and Latin American Communities in the Lower Mainland Through Film

In the fall of 2023, the Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre (VLACC), Ficwallmapu, and UBC’s Faculty of Forestry collaborated to highlight and celebrate Indigenous and Afro-diaspora films from Latin America.

Meet the Winter Recipients of UBC’s 2023 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund 

From working with First Nations to restore land along the Fraser Watershed to combating ageism through theatre and performance, this winter’s projects showcase the diverse ways in which communities are partnering with UBC students, faculty, and staff on community initiatives.

Stswecem’c Xget’tem First Nation and UBC Forestry Students Collaborate to Shape the Future of Fire Stewardship 

PRE Funded Project | The Stswecem’c Xget’tem First Nation and students from UBC Forestry are working together to find community-driven and decolonized solutions to wildfires in British Columbia. 

Meet the summer recipients of UBC’s 2023 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

From supporting parents of children with speech delays to exploring Indigenous-led solutions to wildfires, this summer’s projects showcase the diverse ways in which communities are partnering with UBC students, faculty, and staff on reciprocal initiatives.

A Sustainable Approach to Collecting Unwanted Items during Student Residence Move-Out 

PRE Funded Project | Each spring, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central and Southern Interior of BC partners with UBCO’s Student Housing to collect and sell donated clothing and household items in the thrift market.

Museum of Vancouver and UBC Hosted “Making Space” Panel to Discuss the Complex Meanings of Asian Heritage Month and Asian Canadian Representation 

PRE Funded Project | the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) and the UBC Public Humanities Hub (PHH) co-organized “Making Space” in celebration of Asian Heritage Month. The event fostered a thoughtful conversation about the future of Asian Canadian communities and the importance for institutions to prioritize inclusivity and reciprocity.

Meet the spring recipients of UBC’s 2023 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

We have already funded 12 community-university projects this spring! Discover how UBC students, staff, and faculty are collaborating with community partners on a range of initiatives.

Apply for the 2023 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

Get up to $1,500 to fill small resource gaps and empower community partners to build reciprocal relationships with UBC students, faculty, and staff.

‘Translator kids’ take centre stage at ACAM panel

The hua foundation and UBC’s Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program jointly hosted “Translator Kids” on January 12, 2023. The event centered on the emotional labor and stress experienced by children of immigrants when translating for their parents and communities.

Increasing food security for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and low-income folx

Saige Community Food Bank & Community Kitchen has provided the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and low-income folx access to a safe, no-barriers food bank and bi-monthly community kitchens for over 11 years.

Three projects highlight how community organizations partner with UBC Land and Food Systems to address needs in BC’s food system

Three Faculty of Land and Food Systems initiatives received funds of up to $1500 through PRE to work with these community partners: Watari Counselling and Support Services; ARC Arts Roots and Culture Community Society; and, FarmFolk CityFolk Society.

Incorporating Indigenous knowledge, perspective, and voice into UBC’s nursing curriculum

Assistant Professor of Teaching Elisabeth Bailey joins with community partner Dancing Water Sandy and School District 27 in Healing Together: Building Relationships to Decolonize Nursing Education.

Eight community organizations receive PRE funding to partner with Arts students, faculty and staff on Indigenous reconciliation, equity, and climate action

Eight community-university projects being co-led by Faculty of Arts members have been funded by the 2022 Partnership Recognition and Exploration fund.

47 community partners receive funding from UBC’s 2022 Partnership Recognition and Exploration fund 

This fall, the Office of Community Engagement awarded over $70,000 to support community-university collaboration and relationship building.

The 2022 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

The PRE Fund fills small resource gaps and empowers community partners to build reciprocal relationships with UBC students, faculty, and staff. Apply for up to $1,500.