- Sleep Awareness Month: Check out 7 Sleepy Titles from Your Library!You might know about St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th, but have you heard of…World Sleep Day? This sleep awareness day falls on the third Friday of March, and was created by the World Association […]
- Celebrating Black History Month 2023This Black History Month, Woodward Library is celebrating Black excellence in STEM by honouring the amazing contributions of the Black scientists and medical practitioners who paved the way, acknowledging and lifting up the work being […]
- Medical Art Gallery Accepting Submissions from UBC Medical and Dental StudentsThe Medical Art Gallery is an online gallery curated by Dr. Carol-Ann Courneya, featuring artworks by UBC medical and dental students, as well as Canadian healthcare trainees and practitioners. The 2023 exhibit is currently accepting […]
- Canadian Science DocumentariesDid you know that UBC has streaming access to thousands of movies? These include recent and popular titles, educational content, and discipline-specific films. One notable film resource is the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) […]
- UBC Learning Exchange introduces “Everything is Health” podcastEverything is Health is the new podcast brought to you by co-hosts Maddie Elder, a UBC medical student, and Nick Ubels, a UBC Community Engagement Librarian. Everything is Health is a conversation that explores current […]
- Hard Science Fiction Reading ListScience fiction can be split into two major subgenres: soft and hard science fiction. While soft science fiction typically prioritizes emotional depth and character relationships (two classic examples being Ender’s Game and Fahrenheit 451), hard […]
- BC Flora and Fauna Field GuidesHave you ever wondered what that mushroom was that you saw in Pacific Spirit Park? Or wanted to know what animals you should be aware of before trekking in Strathcona? Fields guides are amazing resources […]
- How does your plate affect the planet?Examining diet, permaculture, and their environmental effects in response to BCLA’s Climate Action Week By, Rachael Bradshaw (Student Librarian) On September 23-29 of this year, the British Columbia Library Association (BCLA) is hosting Climate […]
- Fuelling hope to face the climate emergencyThis Climate Action Week, explore resources that inspire hope about mitigating climate change, and ease climate anxiety: UBC Geography faculty member Simon Donner’s TEDx talk, Why Our Imaginations are the Key to Solving Climate Change […]
- Systematic & Scoping Reviews Workshop Series Recordings Now AvailableDid you miss our recent 3-part workshop series on how to do systematic and scoping reviews? No worries – you can watch the recordings and review the slides on our research guide. Part 1: Getting […]
- Sir Charles Sherrington Exhibit2022 marks several anniversaries in Sherrington’s life. This display commemorates the 90th anniversary (1932) of receiving the Nobel Prize for physiology and the 70th anniversary of his death in 1952. The exhibit features a replica […]
- Harry Hawthorn CollectionCabinets funded from the Haig Brown (1908-1976) endowment house a selection of the Harry Hawthorn Foundation collection of books on fly-fishing. The cabinets include 3 sets of hand tied flies, other fishing paraphernalia and five full-scale salmon […]
- History of Medicine Exhibits – Summer 2022A History Of House Calls and Medicine Making In the past, if you were unfortunate enough to be sick, you probably would not have visited the doctor’s office. Instead, the doctor would have come to […]
- Climate Justice Resources for Climate Emergency Week 2022On February 14-18, UBC will hold its first Climate Change Emergency Week to mark the anniversary of the UBC Board of Governor’s endorsement of the Climate Emergency Task Force Report and Recommendations. The Sustainability Hub, […]
- Light Therapy Lamps at Woodward and BMB LibraryThe slush and ice are finally going away, but it might be a longer wait for the sunshine to be back. Whether you are affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), or experience the winter blues […]
- And there’s the humor of it: Shakespeare and the four humorsThe exhibition featured additional materials from UBC Library’s collections to explore related topics, such as Shakespearean theatre in British Columbia and Shakespeare in children’s literature. Collection highlights included: the second edition folio of Shakespeare’s complete […]
- Masters of Science TapestryTapestry History This tapestry, worked in 1948 in a special workshop opened at Colombes particularly for the weaving of several models representing different scenes such as: Masters of Science–Masters of the Spirit– Springtime–Water and Fire–The […]
- Masters of the Spirit TapestryA Neurological Tapestry: Some time ago the Journal published a description of a modern French tapestry, “Masters of Science,” which hangs in the Woodward Biomedical Library of the University of British Columbia
- Graphic Novels are Great ReadsDid you know that Woodward has a collection of graphic novels? Perhaps graphic novels, which are long form comics, are not the format most of us associate with a science library. The use of illustrated […]
- Katie meets Katherine: How Land & Food Systems students are supported by the UBC LibraryMeet Katie Koralesky, PhD candidate in the Animal Welfare Program at UBC, Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Katie joined the Animal Welfare Program because of the program’s research focus not only on animals, but […]
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