UBC
University of British Columbia
UBC is emerging as a leading destination for Aboriginal students and scholars. Since UBC’s Aboriginal Strategy was launched in 2009, the university has nearly doubled its complement of Aboriginal faculty to 26, making it one of the top recruiters of Aboriginal faculty among research universities. Since 2008, UBC has created 13 courses with significant Indigenous content, bringing the total to 66 across the faculties of Medicine, Law, Business, Arts, Education, Forestry, Graduate Studies and Continuing Studies. Finally, Enrolment is growing too. More than 630 UBC students current self-identify as Aboriginal. Graduate student enrolment has jumped 16 per cent since 2008.
