Innovation Anthology #570:
The University of Northern British Columbia sits on traditional land, a forested hill overlooking the city of Prince George.
Established in 1990, UNBC serves four thousand students with degrees at all levels.
And its focus on research is intensive.
Rob van Adrichem is Vice-President of External Relations at UNBC.
ROB VAN ADRICHEM: Yeah, a really diverse research mix here. Strong in the sciences but also very strong in the social sciences. A very interesting mix. And it’s really been through that that we’ve been able to attract a lot of graduate students, masters, PhD students here, again, doing I would say broadly speaking, research on issues that matter to northern, rural and remote communities. So if you think of a small community situated in a northern place, you know about access to health. You know about First Nations. You know about land management. How do we extract resources that can provide value for our community as well as foreign markets? You know, all these issues that small communities deal with are really at the backbone of what we do research on.
Rob van Adrichem says UNBC especially is known for its focus on aboriginal issues and bioenergy.
Listen to the full interview with Rob Van Adrichem at InnovationAnthology.com
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Program Date: 2013-07-18