In 2023, UNBC students cultivated their curiosity, researchers fostered local solutions for global impact, alumni empowered northern communities and the University community took action on Truth and Reconciliation.

Starting in September, students in the Nass Valley will be able to work towards fluency in the Nisg̱a'a language thanks to a new degree program from the Wilp Wilx̱o’oskwhl Nisg̱a’a Institute and UNBC.

After working in her chosen field for a decade, Annika Putt was lured back into academia by the opportunity to join a multidisciplinary research team examining the eulachon fishery population in Haisla traditional territory along B.C.'s northwest coast.

UNBC's research income increased for the fourth straight year in the latest Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities rankings produced by Research Infosource Inc.

Two new course offerings will empower residents in northern B.C. with the leading-edge skills and innovative thinking needed to embrace the opportunities that come with these transformative and high-opportunity fields.

A move to Fort St. John to reconnect with extended family has led to a much deeper connection to her cultural roots for Jolene van Wieringen. The recent UNBC graduate found her community and calling during a practicum placement while completing her Bachelor of Social Work degree at the Peace River-Liard campus.

When the quest for so-called civic respectability in the early settlement days of what is now Prince George clashed with the reality in the townsites, a reputation was born. History Professor Dr. Jonathan Swainger examines this dichotomy in his new book The Notorious Georges: Crime and Community in British Columbia’s Northern Interior, 1909-25.

Dr. Jianbing Li received additional funding through the federal government's Multi-Partner Research Initiative to continue his research into identifying new ways to provide in-situ oil spill response.

With support from the Province of British Columbia, the Master of Science in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Program at UNBC has expanded, doubling in size from 20 to 40 seats.