The 28th Convocation Ceremony will take place this year at the University of Northern British Columbia.  Our alumni community has grown from six graduates in 1994 to almost 16,000 today.  We are extremely proud of our alumni, as leaders that are making positive change in communities in the North and around the world.

  • UNBC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology graduate Dr. Kirsten Reimer went on to complete her PhD at Yale.

    From UNBC to the Ivy League

    Wednesday, March 3, 2021

    Getting research experience as an undergraduate at the University of Northern British Columbia taught Dr. Kirsten Reimer what it means to be a scientist and inspired her to follow her curiosity to... more

  • NMP grad pursues northern and rural pediatric learning

    Wednesday, February 24, 2021

    It has been an exciting year for UBC Northern Medical Program (NMP) graduate and UNBC alumna Dr. Gurkirat Kaur Kandola. After finishing medical school last spring, she then entered UBC’s Pediatric... more

  • Selena Paskalidis
    Our Alumni

    Alumna streams into the digital media industry

    Thursday, December 10, 2020

    When I chose UNBC, I hoped my degree would help me go places, but I never dreamed I’d end up here. I studied marketing and international business before the world had any idea how it would embrace... more