The “UBC Learning Exchange” represents a different approach—one that actively tries to create the place and space for two-way learning between the university and community. These stories capture a some of these exchanges.
Photo Gallery: Snapshots of Resilience
How do you move forward after prison? That’s the question at the heart of a community-based research project that had been meeting at the Learning Exchange before the COVID-19 restrictions. The project recently released a powerful photography and video exhibit that points the way forward.
Student Profile: Connecting with Chinese Seniors Helped Shift Her Academic Focus
Yanice Guo explains how her work in the English Conversation Program also helped her feel more connected in Vancouver.
Student Profile: Research to Make Research More Accessible
Alina McKay describes how her Learning Exchange experience informed her academic work and contributed to the MRAi.
More Than an App
For the last four years, Fabio Lima had one goal—to become a Canadian citizen. Dianne J. Campell had another—to learn more about personal technology. Learn how the Linkvan app became a vehicle for both.
In conversation: community-based research with Heather Holroyd
Thinking about a research project related to the Downtown Eastside? You might talk to Dr. Heather Holroyd, community-based research coordinator at the Learning Exchange.
UBC Learning Exchange Marks 20 years in the Downtown Eastside
On the occasion of its anniversary and partial re-opening, learn how this unique, dynamic hub quietly works to be a trusted part of the community and an important academic unit at the university.
New portal makes research related to DTES easier to access
It starts with public links to academic articles, but goes much further. Find out how the Downtown Research Access Portal team works to make research related to the DTES more accessible.