Community Programs

Melanie Alvarez at the UBC First Nations Longhouse.

Cultural Barriers Crunched by Numbers

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia for UBC Reports on December 11, 2012

When Melania Alvarez’s son was placed in a lower-level math class in junior high school, she was caught off guard. The Mexican-born mathematician, then working in Wisconsin, knew that Rodrigo had an aptitude for math.

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Community Programs

Musqueam 101Musqueam 101 has started up once again…
Humanities 101Humanities 101 offers three non-credit university-level courses at UBC for people living on the DTES…

go to Humanities 101 site

First Nations Legal Clinic

The First Nations Legal Clinic provides law students with the opportunity to gain practical experience working as a lawyer with First Nations clientele in Vancouver’s downtown east side…

go to Legal Clinic site

Science 101Science 101 is a four-month, non-credit, barrier free course offered to residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and other inner-city communities.

Other Initiatives Around UBC

Urban Aboriginal Garden Project

This video, produced by Vancouver Coastal Health as part of the Aboriginal Health Initiative Program, and the Vancouver Native Health Society, discusses the urban aboriginal garden project, which brings Aboriginal people from Vancouver’s downtown eastside to the UBC Farm…

Brighter Smiles in Hartley Bay

This video, created by Knowledge Network, features the Brighter Smiles program, which is a health education program between UBC Dentistry, the First Nations Community of Hartley Bay, and the UBC Department of Pediatrics…

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