Spotlighting UBC researchers throughout their innovation journeys.
Impact & Updates
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February 12, 2025Breaking Barriers in Healthcare: Avivo Biomedical’s Journey with Innovation UBC
Imagine a world without blood constraints.That’s the vision of Avivo Biomedical, a groundbreaking technology to convert blood and organs into universally accepted types. This innovation has the potential to eliminate blood-type constraints and expand the donor pool significantly. As a UBC…
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January 9, 2025Highlights from the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Entrepreneurship Fund Showcase
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Entrepreneurship Fund Showcase celebrated 12 finalists tackling global challenges.
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September 26, 2024Ensuring Mutual Commitment Between Ventures and Indigenous Partnerships
Forging a successful partnership between business ventures and Indigenous communities requires a deep, shared commitment that transcends formal agreements.
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September 9, 2024Ensuring Effective Communication with Indigenous Partners: Key Strategies for Success
In this blog, we will be looking at strategies essential for communicating with Indigenous partners compiled by experiences from some of our venture teams.
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August 27, 2024How much microplastic are you drinking? New UBC tool can tell you in minutes
Micro- and nanoplastics are in our food, water and the air we breathe. They are showing up in our bodies, from testicles to brain matter.
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August 26, 2024Building Relationships Rooted in RECIPROCITY
Innovation UBC’s ventures and partners highlighted the importance of building relationships rooted in reciprocity.
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August 24, 2024Fostering Indigenous Partnerships: UBC Ventures' Journey Towards Truth & Reconciliation
In a roundtable discussion with four Innovation UBC ventures, we met to discuss learnings from their respective Indigenous collaborations.
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August 24, 2024UBC engineers develop all-in-one solution to catch and destroy ‘forever chemicals’
Chemical engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new treatment that traps and treats PFAS substances in a single, integrated system.
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July 16, 2024UBC-Rogers partnership creates opportunities for AI-enabled research to redefine emergency room patient care
The UBC and Rogers partnership first launched in 2018 has collaboratively developed new opportunities to explore potential applications for 5G.
