2025 Indigenous Graduate Fellowships
The Indigenous Graduate Fellowship (IGF) offers multi-year fellowships to Indigenous Master’s and Doctoral students in all disciplines. Award winners are selected on the basis of academic merit through an annual competition, administered by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Opportunities are also available for (i) Indigenous PhD students in their fourth year to apply for […]
Admissions | January 15
Applications open now until January 15, 2025 for admission to our MSc and PhD programs for September 2025! Visit our admissions pages for more information on our programs and how to apply: MSc Program PhD Programs There is also a June 15, 2025 application deadline where you can choose to start your program in either […]
Congratulations to our 2024 November Graduates!
On Friday November 29, 2024, the Graduate Programs in Rehabilitation Sciences (RHSC) were proud to usher across the graduating stage three students receiving their Master of Science degrees and five candidates receiving their doctorates. They join our four MSc and three Doctoral graduates from the May ceremony in becoming 2024’s RHSC Alumni. While some of […]
RHSC Internal Award Recipients – 2024
Meet the newest RHSC Internal Award Winners: Michelle Yang received the Louise McGregor Memorial Scholarship in Neurorehabilitation Patricia Mortenson received the Margaret Hood Scholarship in Occupational Therapy Christopher Lamb received the Jane Hudson Scholarship in Physical Therapy This year, RHSC took on the adjudication of two Arthritis Society Vancouver scholarships, previously adjudicated by the Department of […]
Behind the lab doors: Brain Behaviour Laboratory
Featured by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, researchers at Dr. Lara Boyd’s lab are investigating brain behaviour to accelerate stroke recovery and enhance quality of life and independence post-stroke. Read the full article here.
‘Everyone says they hear a pop or a crack’: why are so many female footballers suffering career-ending knee injuries?
Dr Jackie Whittaker was featured in The Guardian discussing the increase of knee injuries in women’s soccer. Read the full article here.
Canada Graduate Scholarship & Affiliated-Master’s (CGS-M)
Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS-M) Applicants for Tri-Agency CGS-M competition must be domestic students (Canadian citizen or PR) who are applying for or are enrolled in graduate studies anywhere in Canada. Each applicant can select up to 3 universities with the same application. To be considered for a CGS-M at UBC, they must select The […]
RSEC Pumpkin Patch Event
On Monday October 28, the Rehabilitation Sciences Student Executive Committee (RSEC) organized a Halloween event for RHSC students to the Richmond Country Farms Pumpkin Patch!  It was a beautiful afternoon full of sun and mud, apples and corn mazes, and of course – pumpkins! The visit to the Pumpkin Patch included a tractor tour […]
PhD Student Rinni Mamman Receives Public Scholar Initiative Award
Join us in congratulating RHSC PhD student Rinni Mamman on receiving a Public Scholars Initiative Award! The Public Scholars Initiative Award is part of the UBC Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) which intends to build connections, community, and capacity for doctoral students who are interested in explicitly linking their doctoral work to an arena of public […]
October Student of the Month
Meet UBC Rehabilitation Sciences’ October Student of the Month: Patricia Mortenson!