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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia 00:02:05 1 History 00:02:13 1.1 Foundation and early years 00:06:03 1.2 Move to Point Grey 00:11:15 1.3 Postwar years 00:13:27 1.4 Recent history 00:14:42 2 Campuses 00:14:51 2.1 Vancouver 00:19:16 2.2 Okanagan 00:20:49 2.3 Libraries, archives and galleries 00:24:10 3 Governance and academics 00:25:26 3.1 Faculties and schools 00:27:21 3.1.1 Dual undergraduate degree with Sciences Po 00:28:27 3.2 Enrollment 00:29:16 3.3 Reputation 00:31:14 3.4 Research 00:34:37 3.5 Sustainability 00:40:12 3.5.1 Water Action Plan 00:41:23 3.5.2 Water conservation initiatives 00:43:10 3.5.3 Community efforts 00:43:57 3.6 Indigenous 00:45:07 4 Finances 00:45:58 4.1 Tuition 00:46:43 4.1.1 Undergraduate tuition 00:49:59 4.1.2 Graduate tuition 00:50:38 5 Student life 00:50:47 5.1 Student representation 00:52:31 5.2 Student facilities 00:55:26 5.3 Greek organizations 00:59:48 5.4 Residences 01:08:05 5.5 Athletics 01:10:41 5.5.1 Marching band 01:11:14 5.5.2 Fight song 01:11:45 5.6 Campus events 01:15:17 5.6.1 Rape chant controversy 01:16:09 5.6.2 Model United Nations 01:17:07 6 Notable people 01:22:04 7 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.8143608337276311 Voice name: en-AU-Wavenet-A "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, UBC is British Columbia's oldest university. The university is ranked among the top 20 public universities worldwide and among the top three in Canada. With an annual research budget of $600 million, UBC funds over 8,000 projects a year.The Vancouver campus is situated about 10 km (6 mi) west of Downtown Vancouver. UBC is home to TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, which houses the world's largest cyclotron. In addition to the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Stuart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, UBC and the Max Planck Society collectively established the first Max Planck Institute in North America, specializing in quantum materials. One of the largest research libraries in Canada, the UBC Library system has over 9.9 million volumes among its 21 branches. The Okanagan campus, acquired in 2005, is located in Kelowna, British Columbia. As of 2017, eight Nobel laureates, 71 Rhodes scholars, 65 Olympians, ten fellows in both American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the Royal Society, and 208 fellows to the Royal Society of Canada have been affiliated with UBC. Three Canadian prime ministers, including Canada's first female prime minister Kim Campbell and current prime minister Justin Trudeau have been educated at UBC. |