Green Campus The University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver, Canada

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Created at: 02 May 2022

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Green Campus The University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver, Canada

The University of British Columbia (UBC) was established in 1908, the oldest university in British Columbia (The University of British Columbia, 2020). The Vancouver campus surrounded by forests and ocean is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people in the University Endowment Lands (The University of British Columbia, 2020). The UBC Vancouver campus, with 402 hectares in size, is located at 49.265°N and 123°W, which belongs to Coastal Western Hemlock biogeoclimatic (CWH BEC) zone, the wettest climates and most productive forest areas (Centre for Forest Conservation Genetics, 2020). Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), western redcedar (Thuja plicata) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) are most common species in the CWH BEZ zone (Pojar, Klinka & Demarchi, 1984). Vancouver is a well-known coastal city with its multiculturalism, and the UBC Vancouver campus is the home of 55990 students (The University of British Columbia, 2020). UBC highly values staff and students' cultural diversity while maintaining its high academic reputation and achievement. According to the 2019 student enrollment statistic, Aboriginal students and international students make up to 30 percent of current UBC students (The University of British Columbia, 2020). The concept of social inclusion and culture recognition is well demonstrated in UBC. Since 1925, the UBC Campus and Community Planning department have worked with multiple disciplines to take proactive actions to steward green spaces in the UBC Vancouver campus (Figure 1). Approximately 8000 trees planted and over 10000 native trees in natural settings, where western redcedar (Thuja plicata), pin oak (Quercus palustris), and red maple (Acer rubrum) are dominant species on campus (UBC Campus and Community Planning, 2020). The landscape management of green spaces also resonates with the city’s biodiversity strategy to support biodiversity and enhance the quality and access to nature (Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, 2016).


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Green Campus The University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver, Canada

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