Faculty and students in the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, are actively involved in numerous research projects. Browse and discover some of their work.
Arctic Journalism
The Arctic Journalism project investigates how journalists are adapting to new norms and practices in the Canadian Arctic.
Cultural or Intercultural Communication in Academic Writing
This project highlights how cultural and intercultural communication manifest in plurilingual students’ academic writing.
A Framework for Developing Organisational Creativity
This study explores and proposes a framework of organisational creativity that can be used for both diagnosis and development of creative capacity within organisations.
Global Journalism Innovation Lab
The Global Journalism Innovation Lab is a joint project that seeks to provide evidence-based information to inform public dialogue and policy action.
The Global Reporting Archive
The Global Reporting Archive is a collection of videos from major journalism projects produced by UBC journalism students in countries around the world.
Hidden Costs of Supply Chain
The Hidden Costs of Global Supply Chains is a research and reporting project that aims to reveal the consequences of global supply chains.
Knowledge Production Practices by Multilingual Scholars Across the Disciplines
This project explores the under-researched context of Latin America.
Linguistic Landscape of Bukhara: The Ambiguous Future of Tajik
This study examines the linguistic landscape of Bukara, Uzbekistan.
Mental Health on Campuses
The project considers efforts to tackle mental health challenges that exist on post-secondary campuses.
Student Peer Feedback and Metalanguage
This project assesses students’ use of metalanguage in several courses and proposes ways in which instructors can better teach it.
Trans Identities in Research on Gender Recognition Software
This project investigates the language of facial recognition research publications, particularly if and how they mention non-binary gender, gender non-conformity, and gender transition.