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Inside cIRcle: What is it & how can we help?

By cIRcle Office on January 13, 2026

Photo by UX Indonesia on Unsplash   Are you interested in making your research openly accessible online, but aren’t sure where to start? cIRcle is here to help! Read on to find out more about cIRcle and how UBC’s institutional repository can help you share your research with the world. What is cIRcle, and how […]

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Holiday Closure Notice

By cIRcle Office on December 16, 2025

Photo courtesy Jamil Rhajiak / UBC Brand & Marketing   With the upcoming holiday season, the cIRcle Office will be closed from Friday, December 19, 2025 to Monday, January 5, 2026. During this period, submission processing and responses from our team will be limited. If you want to finish the year strong by sharing your […]

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UBC Theses and Dissertations at Library and Archives Canada

By cIRcle Office on November 18, 2025

Photo courtesy: Paul Joseph / UBC Brand & Marketing It’s now easier to find UBC graduate theses and dissertations online. After years of collaboration, coverage of theses and dissertations held by cIRcle has been significantly expanded in Library and Archive Canada’s (LAC) public Theses Canada portal, which includes items from across nearly 70 Canadian universities. LAC […]

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Open Access Week: Who Owns our Knowledge?

By cIRcle Office on October 20, 2025

Photo courtesy: Hanne Pearce (CC BY-NC 2.0) This year’s Open Access Week theme – “Who Owns Our Knowledge?” – speaks to the rapid and significant disruption underway in the current open access landscape, requiring nuanced discussion in regards to ownership, control, permissions, and equality. Open UBC and UBC Library are offering numerous free events that […]

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Explore cIRcle: Kaska Language Learning Resources

By cIRcle Office on September 23, 2025

Photo courtesy Joris Beugels September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to recognize and commemorate the legacy of residential schools in Canada. This day offers us an opportunity to learn more and reflect on the tangible and intangible effects of the residential school system, including the loss of Indigenous language […]

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cIRcle Impact & Activity Report 2024-2025

By cIRcle Office on September 16, 2025

Photo courtesy Paul Joseph / UBC Brand & Marketing / UBC Studios.    The cIRcle team is happy to announce the release of our 2024-2025 Impact and Activity Report! Read on to learn more about some of our achievements and projects from the past year. New year, new milestones! cIRcle’s collection now holds over 86,000 […]

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New in cIRcle: Mine Water Solutions (MWS) Conference

By cIRcle Office on September 9, 2025

Photo used with permission of the Mine Water Solutions Conference. The fifth Mine Water Solutions (MWS) Conference was held at UBC Vancouver from June 16-18, 2025. Co-organized by the Bradshaw Research Initiative for Minerals and Mining (BRIMM) and C3 Alliance, this international technical conference brings together experts in the field of mining and water management […]

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