University of Northern British Columbia
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| UNBC Coat of Arms | |
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| Image:UNBC Coat of Arms.gif | |
| Motto | 'En Cha Huná |
| Founded | 1994 |
| School type | Public |
| Chancellor | Peter Bentley |
| President | Charles Jago |
| Location | Prince George, British Columbia |
| Enrollment | 3675 |
| Sports teams | Timberwolves |
The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) is a small, primarily undergraduate university whose main campus is in Prince George, British Columbia. UNBC also has regional campuses in the northern British Columbia cities of Dawson Creek, Terrace, Quesnel, and Fort St. John. Nearly 3700 students were enrolled at UNBC in the 2003 academic year.
The British Columbia legislature established the university on 21 June 1990 with the UNBC Act in response to a grass roots movement spearheaded by the Interior University Society. UNBC offered a limited number of courses in rented office space in 1993-1994 but opened officially, for full operation, in 1994 with the completion of the main Prince George campus after two years of construction. It sits on the southern end of Cranbrook Hill, overlooking the city from the west. It is architecturally interesting for having apparently separate buildings linked by a hub that is partly beneath ground level, the Agora building.
UNBC's buildings are designed to represent the Canadian provinces. The 'Wintergarden' area has a flowing blue staircase below a ceiling of wooden lattices, representing the west coast rainforests. The cafeteria has a lighthouse design representative of the maritime provinces. Between are two peaks - mountains.
UNBC's motto 'En cha huná means "he/she too lives" in the Nak'azdli (Fort St. James) dialect of Carrier. It is said to be a saying meaning "other people have their point of view".
Because of its northern latitude, UNBC is a member of the University of the Arctic.
UNBC's students' union is the Northern Undergraduate Student Society.
Student media
- Over The Edge, a weekly student newspaper. Established in 1994.
- CFUR, the campus radio station.
- Watt, a music and entertainment magazine produced by CFUR.