Overcoming Math Anxiety with Confidence
Backgrounders
Learn about math anxiety, including what it is, why it happens, and how you can overcome it.
Alyssa Smith
Career Profiles
PhD Candidate in Cognitive Science
Light & Plants
Backgrounders
Learn about the process of photosynthesis and how it is affected by light levels.
Dr. Shelina Babul (she/her)
Associate Director, BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit
Introduction to Homeostasis and Regulation
Backgrounders
Learn about homeostasis and how the body regulates temperature, blood pressure, blood pH and blood sugar.
Summer Symposium Series: Health Sciences Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career in the health sciences would let you help people directly in a very 'hands-on' way!
Resources on Brains
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles, videos, and career profiles related to brains.
Stress and the Brain
Backgrounders
Stress is more than a feeling. Understanding the importance of stress can help you to manage it. It can even lead to an improvement in your mood and how you think!
Facial Recognition and the Brain
STEM Explained
Learn how your brain recognizes faces and why you sometimes see them in places they don’t exist!
Maggie MacLellan
Communications Specialist
Mahadeo Sukhai
Vice President of Research & International Affairs and Chief Accessibility Officer
Light Pollution
STEM Explained
Light can be a type of pollution. Learn about the damage it causes to people and living things as well as how you can prevent it.
How do alkaloids cause addiction?
STEM Explained
Alkaloids are found in some of the most addictive substances that humans consume. What are alkaloids, and how do they cause addiction?
Osmosis and Its Role in Human Biology and Health
STEM Explained
Learn how and where osmosis takes place in the digestive system and excretory system and the role of osmosis in kidney dialysis.
Neurons: The Building Blocks of Your Brain
Backgrounders
How does your brain allow you to do and experience so much? It’s all because of the building blocks of your brain - neurons!