The Graduate School of Journalism at the University of British Columbia was established on July 24, 1996 as an academic unit within UBC's Faculty of Arts.
IJ provides a basic foundation in the grammar and syntax of news writing while introducing students to media across platforms including audio, visual and print.
The International Reporting Program was created by professor Peter W. Klein with a $1 million donation from philanthropist Alison Lawton’s Mindset Foundation.
Students research under-reported global stories and then travel abroad and report in the field alongside industry veterans.
[10][11] Previous projects include Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground[12],[13] the Emmy Award-winning collaboration with Frontline World, and Freedom from Pain[14],[13] a documentary airing on Al Jazeera English and awarded second place in the 2011 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism.
The school also collaborated with The New York Times in 2012 to produce two web documentaries exploring development pressures and land disputes in Brazil.