Build the future with Gen Z

Baneet Braich is a multiplatform journalist at CBC News Vancouver. She is from Abbotsford, BC, and has a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton University in Journalism and Political Science. In her current role, she focuses on social media storytelling and uses creative means to cover a variety of stories, ranging from healthcare and social issues to original features. 

Fifth-year UBC Biomedical Engineering student Anjali Menon co-founded the MEDIC Foundation, an organization dedicated to chronic disease innovation and advocacy. With a deep personal connection to the cause, she has grown MEDIC since 2020 to include over 60 undergraduate students, 80 per cent of whom are women. The foundation conducts research projects, publishes a monthly magazine, and collaborates with BC care homes to support seniors with chronic conditions. Recognized for her work, she was named a rising star in the 2023 BC Business Woman of the Year Awards and made the 2023 Diana Award Roll of Honour.

Kimia Nozadi (BSc’20) graduated from the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems (LFS) with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Food, Nutrition, and Health in 2020 and a Master of Science in Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry from McGill University in 2021. Throughout her studies, she volunteered with the LFS Undergraduate Society and worked full-time in the legal sector. Following graduation, she had an eight-month placement with the UN–subsidiary World Food Programme, where she operationalized food fortification laws. Today, she is a University of Alberta law student and a contract associate at Boyden (Canada) where she helps build management teams for commercial, professional, governmental, and non-profit organizations.

A UN–recognized and award-winning Gen Z ocean climate “solutionist,” Bodhi Patil has showcased his expertise at over 12 global climate conferences. He is the founder and CEO of InnerLight, and a third-year UBC student leader in the Bachelor and Masters of Management program, majoring in Environment and Sustainability with a Climate Action specialty. He participates on five youth climate advisory boards for climate companies like Symbrosia and Colossal. Co-founder of Sea Dragon Studios (SDS) and a visionary behind One World Breath, he collaborates with environmental legend Jane Goodall to support youth-led initiatives in ocean-climate action through creative arts and digital media.