Global BC Curious Minds

Global BC Curious Minds segments showcase innovations in science, nature, technology, and research that contribute to our lives in B.C.

We learn more about how they can impact the daily lives of British Columbians, while also seeing up close the important – but little-known – work being done in our province.

Hosted by the Global BC community reporters, Global BC Curious Minds air during various newscasts on Global BC and BC1.

1:53 Global BC Curious Minds: Building seed resilience in changing environments

1:48 Global BC Curious Minds: Tracking brain health in athletes

1:44 Global BC Curious Minds: Student develops portable solar powered medical kit

2:02 Global BC Curious Minds: Demolishing the former Four Seasons Hotel

1:45 Global BC Curious Minds: The Dome’s innovative technology

1:56 Global BC Curious Minds: Sharing Indigenous astronomical knowledge

1:40 Global BC Curious Minds: The next step for deep brain stimulation

1:35 Global BC Curious Minds: Using sweat to monitor diabetes

1:42 Global BC Curious Minds: How researchers test botanical and herbal products

1:48 Global BC Curious Minds: How cranberries are harvested

2:05 Global BC Curious Minds: St. Paul’s clinical trial looks at individualized exercise in sepsis recovery

1:49 Global BC Curious Minds: St. Paul’s Cardiogenetics Centre provides hope

1:46 Global BC Curious Minds: How advanced brain imaging could improve epilepsy care

2:01 Global BC Curious Minds: Creating new worlds with virtual production

2:01 Global BC Curious Minds: Meet an SFU professor’s new AI teaching tool

1:45 GLOBAL BC CURIOUS MINDS: How the Colilert test detects E. coli in water

1:38 Global BC Curious Minds: Looking to space at the Trottier Observatory

1:54 Global BC Curious Minds: How beekeeping supports biodiversity

1:57 Global BC Curious Minds: Mapping wildfire risk with drones

1:55 Global BC Curious Minds: New robotic hand avatar

1:59 Global BC Curious Minds: How waste heat is used to create energy in a Vancouver neighbourhood

1:39 Global BC Curious Minds: Inside Canada’s leading particle accelerator centre

2:05 Global BC Curious Minds: Monitoring and testing Metro Vancouver’s drinking water

1:40 Global BC Curious Minds: Repurposing plastic waste from construction sites

1:40 Global BC Curious Minds: Innovative app helps protect bird populations

1:29 Global BC Curious Minds: Customized radiation treatments for cancer patients

1:45 Global BC: Curious Minds: UBC students create a bionic arm

1:36 Global BC Curious Minds: Creating a sustainable t-shirt out of B.C. lumber

1:28 Global BC Curious Minds: BCIT’s nursing simulation spaces

1:24 Curious Minds: KPU Applied Genomics develops test for disease in cows

1:30 Global BC Curious Minds: How Richmond uses flood protection technology

1:20 Global BC Curious Minds: Making beer at KPU’s Brew Lab

1:29 Global BC Curious Minds: Building a pollinator garden

1:33 Global BC Curious Minds: Protecting the Langley Bog

0:59 Global BC Curious Minds: Constructing the longest ship ever built in Canada

1:31 Global BC Curious Minds: Behind the scenes at the BCIT Forensic DNA Lab

1:35 Global BC Curious Minds: How Metro Vancouver gets its top tier tap water