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“Empathy is the reason I went on my sabbatical; I have to practice what I preach to my students at UBC,” he adds.
When describing his experience to his UBC students, Ray told them: “You have everything that these people wish to have, so you should not waste this ocean of opportunity.”
He regularly highlights global inequalities such as poverty in a bid to encourage students to use their privileged position to change lives for the better. As a result, Ray observes that “most of the students get very inspired.”
“In my lectures, I tell my students: ‘You have to be the voice of those who don’t have a voice,'” he says.
Closer to home in the Okanagan, project-based learning is another way in which Ray equips his students with the skills needed in today’s workplaces. “I have to try…
