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Why your kids should play in the dirt
Aug. 12, 2016

Why your kids should play in the dirt

It’s been a mantra for generations: cleanliness is next to godliness. Kids are urged to wash up before dinner, and a bottle of hand sanitizer on the desk is de rigueur for elementary-school teachers. But could all this hygiene actually be harming children?

OPINIONS

 

Why Trudeau should move to safeguard Northwest Passage

The Globe and Mail published an op-ed by Michael Byers, a UBC law professor and research chair in Global Politics and International Law.

ATHLETICS

 

T-Birds and Team Canada at Rio 2016

Follow our UBC Thunderbirds athletes making Canada proud at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

ARTS AND CULTURE

 

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories

A provocative presentation of works that confront the colonialist suppression of First Nations peoples and the ongoing struggle for Indigenous rights.

VIDEO

 

South Okanagan Family Practice Residency

The South Okanagan Family Practice Residency launched in the Spring of 2016. Participants talk about the opportunities it provides.
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