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UBC sets up $250,000 task force to fight Trump travel ban

UBC is creating a task force to assess what the university can do to help students, faculty and staff who will be affected by Trump’s travel ban, various media outlets reported. […]

Jan 30, 2017

Illicit drug users try to shed stigma of being called addicts

Ruth Derksen, a UBC professor who specializes in the philosophy of language, spoke to the Canadian Press about the role of labels in discussing people dealing with addiction during the […]

Jan 30, 2017

Fred Lee’s Social Network: UBC salutes Year of Rooster

The Province featured a dinner for UBC’s donors and alumni to ring in the Lunar New Year. The event also honoured Joe Wai and Bing Thom, two UBC alumni and […]

Jan 30, 2017

Civic activist, architect Joe Wai helped shape Vancouver

The Globe and Mail remembered architect Joe Wai who passed away on Jan. 11. Wai, a graduate of UBC’s architecture school, is remembered for his ability to envision the future […]

Jan 30, 2017

Opinion: Care for whole person to address addiction

Two UBC professors wrote an op-ed for The Province about practical options for dealing with the opioid crisis. Heather Fulton, a psychology professor and a clinical instructor in the department […]

Jan 30, 2017

Effort to monitor traffic in Canada’s Arctic waters hits snags

Metro News quoted Michael Byers, the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at UBC, about an eight-year effort to develop year-round surveillance capability in Canada’s Arctic waters. […]

Jan 30, 2017

Career Fair: UBC Engineers

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Jan 30, 2017

Fearless Love and Information finds polish and confidence

The Georgia Straight reported on a staging of Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information, put on by UBC’s department of theatre and film production. Lauren Taylor, a master’s candidate, directs the […]

Jan 30, 2017

A visceral Canadian vision crosses the Atlantic

The Globe and Mail highlighted the work of UBC alumnus and painter Andrew Salgado. Salgado is the youngest person to have a solo exhibition at The Canada Gallery at the […]

Jan 30, 2017

When it comes to men’s basketball team, numbers don’t lie

The Province highlighted the latest results from the UBC men’s basketball team. The TBirds now have a record of 15 wins and one loss with four more Canada West conference games […]

Jan 30, 2017

Opinion: Alternatives to opioids urgently needed for chronic pain

The Province published an op-ed about the crisis of doctor-prescribed opioids being increasingly used on a long-term basis. Kate Smolina, a graduate of UBC’s school of population and public health, […]

Jan 30, 2017

University of British Columbia students are preparing themselves for a return to campuses in Vancouver and the Okanagan.

Don’t be so hard on yourself! UBC study on first-year student stress

Stressed out university students, take note: self-compassion may be the key to making it through your first year, according to new research from UBC.

Jan 30, 2017