Whose City Is It, Anyway? Patrick Condon of UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture says that in Vancouver and around the world, middle-class citizens rage over planning that favours profit […]
Aug 28, 2013
UBC Sauder School of Business Prof. Thomas Ross talks about US telecom Verizon’s interest in moving north and what it could mean to the Canadian industry
A new campaign encourages students to challenge prejudice with one word: Really?
Aug 27, 2013 - by Brian Lin
UBC prepares to welcome 7,927 incoming first-year students it considers to be among the strongest it has enrolled.
Aug 27, 2013
New faculty members, a minor program, and a partnership to announce the Scotiabank Giller Prize nominations help mark the 50th anniversary of UBC’s creative writing program.
Paul Kershaw, an expert on family policy and generational equity, writes that today’s parents are more squeezed for time, income and services than the predecessors.
Aug 26, 2013
The new Ponderosa Commons offers a unique mix of living and academic space that redefines campus residence.
Aug 26, 2013 - by Heather Amos
UBC has concluded an unprecedented, five-year strategic cooperation agreement with China’s Chongqing government.
Large emergency exercises like the one that took place on UBC’s Vancouver campus on June 18 help first responders develop strategies they’ll hopefully never use
Aug 21, 2013 - by Basil Waugh
UBC clinical instructor Tanya Leung offers advice on what to pack in your child’s lunch.
Aug 21, 2013
More than 1,500 international incoming first-year students have left their homes to travel to UBC. They are the first students to arrive on campuses to begin their orientation.
Aug 15, 2013 - by Heather Amos
Canadian high schools with long-standing anti-homophobia policies or gay-straight alliances (GSAs) have a positive effect on gay and straight students’ problem alcohol use.
Aug 15, 2013
The Hungry Nomad, Canada’s first university-run food truck, is UBC’s contribution to Metro Vancouver’s growing street food scene.
Aug 14, 2013 - by Corey Allen
The UBC Thunderbirds women’s hockey team will embark on a four-game tour of Minnesota next month to prepare for the 2013-14 campaign.
Aug 13, 2013
Scientists have long espoused the health benefits of red wine. Now UBC chemists have discovered 23 new molecules that could mean there are even more vino virtues.
Aug 12, 2013
On Sept. 11, Statistics Canada will be releasing new data from the National Household Survey on income and housing. UBC Prof. Paul Kershaw speaks about the issues related to the financial pressures facing young Canadians.
Here is a list of UBC experts available to comment on kindergarten to Grade 12 and post-secondary education issues.
UBC’s Michael Byers says Russia wants to turn its Arctic coastline into an alternative to the Suez Canal.
UBC’s stunning landscapes are constantly changing. Here is a gallery of destinations worth visiting on UBC’s two campuses in Vancouver and the Okanagan once winter session begins.
From 2013: The transition from high school to university can be difficult. Aneesa Shariff, a psychologist with UBC Counselling Services, offers advice for first-year students.
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