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  • Only known woolly dog pelt returns close to home and for the first time to Canada
    Society & Culture

    Only known woolly dog pelt returns close to home and for the first time to Canada

    The woolly dog pelt will be on loan from the Smithsonian Institution to the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) from September 2026 to August 2027.

Most Recent Stories

  • Study confirms permanent loss of Canada’s last Arctic epishelf lake
    Climate & Environment

    Study confirms permanent loss of Canada’s last Arctic epishelf lake

    Loss of the millennia-old ecosystem shows that even the Arctic’s projected last ice refuge is vulnerable to rapid change.

  • Science at the edge of the ice
    Climate & Environment

    Science at the edge of the ice

    Researchers returned to Milne Fiord year after year to monitor its ice shelf and the freshwater lake beneath the ice. Their measurements ultimately helped reconstruct how Canada’s last epishelf lake disappeared following the ice shelf’s 2020 breakup.

  • M gift to UBC is the largest ever to a Canadian school of nursing
    University News

    $40M gift to UBC is the largest ever to a Canadian school of nursing

    Historic $40M donation from UBC alumni Matthew and Natalie MacIsaac will strengthen nursing education, research and clinical learning to help prepare the next generation of nurses and health-care leaders.

  • How UBC supports students with specific dietary needs and cultural food preferences
    University News

    How UBC supports students with specific dietary needs and cultural food preferences

    UBC Food Services offers extensive support for students with allergies, dietary restrictions and cultural food preferences, helping them navigate residence dining safely and confidently from Day 1.

  • UBC and Langara College formalize partnership to strengthen student pathways and success
    University News

    UBC and Langara College formalize partnership to strengthen student pathways and success

    The agreement sets the stage for closer collaboration on student recruitment, transfer opportunities, scholarships and academic programs, helping more learners access and advance through post-secondary education.

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  • Vancouver mayoral candidates debate

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  • Apple’s new iPhone Duo costs more in Canada, but not because of tariffs

    CBC
  • Their kids were exposed to carbon monoxide at a hockey rink. They’re trying to prevent it from happening again

    CBC
  • Trump’s Expanded US Map Includes Territories Locked in Dispute With Canada

    Newsweek

News Tips & Story Ideas

  • Snakes in an egg all coil in the same direction. Scientists think they’ve learned why.

  • Insect submariners survive the depths without imploding

  • New deep diamond and barium minerals named after UBC researchers

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UBC EXPERTS ON TOPICAL ISSUES

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Climate & Environment

  • Farewell black spruce? How climate change and pests are reshaping North America’s forests

    Farewell black spruce? How climate change and pests are reshaping North America’s forests

  • New UBC tool helps cities plant trees where they’re needed most

    New UBC tool helps cities plant trees where they’re needed most

  • UBC-developed ‘wood foam’ enters production as Indigenous-led pilot plant opens in Vancouver

    UBC-developed ‘wood foam’ enters production as Indigenous-led pilot plant opens in Vancouver

  • UBC seaweed-derived coating keeps strawberries fresher than a fridge

    UBC seaweed-derived coating keeps strawberries fresher than a fridge

Health & Medicine

  • Starting kindergarten? Expert tips for a smooth school transition

    Starting kindergarten? Expert tips for a smooth school transition

  • Researchers discover the eye’s hidden cleanup system

    Researchers discover the eye’s hidden cleanup system

  • Seatbelts still essential, but nearly 9 in 10 pregnant people didn’t achieve recommended seatbelt placement: study

    Seatbelts still essential, but nearly 9 in 10 pregnant people didn’t achieve recommended seatbelt placement: study

  • Researchers discover new form of hereditary prostate cancer

    Researchers discover new form of hereditary prostate cancer

Science & Technology

  • Simple changes to fishing gear and handling can greatly improve survival of released coho salmon

    Simple changes to fishing gear and handling can greatly improve survival of released coho salmon

  • UBC and Hornby Island partner to train next generation of coastal scientists

    UBC and Hornby Island partner to train next generation of coastal scientists

  • How camera-equipped homing pigeons could improve robotic vision in flight

    How camera-equipped homing pigeons could improve robotic vision in flight

  • How we can coexist with coyotes, and other lessons from Stanley Park

    How we can coexist with coyotes, and other lessons from Stanley Park

Society & Culture

  • How male leaders should address sexist remarks before it costs their organization, according to UBC Sauder study

    How male leaders should address sexist remarks before it costs their organization, according to UBC Sauder study

  • New tool maps public land with potential for hundreds of thousands of affordable homes in B.C.

    New tool maps public land with potential for hundreds of thousands of affordable homes in B.C.

  • New national guidance targets substance-use prevention and response in Canadian schools

    New national guidance targets substance-use prevention and response in Canadian schools

  • Can a walk through downtown Vancouver change how we think about climate change?

    Can a walk through downtown Vancouver change how we think about climate change?

University News

  • UBC welcomes nine world-leading researchers through Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada program (Phase 1)

    UBC welcomes nine world-leading researchers through Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada program (Phase 1)

  • Construction underway on new location for UBC Learning Exchange

    Construction underway on new location for UBC Learning Exchange

  • A made-in-BC heat pump with global impact 

    A made-in-BC heat pump with global impact 

  • Ready for anything: UBC’s approach to community safety and emergency planning for the summer soccer games

    Ready for anything: UBC’s approach to community safety and emergency planning for the summer soccer games

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