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Vol. 49 | No. 7

The top 10 selling faculty-authored books – photo by Sharmini Thiagarajah UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 7 | Jul. 3, 2003 Special Issue: UBC Summer Reading UBC has a proud tradition of producing authors and books. […]

Jul 3, 2003

In the News

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 7 | Jul. 3, 2003 Highlights of UBC Media Coverage in June 2003. Compiled by Cristina Calboreanu UBC Receives Major Donation William Sauder, the 77-year-old chairman of International Forest Products Ltd. […]

Jul 3, 2003

Kudos

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 7 | Jul. 3, 2003 UBC’s Alumni Association Trek Magazine continues to gain international and national awards and recognition. Trek writer Diane Haynes recently was named among the winners in Canada’s […]

Jul 3, 2003

Letters

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 7 | Jul. 3, 2003 Dear Editor: Shirley Sullivan, a 2003 Killam Teaching Prize Winner (UBC Reports, May 2003), advises her students that before venturing criticism ‘they must first appreciate…what the […]

Jul 3, 2003

Time Piece 1967

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 7 | Jul. 3, 2003 Books take all forms at UBC. In 1967, graduate student Paul Thiele used a Braille edition of Winston Churchill’s history of World War II as a […]

Jul 3, 2003

UBC Alumni

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 7 | Jul. 3, 2003 Ellen Schwartz, MFA’88 What do Sheryl Crow, Sting and Tobey Maguire have in common? They all practice yoga and they all appear in Ellen Schwartz’ new […]

Jul 3, 2003

UBC Authors from UBC Press

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 7 | Jul. 3, 2003 Globalization and Well-Being John F. Helliwell The winner of this year’s $25, 000 Donner Prize for the Best Book in Canadian Public Policy was Prof. John […]

Jul 3, 2003

2003 Cecil Green Croquet Invitational

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 7 | Jul. 3, 2003 In June of 2003 UBC Public Affairs held its second Annual Cecil Green Croquet Invitational for the media and members of the UBC communications community. See […]

Jul 3, 2003

UBC is a Hotbed of Creative Writing

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 7 | Jul. 3, 2003 From small classes large book deals grow Most students dream of cool jobs and a stable income. Creative writing students tend to dream about book deals, […]

Jul 3, 2003

What’s Popular at the UBC Bookstore

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 7 | Jul. 3, 2003 The top 10 UBC selling authors 1. Toxic Emotions at Work: How Compassionate Managers Handle Pain and Conflict Peter Frost Harvard Business School Press, 2003 A […]

Jul 3, 2003

Uncovering the Treasure

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 7 | Jul. 3, 2003 By Cristina Calboreanu From 17th-century Japanese roadmaps to the works of the early Vancouver bookbinders, the Rare Books and Special Collections Division of the UBC Library […]

Jul 3, 2003