UBC Reports | July 25, 2013
Stark contrast
Women in rural areas have less access to abortion services than their urban counterparts, says UBC’s Dr. Wendy Norman.
LATEST NEWS
Captured: Mysterious oyster killers
UBC researchers have apprehended tiny, elusive parasites that have plagued oysters from B.C. to California.
UBC Okanagan engineers assist Penticton with energy reduction goals
The City of Penticton will get a helping hand from UBC’s Okanagan campus to reach its goal of reducing corporate greenhouse gas emissions.
FEATURE STORIES
You can’t put a number on that
Law Prof. Galit Sarfaty finds problems in the widespread use of indicators to track corporate social performance
EXPERT SPOTLIGHT
Rod McCormick on nutritional experiments at residential schools
Rod McCormick is "not surprised" by recent revelations and thinks the government should make amends by funding Aboriginal health researchers.
Q&A on medical ethics
Prof. Anita Ho tackles complex ethical matters such as assisted suicide, in vitro fertilization and private healthcare.
OPINIONS
Evidence trumps ideology over public health benefits of Insite
Evidence trumps ideology over public health benefits of Insite A large body of evidence demonstrates that Insite and similar programs are effective in reducing harms associated with drug use, say […]
Starving children, withholding information was horrific policy
Starving children, withholding information was horrific policy Two UBC professors are speaking out on the news that the Canadian government conducted nutrition experiments on residential school children in the 1940s. […]
VIDEO
Heppner to host Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Renowned Canadian tenor and UBC alum Ben Heppner takes his talents to CBC Radio.
ATHLETICS
UBC rowers Cheng and Lattimer advance to semifinals at World Championships
UBC Thunderbirds Evan Cheng and Maxwell Lattimer have advanced to the semifinals of the lightweight men’s pair event at the 2013 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria.
