UBC Reports | December 12
Gift giving 101
UBC’s Elizabeth Dunn on how to make the most of Christmas gift giving and how it really is better to give than receive.
LATEST NEWS
Canadian Rx atlas maps billions in savings – for now
Canadians are spending less on prescription drugs, according to the latest edition of the Canadian Rx Atlas, but UBC health economists predict the break will be short-lived.
UBC finalizes criteria for sport review
UBC has finalized the framework that will form the basis for the assessment phase of the UBC Athletics sport review.
UBC releases its 2012 animal research statistics
For the third consecutive year, UBC has published extensive information on the animals involved in research at the university, including numbers by major species groups and by type of research conducted.
FEATURE STORIES
Games changer
The Special Olympics Canada 2014 Summer Games, taking place at UBC this July, will give athletes and volunteers the chance to change perceptions.
EXPERT SPOTLIGHT
The end of ‘snail mail’?
Harish Krishnan of UBC’s Sauder School of Business discusses Canada Post’s decision to end door-to-door delivery in urban areas.
The Hobbit goes Hollywood
UBC English Professor Siân Echard talks all things Tolkien as The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is set to hit theatres Dec. 13.
OPINIONS
The power of ‘none of the above’
The power of ‘none of the above’ Why is voter turnout in Canada declining? UBC PhD candidate Paul Moscrop explores the issue in an Ottawa Citizen op-ed. Read more…
ATHLETICS
UBC athletes, alumni and coaches among those honoured by BC Athletics
BC Athletics named Luc Bruchet the Senior Male Cross Country Runner of the Year.
VIDEO
Dr. Dory Nason wins 2013 UBC Killam Teaching Prize
Dr. Dory Nason wins 2013 UBC Killam Teaching Prize Nason’s areas of research include contemporary Indigenous Feminisms and related Native women’s intellectual history and literature.
