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Most people want fully autonomous weapons banned: UBC survey
November 12, 2015

Most people want fully autonomous weapons banned: UBC survey

Public opinion is against the use of autonomous weapons capable of identifying and destroying targets without human input, according to a new survey by researchers at the University of British Columbia.

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Canadian black scholars deserve more attention

Canada is a proudly multicultural nation. But Annette Henry, a UBC professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, says Canadian black scholars have been overlooked for far too long.

Canada-China relations: past, present and future

It’s been 45 years since Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau took the groundbreaking step of initiating diplomatic relations with China, at the height of the Cultural Revolution.

OPINIONS

 

Our failures abroad stem from a lack of imagination

In a Washington Post piece, UBC geography professor Derek Gregory warns against oversimplifying geographies and setting up false boundaries.

ATHLETICS

 

'Birds set to face Spartans in weekend series

The UBC Thunderbirds men's basketball team will look to take down their Lower Mainland rivals this weekend.

EVENTS

 

Concert at the Belkin

Join the UBC School of Music's Contemporary Players for a concert celebrating the Belkin's current exhibition, Maria Eichhorn.

VIDEO

 

2015 Learning Analytics Hackathon

This past October, the Learning Analytics Visual Analytics (LAVA) group held its first ever hackathon.
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