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UBC Reports | March 17

UBC Reports | March 17

Mar 17, 2016

Talk and Tour: Campus Energy Centre

UBC’s David Woodson gives a tour of the new Campus Energy Centre, which uses hot water instead of steam.

Mar 17, 2016

Why the Saudi arms deal is void

Why the Saudi arms deal is void

Why the Saudi arms deal is void Canada’s $15 billion sale of armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia is void because of the Middle Eastern country’s crimes against humanity in Yemen, […]

Mar 17, 2016

Is a projected $18-billion deficit justified?

Is a projected $18-billion deficit justified?

Next week, Canada’s federal government will announce its first budget since Justin Trudeau’s Liberals came to power.

Mar 17, 2016

CIS Final 8 Opener: UBC vs. Ryerson

Mar 17, 2016

Why the Saudi arms deal is void

Canada’s $15 billion sale of armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia is void because of the Middle Eastern country’s crimes against humanity in Yemen, argued UBC’s Michael Byers, in a Globe […]

Mar 17, 2016

Smile: Canadians are among the world’s happiest people

Canada is the sixth happiest place on Earth, according to the United Nations World Happiness Report. “We’re in the top 10, we’re doing really, really well,” UBC Okanagan psychology professor […]

Mar 17, 2016

Teen cannabis use at lowest level since 1980s: study

Marijuana use among Canadian teenagers has declined for 12 straight years, according to a study co-authored by UBC nursing professor Elizabeth Saewyc. “What we see is that in 1990, there […]

Mar 17, 2016

How an MBA helped focus the WestJet CEO’s career path

WestJet CEO and president Gregg Saretsky credits part of his success to his UBC MBA education in a Financial Post profile. Saretsky said he chose to attend the Sauder School […]

Mar 17, 2016

Manipulators less convincing online than in person, UBC research shows

Manipulators less convincing online than in person, UBC research shows

If you have to negotiate business with a narcissist or psychopath, you’re better off doing it on Facebook, research from UBC Okanagan shows.

Mar 17, 2016

BC NDP addresses ‘out of control’ YVR real estate at town hall

Vancouver’s real estate market took centre stage Wednesday night at an emergency town hall hosted by the B.C. New Democrats. UBC Sauder professor Tom Davidoff was among the speakers. Davidoff, […]

Mar 17, 2016

The race to get an earthquake early warning system in B.C.

A UBC engineer has launched a Kickstarter campaign to introduce a home alarm for the public to connect to the university’s earthquake warning system, CBC Vancouver reported. “We’re not interested […]

Mar 17, 2016

Chair of UBC finance committee fights taxman over $1M

Greg Peet, chair of UBC’s finance committee and member of the UBC board of governors, is appealing a Canada Revenue Agency ruling that his company, Veracity Capital, avoided paying more […]

Mar 17, 2016

UBC looks to set attendance record at CIS basketball nationals

The Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Final 8 opening game at UBC Thursday night is set to break records, becoming the most heavily-attended on-campus basketball game in the university’s history, The […]

Mar 17, 2016

Enjoying a sweet life without sugar

We need sugars to survive, says UBC land and food systems professor Susan Barr, in a Vancouver Sun article about the impact of sugar in our diets. “Sugar occurs naturally […]

Mar 17, 2016

Comment: The quest for balance on university boards

University boards of governors are discussed in a Victoria Times Colonist op-ed. UBC’s board is mentioned.

Mar 17, 2016

Wild edibles

The UBC Farm will host a “hands-on edible and medicinal plant identification” workshop Saturday morning. The event made the Globe BC’s Scout List.

Mar 17, 2016

Arlo Guthrie coming to the Chan Centre at UBC

American antiwar folk singer Arlo Guthrie will play the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC, The Georgia Straight reported. “We are honoured to welcome Arlo Guthrie, the musical […]

Mar 17, 2016