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UBC Reports | June 24

UBC Reports | June 24

Jun 24, 2016

B.C. shipbuilding education gets a $2.9M boost

Seaspan Vancouver announced a $2.9 million investment in the province’s marine industrial sector, CBC News reported. UBC’s Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Masters programs will receive $2 million of that amount […]

Jun 24, 2016

Canada, fearing bubble, looks to cool housing market

The Daily Mail published a Reuters article following an announcement that a panel of federal, provincial and municipal officials will recommend policy changes for Canadian housing markets. Toronto and Vancouver currently […]

Jun 24, 2016

Canada spends over millions per year on meds that harm seniors

Business Standard featured a UBC study on the cost of doctors prescribing potentially risky medications to people over the age of 65 in Canada. “We are wasting vast sums of […]

Jun 24, 2016

Scholars Go Public

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Jun 24, 2016

Criticism over Galloway departure

UBC’s handling of Steven Galloway’s departure drew criticism from the school’s faculty association and one of the complainants involved in the investigation of allegations against Galloway, the Globe and Mail […]

Jun 24, 2016

B.C. could do more to help migraine sufferers

The Vancouver Sun published an op-ed by UBC neurologist Dr. Sian Spacey about how the province could help people who suffer from migraines. June is Migraine Awareness Month in the U.S. […]

Jun 24, 2016

It’s Bring Your Dog to Work Day

News 1130 interviewed UBC psychology professor emeritus Stanley Coren for a story on Bring Your Dog to Work Day. Coren said office morale can improve with canine companions nearby. “Researchers […]

Jun 24, 2016

P.E.I. doctor warns about dangers of overmedication

CBC News included a UBC study in an article about a Prince Edward Island seniors group who took part in a session warning about the possible dangers of prescription medications. A doctor […]

Jun 24, 2016

Brexit: The sky won’t fall, but the British pound has

The U.K. voted to leave the European Union, according to British Press, though the change will not directly impact Canada. BC Business interviewed James Brander, an economist at UBC’s Sauder School […]

Jun 24, 2016

The biggest business success stories from the past year

BC Business quoted James Brander, a UBC professor at the Sauder School of Business, for an article on the top B.C. companies and their success in 2016. Brander spoke about […]

Jun 24, 2016

Urban timber kings want to bring wood-frame buildings to Toronto

UBC’s Brock Commons was referenced in a Globe and Mail article on the advantages and growing popularity of wood-frame buildings. Once the 18-storey residence building is complete in September 2017, […]

Jun 24, 2016

Vancouver’s home price nightmare was long foretold

The Tyee featured research by UBC geography professor David Ley for an op-ed on the Vancouver housing market. According to Ley, the federal government sped up the pull of Asian wealth into Lower […]

Jun 24, 2016

Brain will prevent overload

Castanet features UBCO research on brain wiring and interviewed human kinetics professor Gord Binsted on the findings. The study found the conscious mind ignores a number of the signals and sensations travelling between moving body parts […]

Jun 24, 2016

Why are Vancouver wages low compared to other cities?

UBC Sauder Business School professor Tsur Somerville was interviewed for a Daily Hive story on Vancouver wages. The article says the phenomenon of low wages and high housing costs seems […]

Jun 24, 2016

John Thistle wins 2016 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Book Prize at UBC Library

John Thistle’s book on the history of the grasslands of British Columbia’s interior is winner of the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on B.C.

Jun 24, 2016