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Record UBC Olympic and Paralympic contingent heads to Rio

UBC President Designate Professor Santa Ono will host a sendoff tomorrow morning for our athletes, coaches and support staff headed to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games. UBC’s Rio 2016 contingent is the largest of any Canadian university.

Jul 5, 2016

Ending self-regulation in Vancouver real estate won’t solve crisis

Ending self-regulation in Vancouver real estate won’t solve crisis

Ending self-regulation in Vancouver real estate won’t solve crisis The Globe and Mail published an op-ed on the Vancouver housing market crisis co-authored by UBC business professor Tsur Somerville. Read […]

Jul 5, 2016

Discussing the impact of the Brexit vote

UBC political scientist Yves Tiberghien was interviewed on CBC’s The Early Edition about the implications of the Brexit vote. Tiberghien said there are several levels of government that have huge […]

Jul 5, 2016

Cannabis gave an Ontario boy ‘new lease on life’

The Huffington Post interviewed UBC botany professor and marijuana chemistry expert Jonathan Page for a story on how non-psychoactive cannabis helped a young boy who suffers from cerebral palsy and […]

Jul 5, 2016

AMS security cutbacks prompt fears of more sex assaults

CTV News reported on the Alma Mater Society’s cutbacks of security guards at UBC’s Student Nest building which is operated and staffed by the student society.  The Nest will be […]

Jul 5, 2016

Advanced Biofuels Symposium

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Jul 5, 2016

Ending self-regulation in Vancouver real estate won’t solve crisis

The Globe and Mail published an op-ed on the Vancouver housing market crisis co-authored by UBC business professor Tsur Somerville. While the B.C. government recently proposed politics to strengthen consumer […]

Jul 5, 2016

Discussing mental illness in the news

Roundhouse Radio spoke with UBC education professor Michelle Stack, psychology professor Anuradha Sovani from SNDT Women’s University in India, and psychiatry professor Rob Whitley from McGill University about how to improve […]

Jul 5, 2016

Proposed tax on absentee home buyers could bust market

Builder Magazine quoted UBC economist Tom Davidoff for an article on the proposed vacancy tax in Vancouver. The article explained Davidoff’s proposal, which would also tax people who under-utilized properties and those whose […]

Jul 5, 2016

Bobcats moving north, climate change study finds

The Times Colonist featured a study by UBCO biology masters student T.J. Gooliaff. He is looking at historical records, track data and maps to study the range of bobcats and […]

Jul 5, 2016

Judge cites new empathy on sex assault before disciplinary hearing

The Globe and Mail interviewed UBC law professor Emma Cunliffe about Canada’s first disciplinary review of a judge’s conduct during a sex assault trial. Justice Robin Camp faces six allegations stemming from […]

Jul 5, 2016

Study suggests loss of hearing can affect health

The Kelowna Daily Courier featured work by UBCO surgery researchers which focused on how hearing loss impacts the lives of seniors. Researchers found that for every 10-decibel drop in hearing […]

Jul 5, 2016