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Could this be the way to stop Kinder Morgan?

UBC political science professor Richard Johnston was interviewed for a Vancouver Magazine story on an HST-style referendum that could stop the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline. The Dogwood Initiative wants a province-wide […]

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Discussing a drill to make medical procedures more economical

Florin Gheorghe, a UBC mechanical engineering student spoke on Roundhouse Radio about his social venture that received a $1 million investment to pursue market expansion across Africa and India. Gheorghe, […]

Electoral reform committee hears from trio of academics

The Ottawa Citizen reported on the special committee on electoral reform panel session that included a talk by UBC political scientist professor emeritus R. Kenneth Carty. “National general elections are one of the […]

Streetcar tracks increase risk of bike crashes

Science Daily reported on UBC research that found one-third of bike crashes in Toronto’s downtown involved the city’s streetcar tracks. “This would be a great time to create separated bike and […]

Lower Mainland families more in debt than ever

Metro News reported on a UBC geography study by David Ley that found home mortgages have put more people in debt, and personal consumer debt has also risen in the past decade. […]

McCue named new host of CBC Radio’s Cross Country Checkup

CBC News reported that UBC journalism professor Duncan McCue was named the host of Cross Country Checkup, CBC Radio’s call-in radio program covering current news and policy issues. McCue officially takes […]

A better way to tax vacant Vancouver homes

The Globe and Mail published an op-ed by UBC economics professor Joshua Gottlieb about a proposed tax to make housing more affordable in Vancouver. “The city would introduce a property […]

Could Donald Trump pass a sanity test?

A Vanity Fair story about Donald Trump assessed the presidential candidate’s psychological profile using a tool created by UBC criminal psychology professor emeritus Robert D. Hare. Hare’s test of sanity was introduced in 1980 […]

Bureaucrats don’t take think-tank reports seriously

Business Standard India reported on research from UBC’s Okanagan campus that found that government policy makers and advisors attach more credibility to university reports than they do to think-tank reports. […]

Bad eating habits rise among gays lesbians, bisexuals

The Economic Times India highlighted UBC research that found eating disorders are on the rise for young lesbian and bisexual girls, while such behaviours are declining among their straight peers. […]

B.C. Liberals face balancing act on housing as election looms

Tom Davidoff, UBC’s director of the Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate, was interviewed for a Canadian Press story published on City News about B.C. housing. Davidoff said if […]

Pokémon Go could help people with depression conquer ‘barriers’

CTV News featured an interview with UBC psychology professor Amori Mikami for a story on the psychological impacts of playing the popular smartphone game Pokémon Go. Mikami studies social interactions […]

In the Downtown Eastside, a brotherhood of support

The Globe and Mail featured UBC research for a story on the Dudes Club, a health group in the Downtown Eastside. UBC school of nursing researchers are evaluating the program […]

Medical complaint challenges B.C. prison’s use of segregation

The Globe and Mail interviewed Ruth Elwood Martin, UBC’s director of the Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education, for a story on the use of segregation in B.C. prisons. […]

‘Underdiagnosed’ variety of heart attack striking new moms

CBC News interviewed UBC medicine professor Dr. Jacqueline Saw for a story on spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD. “Patients with peripartum SCAD have a larger degree of heart attack […]

Battle over GMO labelling on Canadian horizon

The Winnipeg Free Press referenced a paper by Loren Rieseberg, a UBC botany professor and research chair in plant evolutionary genomics. In the paper commenting on a newly released U.S. […]

B.C. orders review of health record keeping system

The Vancouver Sun published a Times Colonist story on the upcoming review of a controversial electronic health record system. The review will be led by a UBC professor. Dr. Doug […]