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CBC reported on the nine new people appointed to the Canadian Senate including UBC’s Yuen Pau Woo. Woo is a senior fellow in public policy at UBC’s Asian Institute of Research. […]
Oct 27, 2016
CBC highlighted UBC research that found one in three B.C. kindergarten students are vulnerable in at least one area critical to their healthy development. The findings are from the Early […]
Maclean’s released its annual university rankings based on 14 ranking indicators. UBC was ranked third in the medical doctoral category. McGill took the top spot for the 12th year in […]
CBC featured research by Rebecca Tyson, a professor of mathematics at UBC’s Okanagan campus, about how climate change may lead to the extinction of some species and impact predator-prey relationships. […]
CBC featured UBC research that found one hour of walking three times a week can help lower seniors’ cognitive impairment. Study author Teresa Liu-Ambrose, director of UBC’s aging, mobility, and […]
University Affairs mentioned UBC’s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre in an article about the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba. The UBC centre […]
Canadian Real Estate Magazine quoted Paul Kershaw, a UBC professor in the school of population and public health, in a story about real estate tax audits. He said the proliferation […]
Global News featured an alternative shopping cart designed by engineering students at UBC’s Okanagan campus. The final prototype is made of fiberglass, with a rounded top to prevent hoarding and […]
Nathanael Lauster, a UBC sociology professor, was featured in a Vancouver Magazine article on changing housing preferences. “We have moved farther and faster away from the single-family house than any […]
Kelowna Daily Courier reported on a UBC study that found half of statements made by smokers during counselling sessions designed to help them stop are not related to quitting the […]
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In B.C., approximately 14,000 kindergarten students start school vulnerable in at least one area that is critical to their healthy development, according to a new UBC report.
Oct 26, 2016
The Province featured Chad Bush, a goalkeeper for the UBC’s men’s soccer team. The history major was recently named to U Sports’ prestigious Top 8 Academic All-Canadian list and said he […]
The Toronto Star cited a study co-written by Lisa Jordan Powell, a UBC postdoctoral researcher in the faculty of land and food systems, about the link between class and pumpkins. “Even […]
UBC has opened a new space for technology startups to build and test their inventions, grow their businesses, and transform ideas into commercial products.
The New York Times featured UBC research that explains the benefits of listening to music while performing high-intensity interval training, or HIIT. Study participants learned a gruelling form of HIIT, hoping […]
The New York Times quoted Robert Guy, a professor of forestry at UBC, about the impact of the autumn sun on leaf colour. “Protection from bright light (and probably UV […]
Richard Wassersug, a urologic sciences professor at UBC, was interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for a story on the impacts of testosterone. Wassersug is an expert on the effects […]
Vice featured an ongoing UBC seminar on the threat of real-life zombies. “While preparing for the rise of the undead is a little over the top, new diseases are emerging all […]
Vice cited a study by researchers at UBC, the University of Toronto, McGill University, and Laval University for an article about a proposed motion in Canadian parliament regarding birth control. […]
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