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Canadian women are storming the ivory towers

Huffington Post mentioned UBC for an article about the phenomenon of women outnumbering men on Canadian university campuses. Twenty-nine per cent of first-year UBC engineering students are women, and the […]

Dec 6, 2016

Notley aims to sell pipeline in B.C. after approval sparks protests

The Canadian Press interviewed David Tindall, a UBC sociology professor, about the work Alberta’s premier Rachel Notley must do to convince environmentalists that the pipeline expansion should go ahead. “To […]

Dec 6, 2016

Everything you need to know about male fertility

Global interviewed Victor Chow, a clinical professor in UBC’s department of urologic sciences, about issues with male fertility. “Most cases of male infertility can still result in a pregnancy even […]

Dec 6, 2016

Houses selling well below asking, some under $1M

Thomas Davidoff, a UBC Sauder School of Business professor, spoke to CTV Vancouver for an article on declining listing prices for detached homes in Vancouver. “Sales have been slow and […]

Dec 6, 2016

Vancouver’s new tax pushes Chinese buyers to Seattle, Toronto

The Globe and Mail published a Bloomberg article quoting David Ley, a UBC geographer, about the increasing number of Chinese home buyers in Seattle following Vancouver’s foreign buyers tax. “Chinese […]

Dec 6, 2016

B.C. to fall short of 2050 greenhouse gas targets by wide margin

The Vancouver Sun reported on climate research analysis commissioned by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, a group run jointly by UBC, the University of Victoria, and Simon Fraser University. […]

Dec 6, 2016

Outdoor air pollution kills more than 5 million people a year

Yahoo featured research by Michael Brauer, a professor at UBC’s school of population and public health. The study, which was presented at the 2016 meeting of the American Association for […]

Dec 6, 2016

Animal use in UBC research increases two per cent

UBC researchers used slightly more animals in 2015 studies compared to 2014, Metro News reported. The total number of animals in projects increased by two per cent though most of […]

Dec 6, 2016

Pipeline politics increase flow of controversy in Canada

Business in Vancouver interviewed George Hoberg, a professor at UBC’s Liu Institute for Global Issues, for an article about the Trudeau government’s motivations behind their energy politics and recent B.C. […]

Dec 6, 2016

For the record, December 6, 2016

Business in Vancouver reported on two $1 million gifts donated to UBC by alumni of the university. The funds came from Greg Peet, a UBC Sauder School of Business alumnus and […]

Dec 6, 2016

Leonard Cohen tribute looks at singer-songwriter’s spiritual side

Ira Nadel, a UBC English professor, will speak at a tribute to the late singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, the Vancouver Courier reported. Nadel wrote two books on Cohen. The event, hosted […]

Dec 6, 2016

Eleven fitness trends that need to die in 2017

Cosmopolitan mentioned research from UBC’s Okanagan campus that found beginners who started high-intensity interval training workouts while listening to music enjoyed it more than those required to exercise in silence. […]

Dec 6, 2016

Understanding why some parents are hesitant about vaccines

The Ottawa Citizen interviewed Devon Greyson, a post-doctoral fellow at UBC, about a study she co-authored that aims to better understand what causes changes in mothers’ attitudes about vaccinations. “There […]

Dec 6, 2016

Kelowna’s Top 40 over 40 November roundup

Kelowna Now named Mandy Wong, a clinical professor for UBC’s Southern Medical School, as one of Kelowna’s Top 40 over 40 for the month of November. Wong, who moved to […]

Dec 6, 2016

Multi-million dollar learning centre to be built at UBC-Okanagan

University Affairs highlighted the new $35-million teaching and learning centre scheduled to be built at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Funding for the project comes from both the provincial and federal governments, […]

Dec 6, 2016

Festive Cantatas – J.S. Bach Magnificat

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Dec 6, 2016