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Immigrants to Canada helped build the nation

Laura Ishiguro, a UBC history professor, was quoted in a Journal of Commerce story about immigration. She said “immigration policy is part of the government’s project to shape the size […]

In Chinatown, tailor Bill Wong sewed his way to success

Bill Wong, a UBC alumnus and tailor who graduated from UBC as a mechanical engineer, was remembered in the Globe and Mail. He died in April of heart failure at […]

Workshop: Vegetarian Japanese Cooking

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Trudeau heads to NATO, G7, where Trump is top of mind

National Observer quoted Allen Sens, a UBC political scientist, about the state of NATO. Sens discussed the volatility that is associated with the Trump administration.

Gordon Matheson: ‘I really like fixing things that I believe are broken’

Gordon Matheson, a UBC alumnus, was profiled in a Globe and Mail story. He earned a doctorate from UBC and was a team doctor for the Vancouver Canucks.

Rick Hansen donates glove to Canadian Museum of History

Rick Hansen, a UBC alumnus, is donating one of his Man In Motion World Tour gloves to the Canadian History Hall, Radio Canada reported. Hansen became the first person with […]

Geering Up brings science and engineering back to Kelowna

Kelowna Now reported on UBCO’s Geering Up Engineering & Science for Kid’s summer camps. The camps offer interactive science, technology, engineering and math programming.

Kelowna residents help KGH

The Kelowna Capital News reported on a donation from Colin and Lois Pritchard that will partly benefit the biology department at UBC’s Okanagan campus. The funds will help with real-world […]