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Trudeau pledges to work with provinces on pipeline expansion

The Canadian Press mentioned analysis by Richard Johnston, a UBC political scientist, about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. He has said interprovincial pipelines fall under federal jurisdiction, so there isn’t […]

May 23, 2017

Eyes turn to B.C.’s lieutenant governor in minority government

Max Cameron, a UBC political scientist, spoke to CBC about B.C.’s lieutenant governor Judith Guichon. Cameron said the assumption is Guichon will act in the public interest and not in the […]

May 23, 2017

Wealth redistribution, population management, only way forward

William E. Rees, a UBC planning professor emeritus, wrote an op-ed for The Guardian about sustainability policies for the future. He wrote that “effective sustainability policy must be consistent with […]

May 23, 2017

High-risk sex offender seen on campuses before police warning

A CTV story on a sex offender who was seen on UBC campus quoted Susan Danard, UBC’s managing director of public affairs. Danard said staff at the school did “everything […]

May 23, 2017

Seniors leaving Vancouver to take advantage of housing market

A Globe and Mail article about seniors leaving Vancouver quoted two UBC professors. Nathanael Lauster, a sociology professor, analyzed population changes and found baby boomers are the only age group that […]

May 23, 2017

Study: Cannabis may reduce crack use

M-J Milloy and M. Eugenia Socias, researchers in UBC’s department of medicine, wrote an op-ed for The Conversation about the possibility of using cannabis to reduce crack use. They found […]

May 23, 2017

How do vaccines work? UBC scientists aim to find out

The Vancouver Sun reported on UBC research into how vaccines work. Tobias Kollmann, the interim head of the division of infectious diseases in UBC’s department of paediatrics, and Manish Sadarangani, […]

May 23, 2017

Vancouver woman one of 80 chosen for elite Antarctica expedition

Sylvia Struck, a UBC alumna, is one of 80 women chosen to join the world’s largest all-female expedition to Antarctica, the Vancouver Sun reported. Struck earned a master’s degrees from UBC.

May 23, 2017

Will Ottawa’s new plan lower Canada’s high drug prices?

Steve Morgan, a UBC health economist, spoke to the Globe and Mail about drug prices in Canada. He said we should not rely on international price comparisons. A Vancouver Sun article […]

May 23, 2017

We have to protect all rainforests, not just tropical rainforests

Alys Granados, a PhD candidate in zoology at UBC, wrote an op-ed for the Georgia Straight about the need to protect rainforests of all types. Granados wrote that increasing the […]

May 23, 2017

New anti-AIDS treatments perfected

Julio Montaner, a UBC professor of medicine and director of the Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, was interviewed on Radio Canada. Montaner addressed the development of new treatments to fight […]

May 23, 2017

French immersion: An emotional debate

Wendy Carr, the assistant dean of the UBC education program, spoke to Radio Canada about a decrease in French immersion opportunities for Vancouver students.

May 23, 2017

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 […]

May 23, 2017

‘Foreign’ reporting is so last century, let’s remake it

Stefan Labbe and Sophie Woodrooffe, students in UBC’s school of journalism, wrote an op-ed for The Tyee about ‘foreign’ reporting. UBC’s International Reporting Program worked with programs in other countries […]

May 23, 2017

Time for Canada to put pedal to the metal on cycling

Metro News quoted Kay Teschke, a professor at UBC’s school of population and public health, about the need to improve cities for cyclists. Teschke said cycling can become a safer […]

May 23, 2017

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 […]

May 23, 2017

Workshop: Vegetarian Japanese Cooking

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May 23, 2017

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.

May 23, 2017

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.

May 23, 2017

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 […]

May 23, 2017