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When Canada confronts a bully, tit-for-tat is best

When Canada confronts a bully, tit-for-tat is best The Globe and Mail published an op-ed by Tom Koch, a UBC medical geographer and ethicist, about the relationship between Canada and […]

Thunderbirds to host 2017 U SPORTS Field Hockey Championships

Thunderbirds to host 2017 U SPORTS Field Hockey Championships

The 2017 CW women’s field hockey season opens Saturday, September 16, as the conference schedule was released Wednesday.

Water: The life of a community

Professor Madjid Mohseni describes how he uses an innovative community circle approach to help communities solve drinking water problems.

Historic night as female pitcher takes mound in men’s league

CTV reported on a UBC pitcher who became the first female to play in the men’s West Coast League. Claire Eccles signed with the Victoria HarbourCats in the spring. A similar story […]

Forceps, vacuum deliveries more traumatic than C-sections

United Press International reported on UBC research into cesarean section births. The study found forceps and vacuum deliveries can lead to more physical trauma for a mother and baby than […]

A foolish social media post can dash post-secondary dream

CBC mentioned UBC in a story about how social media can affect post-secondary aspirations of students after Harvard rescinded acceptances of students due to an offensive Facebook meme. The article […]

Discovering Canada’s three coasts

Myia Antone, a UBC environmental sciences student, was interviewed on CBC about a 150-day ocean journey around Canada. Antone is a Canada C3 youth ambassador and a member of the […]

Starving research means less crucial innovation: Scientists

UBC scientists were quoted in a Globe and Mail article about the Naylor report on the state of scientific research in Canada. The Fundamental Science Review is the first report in 40 years […]

B.C. researchers are on a crane feather hunt

CBC reported on B.C. research into the Sandhill crane. UBC scientists will be part of the team that uses feathers to conduct a genetic study of the rarely studied crane.

Heat golf survives to play another day

The golf team at UBC’s Okanagan campus raised the necessary funds to compete next season, Kelowna Capital News reported. The Heat needed to come up with $40,000 for the season’s […]

Liberals waive security review for Chinese takeover of firm

Michael Byers, the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law, spoke to the Globe and Mail for a story about Chinese investors who were permitted to buy a Vancouver high-tech firm without a […]

Opinion: Yes, a law can help prevent bullying of transgender youth

A Montreal Gazette op-ed about the bullying of transgender youth cited a UBC study. The 2015 research found that more than one in three younger study participants had been physically […]

Global Jukebox website continues legacy of Alan Lomax

Michael Tenzer, a UBC ethnomusicologist, was quoted in a Vancouver Sun story about an online musical resource called The Global Jukebox. He said the site “has been designed with fairly […]

What proportional representation could mean for Vancouver

Richard Johnston, a UBC professor of political science and Canada Research Chair in Public Opinion, Elections and Representation, spoke to the Vancouver Courier about proportional representation government. He said the […]

Doctors at mental-health facility tortured patients: Judge

The Globe and Mail interviewed Efrat Arbel, a professor at UBC’s Peter A. Allard School of Law, about a lawsuit involving doctors who allegedly tortured patients at a mental health […]

Canadian universities battle to retain top spots in global rankings

The Globe and Mail reported on Canadian universities’ performance in the latest QS World University Rankings. UBC education professor Michelle Stack and UBC acting provost Angela Redish were interviewed for […]