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UBC Reports | June 16

UBC Reports | June 16

Prevent Wastewater Pollution at UBC

Metro Vancouver is currently developing a proposal that would require research laboratories to implement Pollution Prevention Plans.

Old foes renew acquaintances in Canada West season opener

Old foes renew acquaintances in Canada West season opener

The Canada West women’s soccer schedule is set to kick off on Labour Day weekend.

Bains’s mixed messages on Norsat a cause for concern

Bains’s mixed messages on Norsat a cause for concern

When Canada confronts a bully, tit-for-tat is best Michael Byers, the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at UBC, wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail. […]

How individuals, neighbourhoods can lower carbon footprint

Work by Stephen Sheppard, a UBC forestry professor, was featured in a CBC story on lowering your carbon footprint. Sheppard is one of the developers of a video game that […]

Teacher shortages in B.C.

Wendy Carr, the associate dean of UBC’s teacher education program, was interviewed on CBC Radio’s Daybreak South. Carr discussed the teacher shortages in B.C. school districts. The segment starts at […]

Expert urges doctors to stop prescribing antipsychotic for insomnia

The Vancouver Sun cited a UBC study on low dose prescriptions in a story about an antipsychotic drug. Researchers found that 58 per cent of B.C. quetiapine prescriptions in 2010 […]

MOA: Gallery of Northwest Coast Masterworks

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Crisis? What crisis? Liberal government ends June 29

Business in Vancouver interviewed Richard Johnston, a political science professor, about the current situation in the B.C. government. He said “if you abstract from the ideological positioning of the parties, […]

Province should step in to protect aquarium from park board

Patrick McGeer a, UBC professor emeritus in neurology, wrote an op-ed for The Province about the Vancouver Aquarium. He wrote that the “current bylaw banning cetaceans will have a deep […]

Finally, a workout benefit that kicks in right away

The New York Post featured research from the school of health and exercise sciences at UBC’s Okanagan campus that linked exercise and body image. The self-reported study found that women […]

Vancouver researchers use tires to produce resilient concrete

Xinhua reported on UBC researchers who developed polymer-infused concrete that is stronger than typical concrete and could reduce tire waste. They said the new mixture has the advantage over crumb […]