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Climate change to bring great white sharks to B.C., says UBC prof

Various media outlets reported on computer simulation models on future fish distributions created by William Cheung, a professor at UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at UBC. Cheung and […]

The life-changing magic of paying someone else to tidy up

The Guardian highlighted UBC research that found buying time can lead to increased happiness. Lead author Ashley Whillans, now with Harvard Business School, and senior author and UBC psychology professor Elizabeth […]

Petronas cancels $11.4-billion LNG project near Prince Rupert

James Tansey, a professor with the UBC Sauder School of Business, weighed in for a Vancouver Sun story after it was announced that the Pacific NorthWest LNG project will not […]

7 unconscious mistakes that make you waste money on food

Mic interviewed Yann Cornil, a marketing professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business, about how we waste money on food. Cornil said “food habits are extremely hard to change” […]

Trudeau should hear it from Horgan: Legalize opioids for addiction

Maxwell Cameron, a UBC political science professor, and Randall White, a UBC psychiatry professor, wrote an op-ed for Huffington Post about the opioid crisis. They wrote “we need a drastic […]

How to manage an underperforming employee

BC Business quoted Danielle van Jaarsveld, a professor and division chair of organizational behaviour and human resources at the UBC Sauder School of Business, about how to manage underperforming employees. […]

Ready to go expat?

Inside Higher Education quoted Jason Ellis, a UBC professor of educational studies, about the Canada 150 Research Chairs program. He wrote that the program “excludes excellent candidates who work at Canadian […]