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The B.C. government has announced it’s ending bridge tolls effective September 2017. UBC experts are available for comment.
Aug 25, 2017
Demanding kinder classrooms doesn’t make you a snowflake The Walrus published an op-ed by Daniel Heath Justice, the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Literature and Expressive Culture at UBC, and […]
Hear alumni UBC panel of experts as they examine the economic, environmental, and public policy ramifications of recent pipeline approvals.
UBC Thunderbirds showed might on offense and defense in the first half of a Canada West non-conference game on Wednesday night.
MV Ramana, the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at UBC’s Liu Institute for Global Issues, reviewed recent books on nuclear disaster, weapons, authoritarianism and climate change for The […]
The Walrus published an op-ed by Daniel Heath Justice, the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Literature and Expressive Culture at UBC, and professor of First Nations and Indigenous Studies and English. He […]
CBC reported on UBC research that suggests rising ocean temperatures due to climate change could be causing the decline of sea star populations off B.C.’s coast. UBC researchers worked for […]
Tsur Somerville, a UBC professor of economics, spoke to CBC about B.C.’s reliance on real estate. He said apart from the Property Transfer Tax, the income from the real estate […]
CBC reported on improved access to mental health counselling at UBC. Cheryl Washburn, director of counseling services for UBC, said the school introduced a centralized first point of contact to […]
The Times U.K. highlighted research from UBC’s Okanagan campus that shows women were less exhausted after natural, dynamic muscle exercises than men of similar age and athletic ability. Brian Dalton, a […]
CBC Radio’s On the Coast, reported on students at UBC’s school of architecture and landscape who designed three pollinator homes to study how bees and bats adapt to urban environments. […]
UBC research suggests fish may shrink if ocean temperatures continue to increase due to climate change, The Independent reported. William Cheung, study author and director of science UBC’s Nippon Foundation—Nereus […]
The Vancouver Sun mentioned UBC in a story about neuroscience innovation in B.C. A provincial network supporting core brain-imaging infrastructure has come out of UBC, Children’s Hospital and Simon Fraser […]
Thomas Davidoff, a professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business, spoke to News 1130 after the B.C. Green Party suggested banning foreigners from buying farmland to address housing affordability. […]
CBC Newfoundland interviewed Andrew Trites, director of UBC’s Marine Mammal Research Unit, about a walruses spotted in Newfoundland. Trites said the animals likely swam south from the arctic, likely from […]
UBC research on the numerous benefits of trees was featured in Popular Science. Marco Giometto, a former UBC postdoctoral fellow in civil engineering, found that “trees act as a filter, […]
Metro News highlighted innovation from researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus that may one day allow 3D-printed bones to be used in human bone replacement surgeries. Engineering student Hossein Montazerian said […]
The Vancouver Observer reported on Life in Colour, a giant mural at UBC’s Beaty Biodiversity Museum. The mural explores keystone species in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems through an interactive colouring […]
CTV interviewed Lori Daniels, a UBC professor of forest ecology, about the need for prescribed burns to prevent worsening wildfire seasons. She said forest fires are a “critical part of […]
CBC P.E.I. reported on a UBC study that found Canadian children do not eat a sufficient amount of fruits and vegetables during school hours. The study examined what children ate […]
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