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Road pricing most effective in reducing vehicle emissions

Motor vehicles are a major source of air pollution in urban areas, and for decades municipal and regional governments have used various traffic management strategies in an effort to reduce vehicle emissions, alongside advancements like cleaner fuel and greener cars.

Oct 5, 2017

Aging specialists hope to learn from Dutch ‘dementia village’

Dan Levitt, a UBC nursing professor, spoke to the Vancouver Sun about a Dutch facility that is one of the world’s most innovative developments in caring for people with dementia. […]

Oct 5, 2017

Greens call for ban on foreign ownership of farmland

Thomas Davidoff, a professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business, was interviewed for a Business in Vancouver article about the Green Party’s call to ban foreign ownership of farmland. […]

Oct 5, 2017

UBC getting its own free all-day sober partying festival

Vancouver Courier highlighted an upcoming sober partying festival at UBC. Party4Health aims to promote “healthy partying.”

Oct 5, 2017

Talking wine in Penticton

Kelowna Capital News reported on an initiative that features a discussion about the wine industry. The UBC-KEDGE Wine Industry Collaboration is a partnership between UBC’s Okanagan campus and KEDGE Business […]

Oct 5, 2017

Jagmeet Singh’s win opens doors for Canada’s minorities

Allan Tupper, a UBC political science professor, spoke to Al-Jazeera about Jasmeet Singh, the new leader of the federal NDP Party. Tupper said “he’s got to read the electorate beyond […]

Oct 5, 2017

Talk covers wild fire causes and benefits

Lori Daniels, a forest ecology professor and director of the Tree-Ring Lab at UBC, was quoted in Kelowna Capital News ahead of her talk at the Science in Society Speaker […]

Oct 5, 2017

Developers plan to build world’s tallest passive house towers

Xinhua mentioned UBC’s Brock Common student residence building in an article about tall tower developments. Brock Commons is currently the world’s tallest wooden tower.

Oct 5, 2017

How single-family zoning impacts Vancouver housing

Roundhouse Radio interviewed Nathanael Lauster, a UBC sociology professor, about how single-family zoning contributes to the local housing crisis. He discussed the fact that Metro Vancouver’s single-family zoning is “occupying […]

Oct 5, 2017

Genetics: Sex and the single cell

Carolyn Brown, a UBC geneticist, was quoted in a Nature story about the idea that our body cells have a “sex.” She discussed the concept that only one of the […]

Oct 5, 2017

Five MoUs signed with global institutes for collaborative research

Hindustan Times reported on UBC’s involvement in memoranda of understanding signed to foster collaborative research. The memoranda were signed by UBC, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education, Asian Institute of Public Health, […]

Oct 5, 2017

Fiddle Master Class with Martin Hayes

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Oct 5, 2017

Mongolia’s domestic politics complicate foreign policy

Mendee Jargalsaikhan, a UBC political science PhD candidate, wrote an op-ed for Huffington Post about Mongolian politics. She wrote that “at this moment of great uncertainty, every uncoordinated Mongolian foreign […]

Oct 5, 2017

China’s Arctic road and belt gambit

Michael Byers, the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at UBC, was quoted in a Radio Canada story about the vulnerability of China’s current trade routes. He […]

Oct 5, 2017

McMaster smoking ban will leave medicinal pot users in pain

CBC Hamilton interviewed Zachary Walsh, a psychology professor at UBC’s Okanagan campus and a cannabis and substance abuse researcher, about McMaster University’s upcoming smoking ban. He said the ban seems […]

Oct 5, 2017

The climate change course we can take

Sara Harris, a UBC professor in the department of earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences, was interviewed on Roundhouse Radio about climate change. She discussed the art of teaching and her […]

Oct 5, 2017

Rethinking the scientific career

Chronicle of Higher Education published an op-ed co-written by Steven J. Hallam, a UBC professor of microbiology and immunology, and director of the ECOSCOPE training program. The op-ed discussed how […]

Oct 5, 2017

Fentanyl overdoses are side effect of war on drugs

Eugenia Socias, a researcher in UBC’s department of medicine, was quoted in a Montreal Gazette article about addressing the opioid crisis. She said the crisis has become worse “because of […]

Oct 5, 2017

Morneau goes after tiny fish while tax-avoiding whales swim free

Kevin Milligan, a UBC economist, was quoted in a Financial Post article about a neutral tax system. He said “the target is for people to make the same decisions under taxation as […]

Oct 5, 2017

Texan trio of songwriters bring southern sound to Chan Centre

Broadway World featured an upcoming show by Ruthie Foster, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Carrie Rodriguez at UBC’s Chan Centre. They will be performing as part of the Texas Troubadours project.

Oct 5, 2017