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A biologist believes that trees speak a language we can learn

Quartz featured research by Suzanne Simard, a UBC forest ecologist. Simard researches the underground fungal networks that connect trees and facilitate communication between trees.

Nov 7, 2017

Eating local, organic won’t shrink your carbon footprint

CBC highlighted work by Seth Wynes, a UBC geography PhD candidate, in an article about the environmental impact of organic food. Wynes found that while buying local supports local communities, […]

Nov 7, 2017

Playwright Marcus Youssef wins $100K Siminovitch Prize

CBC featured Marcus Youssef, a UBC adjunct creative writing professor, who won the $100,000 Siminovitch Prize, the biggest honour in Canada’s theatre world. The Vancouver playwright and actor explores themes of otherness […]

Nov 7, 2017

Health-care spending projected to jump nearly 4% this year: Report

The Globe and Mail quoted Michael Law, a professor in UBC’s school of population and public health, in a story about the projected increase of health care spending in Canada. […]

Nov 7, 2017

Judge panel to hear arguments over DNA testing on murder case

The Vancouver Sun mentioned lawyers affiliated with the UBC Innocence Project. The lawyers represented a man accused of a 1983 murder whose case is the UBC project’s first to make its […]

Nov 7, 2017

Damn the torpedoes or torpedo the dam?

Werner Antweiler, a professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business, spoke to Business in Vancouver about the Site C dam project. He explained how the right decision would have […]

Nov 7, 2017

Chinese reach majority in Richmond

Richmond News quoted Craig Jones, a UBC professor of geography who studies immigration patterns and housing, in a story about the ethnic makeup of Richmond. Jones said there is incredible […]

Nov 7, 2017

UBC community to gather Thursday to honour Canada’s military veterans

Kelowna Capital News reported on Remembrance Day events at UBC’s Okanagan campus. The colour party from Kelowna’s Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 26, and students who are also members of the […]

Nov 7, 2017

How bad teeth are at the root of income inequality in Canada

Maclean’s cited a UBC study in an article about the connection between poor oral health and Canadian income inequality. The UBC study examined the task of integrating women who had […]

Nov 7, 2017

Dhahan prizes for Punjabi literature awarded

Pargat Singh Sartoj received the $25,000 Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature, Indo-Canadian Voice reported. The award is cosponsored by UBC’s department of Asian studies.

Nov 7, 2017

Sculpture Welcome Fire Ceremony

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Nov 7, 2017

Alberta’s premier plans pro-pipeline speaking tour

George Hoberg, a UBC professor of environmental and natural resource policy, was quoted in a Calgary Herald story about upcoming speeches on pipeline expansion by Alberta’s premier Rachel Notley. Hoberg […]

Nov 7, 2017

Are investment carbon footprints good for investors and the climate?

Alastair Fraser, a UBC economics PhD candidate, wrote an op-ed about investment carbon footprints in Policy Options. “Investors and institutions using the investment industry’s definitions of ‘carbon footprint’ should be aware […]

Nov 7, 2017