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Aerial drone footage of bowhead whales in Canada’s Arctic has revealed that the large mammals moult and use rocks to rub off dead skin.
Nov 22, 2017
Urban planners need mobility data on how people move around the city, in order to improve transit service.
The Province reported on the UBC Thunderbirds men’s rugby team, which won the inaugural Rugby Canada National University Championships. The event’s trophy was named for longtime UBC coach Spence McTavish.
The Province profiled Kiera Van Ryk, a UBC women’s volleyball’s “rookie sensation.” The article also mentioned Hannah Clayton-Carroll, a UBC hockey player, and swimmer Yuri Kisil.
The Kelowna Daily Courier profiled Luke Turri, a UBC alumnus and vice-president of development at Mission Group. Turri studied urban geography degree at UBC’s Okanagan campus.
Global reported on nursing students at UBC’s Okanagan campus who are working to remove the stigma associated with addiction. They asked staff and students to sign a pledge to help stop […]
CTV mentioned rain-activated art by Tiffany Quon, a UBC engineering student, in a story about the rainfall warning in B.C. Quon designed the graffiti project for campus as part of […]
The Vancouver Sun featured a UBC study that found primary care doctors trying to achieve a work/life balance are exacerbating patient access problems because they are working less than previous […]
U.S. News and World Report mentioned UBC in a story about the International Baccalaureate program. Veronica Ciastko, a UBC creative writing student, said her university course work has been easy […]
Shelley Hymel, a UBC education professor, was interviewed on CBC Radio’s Cross Country Checkup. She discussed the violence teachers face in schools.
Kathryn Harrison, a UBC political science professor, was quoted in a CBC story about the Keystone XL pipeline. “[Trudeau has] talked about the importance of getting oil to market, not […]
Nathanael Lauster, a UBC sociology professor and housing expert, was quoted in a Metro News story on a new study by Kwantlen Polytechnic University instructor John Rose. Rose’s research showed that for […]
Jeremy Schipper, a master’s candidate in UBC’s school of architecture and landscape architecture, interviewed Takaharu Tezuka for Canadian Architect. Tezuka’s architecture firm won an award for Fuji Kindergarten, a Montessori […]
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