You are browsing the site archives by date.
Urban planners need mobility data on how people move around the city, in order to improve transit service.
Nov 22, 2017
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 […]
Event
The federal government is expected to announce details of its national housing strategy on Wednesday, Nov. 22.
Nov 21, 2017
Reuters quoted Christopher Fordyce, a UBC cardiology professor, in a study that found many U.S. high schools don’t teach CPR though most states require it. “[Schools] not only provide an […]
The Washington Post featured work by Marit Rehavi, a UBC economics professor, that examined the role of race in sentencing criminals. Rehavi and Sonja Starr found that prosecutors “have a […]
Bloomberg interviewed David Green, a UBC economist, in a story about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first term. Green found that Canadian wage growth, driven largely by oil, has helped avoid U.S.-style […]
The Atlantic interviewed Janet Werker, a UBC professor of psychology, about a study that found infants have a deeper understanding of language than previously thought. Werker, who wasn’t involved in […]
The Wire highlighted UBC research in a story about how birds survive at high altitudes. Sabine Lague, a UBC PhD candidate, led a group of researchers and compared how Andean […]
CBC Radio’s B.C. Almanac interviewed John Oliffe, a professor and the founder of the Men’s Health Research program at UBC, about men’s health issues. He discussed the importance of opening […]
An information source that gives journalists access to UBC’s expertise.