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The Mobility Pricing Independent Commission is considering charging drivers for each kilometre driven and charging tolls for traffic-heavy areas.
Jan 16, 2018
An investment from the Province of British Columbia will create 624 undergraduate spaces for domestic students at UBC’s Vancouver campus.
CBC quoted UBC sociology professor Nathan Lauster in a story about foreign investment in real estate. Lauster said “It’s a really problematic narrative to blame foreigners for all of our […]
Reuters reported on UBC research showing that smelling a partner’s scent might help reduce anxiety during a stressful time. “Many people wear their partner’s shirt or sleep on their partner’s […]
Reuters (also in Business Insider UK and CNBC) reported on a meeting of foreign ministers and senior officials from 20 nations scheduled for Tuesday in Vancouver. The story highlighted a […]
Jennifer Berdahl, a UBC professor who studies workplace sexual harassment, was interviewed for a New Yorker article on the jobs site Glassdoor, which provides pay scale information as well as […]
A New Straits Times story highlighted North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and quoted, among others, M.V. Ramana, the Simons chair in disarmament, global and human security at UBC’s school of public […]
UBC political science professor Kurt Huebner spoke with CTV News (segment starts at 0:33) about Austrians protesting their country’s new right-wing government. He said protesters of the right-wing government are motivated […]
Global reported on the MNP Consumer Debt Index, a survey that looks at how well Canadians can afford to pay their bills. UBC economics professor Giovanni Gallipoli was interviewed for […]
The Bank of Canada is expected to raise its key interest rate on Wednesday.
UBC and Vancouver Coastal Health are testing a new cure for diabetes which replaces a person’s damaged pancreatic cells with new ones grown in the lab from embryonic stem cells. […]
A new National Observer article discussed the common claims against a minimum wage and mentioned work by UBC economics professor David Green. Green analyzed one claim–that a substantial wage hike […]
CBC reported on the experiences of a woman who alleged she was sexually harassed by a UBC professor and another who alleged she was groped by the same professor.
UBC economics professor Craig Riddell was interviewed for a Vancouver Sun story on the trend toward working past retirement age. “One of the principal causes is increased longevity, and people […]
UBC food-safety professor Siyun Wang commented on the trend for drinking untreated spring water or “raw water.” She told Metro that outbreaks of other water-borne illnesses occur when people drink […]
The University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health are testing a possible diabetes cure that replaces a person’s damaged pancreatic cells with new ones grown in the lab.
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