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The $11.6-million Chan Gunn Pavilion opens this Thursday, serving community members seeking treatment for sports-related injuries, as well as UBC faculty and students.
Mar 14, 2018
Many vaccines must be kept at temperatures between two to eight degrees Celsius or they may spoil, but storing them in that narrow range of temperatures can be a challenge in remote areas with limited refrigeration.
The World Happiness Report 2018, released Wednesday, shows that Finland is the happiest country in the world, followed by Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden and […]
US News & World Report highlighted UBC research that showed low-income mothers who receive food assistance face close scrutiny over their children’s weight, whether the kids were overweight or underweight. […]
The Toronto Star interviewed Taylor Owen, a digital media and global affairs researcher at UBC, for a story about the role of internet giants in local news. Owen said he feels […]
Hindustan Times reported on UBC research that examined the impacts of therapy dog sessions with university students. “Our findings suggest that therapy dog sessions have a measurable, positive effect on […]
David Tindall, a UBC sociology professor, was interviewed on CBC Radio’s On the Coast about social movements in light of recent pipeline protests in B.C. “Certain provinces like B.C. and […]
Quartz reported on a study supervised by a UBC researcher that involved sequencing and assembling the sunflower’s genome. “We are on the cusp of understanding sunflower adaptability,” said Loren Rieseberg, […]
Richard Johnston, a UBC political science professor, was interviewed on CBC Radio’s B.C. Almanac about the voting age. He discussed the possibility of lowering the voting age in B.C. to […]
CBC interviewed Paul Kershaw, a UBC professor in the school of population and public health, about an increase in young voter turnout. Kershaw said this information would be helpful when […]
CBC interviewed Sheona Mitchell-Foster, an obstetrician-gynecologist and professor in UBC’s Northern Medical Program, about low rates of cancer screening among Indigenous women. Forced sterilizations and segregated hospitals created mistrust of […]
The Vancouver Courier reported on research by William Honer, the head of UBC’s department of psychiatry. Honer and colleagues found that nearly three-quarters of tenants they surveyed who were living […]
The Globe and Mail profiled Alix Ohlin, the new chair of the creative writing program at UBC. Ohlin completed her undergrad degree at Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude, and her […]
The Tyee quoted Phillipe Le Billon, a UBC geography professor, in a story about Prime Minister Trudeau’s oil politics. Le Billon discussed how Canada should follow an oil production model […]
The Globe and Mail quoted Jeremy Heyl, a UBC astrophysicist, for a story about the dwindling funding for space science in Canada. “It’s very difficult for anyone doing space research in Canada […]
Kelowna Capital News reported on the UBC Okanagan Heat women’s volleyball team which is taking part in the USports national finals. UBCO is one of eight teams competing at the […]
Daily Hive reported that Sunera Thobani, a professor at UBC’s institute for gender, race, sexuality and social justice, will be a speaker at an upcoming anti-racism march. The march is […]
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The Globe and Mail interviewed Danielle van Jaarsveld, a professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business, about coffee in the workplace. “It’s a perk in the workplace,” she said. “In the […]
Thomas Lemieux, a UBC economist, was interviewed for a Huffington Post article about the pay gap between Canadian CEOs and average workers. “The fact that CEOs are paid more or even […]
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