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Before #MeToo, Anita Hill spoke out on sexual harassment

The Georgia Straight reported on a UBC event jointly presented by the urban studies program, Social Justice Institute, Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC, Institute for Critical Indigenous […]

Apr 3, 2018

Reality check: Does pot have an expiry date?

Global interviewed Zach Walsh, a UBC psychology professor and cannabis researcher, about expiry dates on marijuana. He said the government is not wrong to say dried pot expires, since the […]

Apr 3, 2018

Helpful information for allergy sufferers

Joanne Yeung, a UBC clinical immunologist and clinical instructor in the department of paediatrics, spoke to Vancouver Courier about how people can prepare for allergy season. “The most common seasonal […]

Apr 3, 2018

Awards celebrate partnerships between business and academia

Fariborz Taghipour, a UBC chemical and biological engineering professor, won a BCIC Ignite Award for his work on a maintenance-free UV water purifier, BC Business reported.

Apr 3, 2018

Can enough ‘missing middle’ homes be built without land assembly?

The Vancouver Courier reported on a public debate about housing that involved two academics from UBC’s school of architecture and landscape architecture. Patrick Condon and Scot Hein discussed rezoning.

Apr 3, 2018

Using antipsychotic drugs for depression not best treatment

The Province published an op-ed by James Wright, the director of the Therapeutics Initiative with UBC’s faculty of medicine, about antipsychotic drugs. “For 24 years, the University of B.C. Therapeutics […]

Apr 3, 2018

For the record, April 3, 2018

Sonya Kashyap has been appointed reproductive endocrinology and infertility graduate fellowship program director at UBC, Business in Vancouver reported. Kashyap will direct, teach and mentor trainees.

Apr 3, 2018

Daily cannabis use could delay at-risk youth from moving to higher risk drug use: Study

The Globe and Mail mentioned a UBC study funded by licensed cannabis grower Tilray. The study found more than half of the 271 medical-marijuana patients interviewed said they use cannabis […]

Apr 3, 2018

Margaret Atwood, Susan Swan release joint statement on UBC Accountable

The Globe and Mail reported on a new development concerning an open letter signed by Canadian writers called UBC Accountable.

Apr 3, 2018

UBCO winners for the annual athletics awards banquet

Kelowna Now reported on the 10th annual Heat Athletics Awards Banquet celebrating varsity athletes at UBC’s Okanagan campus. The award for the men’s Most Outstanding Athlete of the Year was […]

Apr 3, 2018

Improved workplace ergonomics is just good business

The Toronto Star quoted Judy Village, a UBC professor and president-elect of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists, about workplace ergonomics. “A lot of people think that ergonomics is just physical, […]

Apr 3, 2018

Numbers show only small segment is living the Okanagan dream

The Kelowna Daily Courier published an op-ed by Shelley Cook, a PhD candidate at UBC’s Okanagan campus, about income and inclusivity. “The numbers tell a story, and what that story […]

Apr 3, 2018

Bridging Research, Policy, & Practice: Introducing the UBC Cluster on Migration

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Apr 3, 2018

Boomburbs: The rapid rise of Toronto’s northern suburbs

The Conversation cited work by Jamie Peck, the Canada Research Chair in Urban and Regional Political Economy at UBC, in a story about the rise of Toronto’s suburbs. Peck wrote […]

Apr 3, 2018

Sask. pharmacists can now prescribe birth control and UTI medication

CBC Saskatchewan interviewed Judith Soon, a pharmaceutical sciences professor at UBC, for an article about pharmacists prescribing birth control and UTI medications in Saskatchewan. Soon explained that it’s vital for […]

Apr 3, 2018

Health Canada approves ‘Viagra for women’ pill, loosens restrictions on taking it with alcohol

Lori Brotto, a UBC professor and international leader in female sexual desire, spoke to the Montreal Gazette about looser restrictions regarding alcohol for women who take Addiyi, known as “Viagra […]

Apr 3, 2018