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Pipeline battle between B.C. and Alberta

Three UBC law experts weighed in on the pipeline battle between B.C. and Alberta. Joel Bakan told CTV Alberta’s proposal to throttle outgoing fuel shipments would breach the Constitution. Margot […]

Apr 19, 2018

Douglas Todd: Canadian boys suffer from lack of male teachers

Marv Westwood, a UBC education professor emeritus, was interviewed for a Vancouver Sun column about the need for Canadian boys to have male teachers as positive role models. Westwood discussed […]

Apr 19, 2018

City council floats idea of giving civic voting rights to permanent residents

Star Vancouver interviewed two UBC experts about the possibility that permanent residents could be given the right to vote in Vancouver. Nathanael Lauster, a demographer and UBC sociology professor, explained […]

Apr 19, 2018

Kinder Morgan project a test of Trudeau’s competency: Pollsters

Kathryn Harrison, a UBC political science professor, spoke to The Hill Times for an article about the Kinder Morgan project. She said since details have not yet come out about the […]

Apr 19, 2018

UBC coach Canada West Coach of the Year

Sven Butenschon, the UBC men’s hockey head coach, has been named the Canada West Coach of the Year, The Province reported.

Apr 19, 2018

Tyndall says harm reduction is the first step out of opioid epidemic

The Georgia Straight highlighted a talk by Mark Tyndall, a UBC professor of medicine and executive director of the B.C. Centre for Disease Control. Tyndall made the case for a […]

Apr 19, 2018

B.C. harasses doctors who want to help patients

The Province published a letter to the editor about health care by John Sehmer, a clinical professor in UBC’s medical school. “British Columbians deserve to have the right to pay […]

Apr 19, 2018

B.C. government invests $7.8 million to promote wood use and innovation

Journal of Commerce mentioned UBC in a story about an investment by the B.C. government to promote wood use and innovation. The $7.8 million investment includes $329,100 for UBC.

Apr 19, 2018

The Wisdom of Reconciliation: A Roadmap for Multiculturalism

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Apr 19, 2018

Sex robots could improve marriages, says Vancouver prof

Radio Canada and Huffington Post (also on Yahoo) interviewed Marina Adshade, a professor at UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics, about sex robots. She suggested that sex robots could help marriages […]

Apr 19, 2018

Loophole in B.C.’s new campaign-finance law to be fixed: Minister

The Globe and Mail interviewed Max Cameron, a UBC political science professor, for an article about B.C.’s new campaign finance rules. Cameron weighed in on a law which allowed parties to raise […]

Apr 19, 2018

Canada should implement national single-payer pharmacare, MPs say

Steve Morgan, a professor in UBC’s school of population and public health, spoke to the Globe and Mail about a report on pharmacare released by an all-party committee. Morgan said the […]

Apr 19, 2018

More effective health interventions for immigrant men in Canada

Roundhouse Radio interviewed Carla Hilario, a UBC PhD nursing graduate about her recent research. She discussed her latest study that explores how the health care system could design and provide more effective […]

Apr 19, 2018

EDGE Film Festival

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Apr 18, 2018

If you’re reading this, you’re probably breathing unsafe air

Fortune reported on a study that found almost everyone on the planet breathes unsafe air. The new comprehensive study from the Health Effects Institute and the Institute for Health Metrics […]

Apr 18, 2018

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UBC students compete for best SpaceX landing-pad design

UBC students will demonstrate SpaceX-style, remote-controlled landing pads they designed for their second-year mechanical engineering course.

Apr 18, 2018

Three-way relationships with sex robots ‘could save marriages’, expert claims

Metro UK, Toronto Star, Global and other media outlets interviewed Marina Adshade, a professor at UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics, about sex robots. She suggested that sex robots could help marriages […]

Apr 18, 2018

A slew of apps are creepily spying on our kids

The New York Post highlighted UBC research that found children- and family-oriented apps in the Google Play store improperly collect “identifiers or other personally identifiable information.” Researchers from UBC, UC […]

Apr 18, 2018

Battle for gaybourhood is passive-aggressive turf war

Mel Magazine featured key findings of new UBC research on “gaybourhood turf wars.” Amin Ghaziani, a UBC sociology professor, and Adriana Brodyn, a PhD candidate, conducted the research and Ghaziani […]

Apr 18, 2018

Grey Matters: Alternative therapy can be deadly: Study

Alan Low, a UBC clinical professor in pharmaceutical sciences, spoke to the Ottawa Citizen for an article about alternative therapies. Low offers to work with patients to examine the possible […]

Apr 18, 2018