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LGBTQ camps give youth space to be themselves

Huffington Post mentioned CampOUT!, a summer camp for queer, trans, two-spirit, and allied youth affiliated with UBC, in an article about LGBT youth camps across Canada.

Evangeline Lilly’s more chill workout approach

Shape Magazine profiled Evangeline Lilly, an actor and UBC alumna. Lilly studied political science and international relations at UBC.

Are university sports teams dropping the ball on diversity?

The Toronto Star mentioned UBC in story about a report by the University of Toronto’s Centre for Sport Policy Studies on university sports diversity.

Canada Day Run and Celebration at Wesbrook Village

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Costly Fix: Power, Politics, and Nature in the Tar Sands

Kathryn Harrison, a UBC political science professor, was quoted in an Ottawa Life review of the book Costly Fix: Power, Politics, and Nature in the Tar Sands. “Costly Fix provides […]

Bard on the Beach highlights women

The Vancouver Sun reported on a Bard on the Beach production directed by Lois Anderson, a UBC alumna. Anderson’s master’s thesis was on Euripides’ Medea. The story also appeared in […]

Search for amputee actor leads to compromise

Kirsty Johnston, a UBC professor and theatre studies adviser, spoke to CBC Edmonton for a story about portraying people with disabilities in theatre and film. She spoke about the role […]

The future of nuclear power in the US is bleak

M. V. Ramana, the Simons chair in disarmament, global and human security at UBC’s school of public policy and global affairs, wrote an op-ed for The Hill about the future […]

14 shark species found in the coastal waters of B.C.

Daily Hive interviewed William Cheung, a professor at the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, about sharks near B.C. He said 14 shark species can be found the province’s […]

Dockless bike share systems are coming to B.C. cities

Daily Hive mentioned UBC in a story about dockless bike share systems in B.C. UBC chose the company Dropbike to conduct a 12-month pilot program starting later this summer.

Amid journalistic turmoil, we started a unique Conversation

The Conversation mentioned work by Mary Lynn Young and Alfred Hermida with UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism and co-founders of The Conversation. They studied national media startups.

Trump wants a Space Force. He won’t get one

Michael Byers, a professor and Canada Research Chair in global politics and international law at UBC, wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail about Donald Trump’s speech about a […]