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CBC featured a UBC sociology study that found some white people who do DNA tests choose new racial identities for themselves if they feel it will be believable to others. […]
Jul 16, 2018
Star Vancouver quoted Shannon Humphrey, a clinical professor in UBC’s department of dermatology and skin science, for an article about dealing with skin problems. Humphrey explained the benefits of drugs […]
The Province highlighted Ranch in the Slocan, a book by UBC professor emeritus Cole Harris. Harris is also an Officer of the Order of Canada.
CBC Radio’s As it Happens reported on the death of biologist Denis Lynn, who died June 26 while on a research trip to Calvert Island.
CBC Radio’s Day 6 interviewed David Snadden, the founding Rural Doctors UBC Chair in Rural Health, about how transit could better serve Western Canadian communities that Greyhound is leaving. He […]
Eric Meyers, a professor in UBC’s school of library, archival and information studies, and youth and media expert, spoke to Surrey Now-Leader for an article about a video showing a […]
The National Post published an op-ed by Steven Galloway who was dismissed from his position as a UBC professor. The article also appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, and The Province. The Vancouver […]
The National Post published an op-ed by two UBC academics about water shortages in Cape Town. “Water scarcity crises are most often a result of mismanagement rather than of absolute […]
The Ottawa Citizen and National Post published an op-ed about a carbon tax by UBC researchers Werner Antweiler and Sumeet Gulati. “The federal government accepted Ontario’s cap-and-trade system because the predicted carbon reductions […]
The Globe and Mail profiled Connor Bissett, a UBC swimmer who has autism spectrum disorder. Bissett has competed in Canada’s Special Olympics since age 11.
Tania Willard, a visual artist and master’s candidate at UBC’s Okanagan campus, will have her work shown at a group exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery, Castanet reported. Woven Together […]
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Judie Alimonti, a prominent member of the immunology community and a UBC alumna, was remembered in the Ottawa Citizen. She earned a bachelor of science in microbiology from UBC in […]
Global interviewed James Brander, a UBC trade expert, about how Donald Trump’s growing trade war could impact the global economy. Brander discussed how Trump may believe what he is doing will […]
Xiaohua Wei, a professor of forest hydrology in UBC’s department of earth, environmental and geographic sciences, was quoted in a National Observer article about a report that detailed the need […]
The Conversation published an op-ed by two UBC academics about water shortages in Cape Town.
Jul 13, 2018
The Globe and Mail mentioned landscape design work by two UBC alumni. Caron Isenor and Anna Thomas studied landscape architecture at UBC and created a piece called Les hélicoptères.
Shimi Kang, a UBC psychiatrist and clinical professor, spoke to News 1130 about the impacts of “helicopter parenting.” “It’s well-intentioned parents who are trying to do their best,” Kang explained.
The Vancouver Sun reported on a UBC study describing the development of the first synthetic version of a toxin found in the death cap mushroom. The study was led by UBC […]
The Conversation published an op-ed by two UBC academics about water shortages in Cape Town. “Water scarcity crises are most often a result of mismanagement rather than of absolute declines […]
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