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Aug 20, 2018

Trudeau government poised to beef up bill to prevent foreign interference in 2019 election

Taylor Owen, a professor of digital media and global affairs at UBC, will speak to federal ministers about securing elections against cyberthreats, the Globe and Mail reported. Owen co-authored a recent […]

Aug 20, 2018

Activists target China’s human-rights record with Vancouver ad campaign

The Globe and Mail quoted Pitman Potter, a law professor at UBC, in an article about China’s human rights record. Potter said China has tightened its grip on freedom of […]

Aug 20, 2018

Don’t ostracize drugs users – empathize with them

Gabor Maté, a UBC alumnus and author, wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail about empathy for drug users. Maté graduated from UBC’s medical school.

Aug 20, 2018

U of T named one of the best academic schools in the world

Daily Hive Toronto reported that UBC placed second among Canadian universities according to the ShanghaiRanking Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018.

Aug 20, 2018

China’s hockey teams turn to B.C. talent to create Olympic women’s team

Emily Costales, a hockey player for the UBC Thunderbirds, was featured in a CBC article about B.C. players on China’s next Olympic women’s hockey team. The article also appeared on […]

Aug 20, 2018

Richmond student with dyslexia wants to help others transition to university

Richmond News reported on a charity basketball tournament co-created by UBC student Mahtab Singh Gill. Gill and Michael Jakac-Sinclair organized Hoop to Learn to help students with learning challenges succeed […]

Aug 20, 2018

Everything Donald Trump got wrong linking California wildfires to Canadian lumber imports

David Andison, an adjunct professor in UBC’s department of forestry resources management, was interviewed for a Maclean’s article about Donald Trump connecting California wildfires to Canadian lumber imports. Andison noted […]

Aug 20, 2018

10 champions for LGBT2Q+

Michael V. Smith, a professor at UBC’s Okanagan campus, was highlighted in a Kelowna Daily Courier article about champions for the LGBT2Q+ community in the Okanagan. Smith is a novelist, […]

Aug 20, 2018

Men make up only 10 per cent of nurses and four per cent of preschool and kindergarten teachers in the U.S.

Men place less value on care-oriented careers like nursing: UBC study

Men assign less importance in care-oriented careers than women, possibly because men internalize different values than women, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia.

Aug 20, 2018

T-Birds baseball team takes Japan

T-Birds baseball team takes Japan

The Thunderbirds are off on a 10-day trip to Japan where they’ll face four top university level teams in Tokyo.

Aug 17, 2018

How to conserve half the planet without going hungry

How to conserve half the planet without going hungry

The Conversation published an op-ed co-written by two UBC academics about rethinking agriculture and conservation.

Aug 17, 2018

UBC’s William Rees digs into global food footprint

Richmond News reported on ecological footprint research by William Rees, a UBC professor emeritus, in an article about global food footprints. The story also appeared in the Vancouver Courier. A […]

Aug 17, 2018

Growing a garden grows awareness of intricate food system

A Richmond News story about gardening quoted Tara Moreau, a plant scientist and lead researcher and educator at the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research. She discussed place-based food […]

Aug 17, 2018

A local food system defined by us all

Richmond News quoted Colin Dring, a UBC PhD candidate in agricultural planning, for an article about local food systems. He explained how culture and class are two pre-existing biases in […]

Aug 17, 2018

Science news in brief: Megatoothed sharks and inside a leech

Independent U.K. and CNBC published a New York Times story about UBC research on scratching behaviour among cows. Marina von Keyserlingk, who studies animal welfare at UBC, explained how her […]

Aug 17, 2018

B.C. schools will weather loss of Saudi students: Officials

A Business in Vancouver article about Saudi Arabian students in B.C. mentioned a statement from UBC president Santa Ono. In the statement Ono said there are 280 students with Saudi […]

Aug 17, 2018

Why blockchain technology is flourishing in Metro Vancouver

An article in the Georgia Straight mentioned the research group Blockchain@UBC. The group examines blockchain technology.

Aug 17, 2018

How B.C. homeowners can prepare for wildfires

CBC Radio’s The Current featured an interview with Lori Daniels, a UBC professor with the department of forest and conservation sciences, for a story about preparing for wildfires. She discussed […]

Aug 17, 2018

If the world ate USDA-recommended diet, there wouldn’t be enough land to grow it

CBC interviewed Navin Ramankutty, a professor of global food security and sustainability at UBC, about dietary guidelines. He explained why such guidelines should account for factors beyond health, such as […]

Aug 17, 2018