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13 metre-long ‘sea monster’ installed at UBC

Various media outlets reported on a three-metre-long sea monster skeleton cast installed at UBC’s Earth Sciences Building. The new display is suspended across the atrium of the building. The reptile […]

Sep 21, 2018

Doug Ford needs a lesson in how democracies avoid authoritarianism

Benjamin Perrin, a professor at UBC’s Peter A. Allard School of Law, wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post about Doug Ford and the “notwithstanding clause.” The Ontario Premier’s government […]

Sep 21, 2018

Most of Vancouver’s single-family neighbourhoods are now zoned for duplexes

Several media outlets carried articles about a recent vote by Vancouver councillors to permit the construction of duplexes in city neighbourhoods currently restricted to single-family homes. In Global News Tom […]

Sep 21, 2018

Court asked to rule on Chinese characters on Vancouver election ballots

Gerald Baier, a political science professor at UBC, was quoted in an article in The Province about the use of Chinese characters on the municipal election ballot. It was found […]

Sep 21, 2018

Trump’s ‘all-out effort’ on climate is derelict and risky

The Conversation published an op-ed by three UBC PhD candidates about Trump’s position on climate change and response to natural disasters. The authors, Sameer H. Shah, Devyani Singh and Scott […]

Sep 21, 2018

Queer pop-ups take us beyond the gaybourhood

The National Post published an article by UBC academics about queer pop-ups, ephemeral gathering spaces that now play a role in the fight for LGBTQ/2S equality. While more traditional gaybourhoods […]

Sep 21, 2018

Why Canada should legalize psychedelics next

Vice published an article adapted from a recent interview by Mark Haden, executive director of MAPS Canada and an adjunct professor at UBC. Haden says there are many scientific reports […]

Sep 21, 2018

Rogers Communication partners with UBC to build 5G campus innovation hub

The Canadian Press reported on a new partnership between Rogers and UBC to build a 5G hub on UBC’s Vancouver campus. 5G technology is up to 100 times faster than […]

Sep 21, 2018

Time for B.C. to modernize workplace rights to include gig economy workers

The Province carried an op-ed co-authored by Mark Thompson, professor emeritus of industrial relations at UBC’s Sauder School of Business. The authors discussed gig economy and the need for workplace […]

Sep 21, 2018

Over 10,000 expected to attend UBC Football Homecoming Game this weekend

Daily Hive reported that organizers for Saturday’s annual Homecoming Game expect numbers to surpass last year’s event when nearly 10,000 people turned up. The full day festival will start with […]

Sep 21, 2018