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The New York Times reported on UBC research into exercise and our attitudes towards it. Matthieu Boisgontier, a postdoctoral researcher at UBC, and his team found that while we want […]
Sep 27, 2018
A number of media outlets reported on the carbon tax policy and the latest study which says Canadians could benefit from a federally-imposed tax. Kathryn Harrison, a political science professor […]
CTV reported that Vancouver’s first sex doll brothel could be coming to Vancouver. While the company behind the dolls describes one of them as a dinner escort companion, Marina Adshade, […]
Tom Davidoff, a professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business was interviewed on Global News about a B.C. startup which is offering people a piece of the real estate market […]
University Affairs published an op-ed by Susan Porter, dean and vice-provost of graduate and postdoctoral studies at UBC. Porter, and co-author Lisa Young of the University of Calgary, discuss the […]
Maclean’s reported that UBC was named one of the top three Canadian universities in the 2019 World University Rankings published by Times Higher Education. UBC came in at number 37. […]
Richmond News ran a story about how legalized cannabis in Canada could open up new frontiers in healthcare with other plant-based medicines. M-J Milloy, a UBC assistant professor and a […]
Shahrzad Rafati was featured in a BC Business article after winning the technology category of Entrepreneur of the Year. Rafati studied computer science at UBC and is the founder and CEO of BroadbandTV […]
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The Vancouver Sun reported on the news that the Aga Khan will be awarded honorary degrees from UBC and SFU next month. “We applaud His Highness the Aga Khan’s outstanding […]
Sep 26, 2018
A UBC PhD candidate was one of three men given special EnChroma glasses that help with colour blindness, The Province reported. Israel Matos experienced difficulty with data presented in colour-graphic […]
The Province published an article about the research into teen violence that was conducted by Elizabeth Saewyc, a professor in nursing at UBC, and Catherine Shaffer, a PhD student at […]
A UBC study was mentioned in a Daily Mail article about productivity at work. The research found that constant checking of email is not only stress-inducing, but it also fragments […]
The Georgia Straight reported on UBC’s new bike share program, Dropbike. A fleet of 2,000 bicycles has started to be rolled out for use on the UBC campus, with potential […]
An article in Maclean’s quoted Jonathan Page, an adjunct professor of botany at UBC, about the potency of cannabis. He explained that in the past there was a lack of […]
The Georgia Straight reported on an upcoming performance by Hawaii’s first official poet laureate at the Chan Centre. Kealoha will bring his innovative one-man show to UBC on Oct. 3 […]
Matthieu Boisgontier, a postdoctoral researcher at UBC’s Brain Behaviour Lab, was interviewed on CBC’s As It Happens about his research into how our brains are “hardwired for laziness.” The interview starts […]
The Globe and Mail published an op-ed by Debra Parkes, a professor and chair in feminist legal studies at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC. Parkes argues […]
CBC Radio mentioned UBC in a program about author Michael Pollan and the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs. UBC is one of many institutions involved in trials using LSD, magic […]
Global News published an article about the allegations of sexual assault towards Brett Kavanaugh, and the death threats his accuser has been subjected to. “This speaks to the online disinhibition […]
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