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The pros and cons of reforming B.C.’s electoral system

The Vancouver Sun quoted Richard Johnston, the Canada Research Chair in public opinion, elections, and representation at UBC, and Maxwell Cameron, a UBC political science professor, in an article about […]

Oct 23, 2018

Meet the life-long friends who say making things can mend your mind

An article in Telegraph U.K. about the benefits of crafting cited a UBC study. The researchers found that knitting among hospital patients with anorexia nervosa led to a self-reported reduction […]

Oct 23, 2018

Christy Sutherland named one of Canada’s top family physicians of 2018

Christy Sutherland, a clinical assistant professor at UBC, was named one of the 2018 family physicians of the year by The College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Foundation […]

Oct 23, 2018

This creepy UBC urban legend will send chills down your spine

Vancouver Is Awesome featured an urban legend based at UBC’s Point Grey campus. The tale was dramatized by UBC film in Legend of the Vanishing Hitchhiker.

Oct 23, 2018

UBC Learning Analytics Student API Hackathon

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Oct 23, 2018

Money doesn’t buy you happiness… or does it?

Metro News U.K. mentioned UBC psychology research in a story about the link between money and happiness. Elizabeth Dunn, a UBC psychologist, found that people were happier after spending money […]

Oct 23, 2018

Saudi Arabia has little bargaining power over Canada and U.S., expert says

Global interviewed Hani Faris, a political science professor at UBC who specializes in Middle East politics, for a story about relations between Saudi Arabia and Canada and the U.S. Faris said Canada can […]

Oct 23, 2018

Canadians love living in the suburbs, so why aren’t we building more of them?

The Globe and Mail cited a UBC study for an article about Canadians living in the suburbs. John Helliwell, a UBC economist, found a strong correlation in the suburbs among […]

Oct 23, 2018

Ontario to examine pharmaceutical firms’ payments to doctors

Steve Morgan, a public health professor at UBC, spoke to the Globe and Mail for an article about pharmaceutical firms paying doctors. He discussed the potential for a conflict of […]

Oct 23, 2018

B.C. MLAs should recognize ‘benefit corporation’ is an American branding exercise

The Globe and Mail published an op-ed by Carol Liao, a professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC and a UBC Sauder Distinguished Scholar​. “With the BC […]

Oct 22, 2018

British Columbians get creative to stop food from getting trashed

CBC reported on a new food recovery project that uses food waste from grocery stores to create healthy eating options. Maegan Stuart, a third-year medical student at UBC’s Okanagan campus, […]

Oct 22, 2018

Choosing who to vote for

CBC Radio’s BC Today interviewed Gerald Baier, a UBC political science professor, about the municipal elections. Baier weighed in on what made this election unique. He was also quoted in […]

Oct 22, 2018

Housing experts weigh in on Vancouver election platforms

Star Vancouver interviewed Tom Davidoff, a UBC economist, for an article about the housing election platforms in the municipal election. Davidoff discussed the various housing platforms offered by the candidates.

Oct 22, 2018

Feeding Growth cultivating connections

Business in Vancouver reported on the UBC Feeding Growth workshop, which helps seed success for food-sector startups. The workshop provides a crash course in the nuances of the food business.

Oct 22, 2018

Why India wants to turn its beaches into nuclear fuel

BBC interviewed M. V. Ramana, a professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at UBC, for an article about nuclear […]

Oct 22, 2018

What Japan can teach China about the American art of (trade) war

South China Morning Post quoted Yves Tiberghien, an Asia economy expert and director emeritus of the Institute of Asian Research at UBC, in a story about the history of Japan’s […]

Oct 22, 2018

Is Vancouver’s approach to transportation sustainable?

BC Business interviewed Gord Lovegrove, a professor of engineering at UBC’s Okanagan campus, for an article about transportation in Vancouver. As UBC’s director of transportation planning in 2003, Lovegrove designed […]

Oct 22, 2018

Aga Khan in Vancouver to receive honorary degrees from UBC, SFU

The Vancouver Courier and Daily Hive reported that UBC and Simon Fraser University awarded His Highness the Aga Khan with honorary doctorate of laws degrees in one joint ceremony.

Oct 22, 2018

Why don’t we sneeze when we’re asleep

Wendy Hall, a professor at UBC’s school of nursing, was interviewed for a CBC Radio Quirks and Quarks article on why we don’t sneeze while sleeping. She said part of […]

Oct 22, 2018

Heat women capture bronze at CCAA championship

The UBC Okanagan Heat women’s golf team won the bronze medal at the CCAA championship, Kelowna Capital News reported. Their four-day score was 41 shots behind the champion Red Deer […]

Oct 22, 2018