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The NDP government is expected to introduce today the Passenger Transportation Amendment Act, the next step to enable ride hailing in B.C. UBC experts are available to comment: Erez Aloni […]
Nov 19, 2018
A new $10 bill featuring Canadian civil rights icon Viola Desmond goes into circulation Monday with a celebration at the Peter A. Allard School of Law.
An article appeared in CBC about a vulnerable young man whose plight was highlighted by Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a UBC law professor and B.C.’s former representative for children and youth. […]
The Conversation published an op-ed by Donica Belisle of the University of Regina, and Andrea Eidinger, a sessional lecturer at UBC’s department of history. They write about how many significant […]
An article in Australia’s Business Insider cited a 2013 study from UBC that looked at the effect of volunteering on risk factors for cardiovascular disease in young people. They found […]
The Business Standard of India reported that UBC may become the first university in the world to allow marijuana smoking on campus. “We believe that when you criminalise any activity […]
UBC nursing professor and director of the UBC school of nursing, Elizabeth Saewyc, was interviewed on CBC’s B.C. Today about a report out by B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth and […]
Nikkei Asian Review quoted a blog post by Julien Dierkes, associate professor in UBC’s school of public policy and global affairs and chair in Japanese research, in an article about political […]
Global News quoted Gord Lovegrove, a professor of engineering at UBC, in an article about whether or not snow tires are necessary. “If you are a novice driver or the […]
The Vancouver Sun published an article about the recent UBC SALA Garden Design Lecture Series. This year landscape designer Dan Hinkley gave a presentation at UBC Robson Street Theatre.
UBC political science professor Max Cameron was quoted in a Vancouver Sun article about Premier John Horgan’s denial that he is trying to manipulate the outcome of the referendum on […]
UBC Hospital was mentioned in an article in The Province. Four months after a truck crashed into the overhang next to the urgent care clinic, the damage has still not […]
Star Vancouver and Global News reported on AURORA, a national test bed for research into a fully integrated transportation network that was unveiled at UBC. David G. Michelson, lead researcher and […]
Star Vancouver quoted Christie Stephenson, executive director at the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics at UBC, in an article about two Canadian advocacy groups who are demanding that […]
The Tyee mentioned a 16-foot totem pole at UBC that was carved by Ellen Neel, granddaughter of the famous Kwakwaka’wakw carver Charlie James, and who was responsible for the rival […]
A Georgia Straight article mentioned Kay Teschke, a professor emeritus in public health at the UBC, in an article about the benefits of cycling. Teschke said that less than one […]
Global News reported on the success of UBC Okanagan basketball team UBCO Heat who won the first four games of the season.
An article in the Georgia Straight profiled UBC student Natasha Philibert-Palmer who joined the faculty of education in September and plans to become a high school physics teacher. Philibert-Palmer said […]
A Toronto Star article mentioned UBC in connection with a new book about the politics of CanLit.
UBC’s midwifery program was mentioned in a Times Colonist article about calls by mothers for the province to fund more midwives. Michael C. Klein, professor emeritus of family practice at […]
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