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Macho ‘brogrammer’ culture still nudging women out of tech

A Financial Times article on women in tech quoted Jennifer Berdahl, professor of gender and diversity at UBC. She said that while more women than ever are studying computer science […]

Dec 10, 2018

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Dec 10, 2018

The strongest evidence yet for a highly controversial addiction treatment

The Atlantic quoted Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, a professor of public health at UBC, and the lead author of North America’s first randomized prescription-heroin trial, in an article about the potential of using […]

Dec 10, 2018

Separated bike lane in the works for Richards Street: City of Vancouver

UBC planning professor Lawrence Frank was quoted in a CTV article about proposed new bike lanes in Vancouver that would connect False Creek to Gastown. “I think it’s a necessary connection. […]

Dec 10, 2018

Scotland’s seabirds face extinction as fish fight intensifies

The National reported on a study into seabird populations that was carried out by UBC’s Sea Around Us research initiative in conjunction with the University of Aberdeen and the Centre National […]

Dec 10, 2018

‘People are still suffering’: B.C. aid group nears Ukraine frontlines to bring food to victims

CTV quoted Florian Gassner, a professor with UBC’s department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies, in an article about ongoing poverty and unrest in Ukraine. “There is constant shelling all […]

Dec 10, 2018

Weather service dumping balloons and e-waste across the country

CBC The National interviewed UBC applied science professor Maria Holuszko in a story about the e-waste generated by weather balloons in Canada. She said that Environment Canada can be doing […]

Dec 10, 2018

Google’s plan to return to China faces criticism

CBC Radio quoted Paul Evans, a professor at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in an article about China’s tech industry. Evans explained that China’s tech sector is “innovative and […]

Dec 10, 2018

Saving B.C.’s caribou won’t come without sacrifice, says conservation expert

Tara Martin, a professor in the department of forest and conservation sciences at UBC, was quoted in a CBC article about a government plan to save caribou in the of […]

Dec 10, 2018

Plastic bag fees: Helping the environment or big profit for retailers?

CTV mentioned UBC environmental sociologist Emily Huddart Kennedy in an article about whether plastic bag fees actually help the environment or bring profits for the retailers. Huddart Kennedy said charging for […]

Dec 10, 2018

Douglas Todd: How migration impacts Vancouver’s housing prices

Research by UBC geographers Daniel Hiebert and David Ley is mentioned in a Vancouver Sun op-ed about how immigration affects the Vancouver real estate market. Hiebert’s study found most immigrants […]

Dec 10, 2018

Possible Chinese retaliation to Huawei CFO’s arrest

Global News interviewed Wenran Jiang, senior fellow at UBC’s Institute of Asian Research, about possible retaliation by China after the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou.

Dec 10, 2018

Canada’s pet food industry is not regulated — and experts warn about the dangers

Global quoted Victoria Shroff, a pet litigation lawyer and an adjunct law professor at UBC, in an article about the lack of a national recall system for pet food. “[The] impact […]

Dec 10, 2018

Huawei’s UBC partnership unchanged by company executive’s arrest

The Vancouver Sun reported that sponsored research projects between UBC and Huawei will continue. UBC’s vice-president of research and innovation Gail Murphy said in a statement that the university “is […]

Dec 10, 2018

The last harvest: My stepfather and the demise of the family farm

The Globe and Mail quoted Kent Mullinix, an adjunct professor at UBC, in an article about difficulties facing farmers today. “You just look at the economics of the whole thing […]

Dec 10, 2018

Reconciliation alive and thriving at UBC’s teacher graduation ceremony

Vancouver Courier reported on the UBC honorary degree awarded to Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, a chief from Penticton who is the long-time president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. […]

Dec 10, 2018

Crude by rail increase ‘manageable’, analysts say, but farmers fearful of being pushed off tracks

Calgary Herald mentioned Gord Lovegrove, a professor of civil engineering at UBC, in an article about the possibility of increasing crude by rail to Alberta. “The growth pressures in every […]

Dec 10, 2018

Their pain is real – and for patients with mystery illnesses, help is coming from an unexpected source

The Globe and Mail mentioned several UBC experts in an article about unexplained medical symptoms and the use of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), a psychological approach that deals with unconscious […]

Dec 10, 2018

Doctors call for more education when it comes to prescribing cannabis

Georgia Straight quoted M-J Milloy, professor of cannabis science at UBC, in an article about the need for doctors to have more education in order to prescribe cannabis. He said that the prohibition […]

Dec 10, 2018

Who? What? Wow! The week in weird

Toronto Sun mentioned Philippe Fernandez-Fournier, a UBC researcher whose team discovered an Ecuadorian wasp that can turn its prey into drone-like zombies by hijacking a spider’s nervous system and forcing […]

Dec 10, 2018