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It’s raining junk: Weather service dumping balloons and e-waste across the landscape

CBC quoted UBC’s Amit Kumar in an article about the electronic waste of items such as weather balloons. Kumar is writing his PhD thesis on the fate of electronic waste […]

Dec 6, 2018

Statistics Canada tracks cannabis black market since legalization with city sewage

The Globe and Mail spoke to M-J Milloy, an epidemiologist at the BC Centre on Substance Use and a professor of cannabis science at UBC, about news that Statistics Canada is […]

Dec 6, 2018

Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds all around the world

Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds all around the world

Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds like penguins and terns by competing for the same prey sources, new research from the French National Center for Scientific Research in Montpellier and the Sea Around Us initiative at the University of British Columbia has found.

Dec 6, 2018

More young men are questioning what it means to be masculine: Study

Huffington Post cited a UBC study that found young men between the ages of 15 and 29 disagree with the traditional gender stereotype of physical strength, and think that emotional […]

Dec 6, 2018

Why David Saint-Jacques could be Canada’s last astronaut

Huffington Post mentioned a UBC study which found that Canada spends the least amount on its space program out of the G8 countries. “If Canada wants to be at cutting […]

Dec 6, 2018

‘The product is ahead of the science’: Doctor fears future ‘epidemic’ of long-term vaping effects

CBC spoke to Chris Carlsten, director of UBC’s Occupational Lung Disease Clinic and professor of respiratory medicine, about the potential dangers of vaping. Carlsten explained there are similarities between the popularity of […]

Dec 6, 2018

High-strength opioids

Evan Wood, a professor with the UBC faculty of medicine and executive director of the BC Centre on Substance Abuse, was interviewed on CBC Radio’s Early Edition about high-strength opioids. […]

Dec 6, 2018

Cows can be pessimistic and it affects their ability to cope with stress: UBC study

A Canadian Press article on dairy cows research at UBC was published on CBC. The study suggests dairy cows experience characteristics such as pessimism and optimism. Benjamin Lecorps, a PhD […]

Dec 6, 2018

You could be paying more for potatoes in 2019. Is climate change to blame?

Global News spoke to Navin Ramankutty, a food security and sustainability professor at UBC, about the affect of climate change on potato crops. Ramankutty said it’s too early to know […]

Dec 6, 2018

Ghastly Your Ward News paper goes beyond ‘mere offence’

National Post reported on a court case in Ontario in which UBC professor Janine Benedet spoke about sexual violence against women. The article also appeared in the Montreal Gazette and […]

Dec 6, 2018

UBC professor proposes innovative property tax system to help housing affordability

Vancouver Courier published an article about a way to improve housing affordability for renters using a radical new property tax model proposed by Tom Davidoff, a professor at the UBC Sauder School […]

Dec 6, 2018

21 tips every first-year student should know

Darren Dahl, senior associate dean and faculty director of the Robert H. Lee Graduate School at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, was quoted in Maclean’s in an article on advice for […]

Dec 6, 2018

We asked 105 experts what gives them hope about the future

Motherboard included two UBC professors in a poll to find out what gives them hope, and what worries them most, about the future. Mark Halpern, of the department of physics and astronomy, […]

Dec 6, 2018

UBC president moves quickly to assemble new team of vice presidents

The Georgia Straight reported on the hiring of Ainsley Carry as vice president, students, at UBC.

Dec 6, 2018

Pulse oximeters can be used to measure blood pressure

Mingpao Magazine (view PDF) highlighted new UBC research that showed pulse oximeters can also be used for assessing blood pressure. Oximeters are noninvasive and easier to use compared to other […]

Dec 6, 2018

Therapy dogs at UBCO get own health program

Kelowna Daily Courier reported on a new collaboration between UBC’s Okanagan campus and Pandosy Village Veterinary Hospital to develop a health and safety program for therapy dogs. The program will focus […]

Dec 6, 2018

UBC experts on B.C. climate plan

UBC experts on B.C. climate plan

The B.C. government is set to unveil a new climate plan today.

Dec 5, 2018

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UBC economist proposes solution to Vancouver’s affordability crisis

New research from UBC Sauder School of Business Associate Professor Thomas Davidoff could help combat Vancouver’s housing affordability problem. In new research published in the Canadian Tax Journal, Davidoff outlines how a new model for calculating property tax could help renters.

Dec 5, 2018

One thing saving California Republicans from annihilation? An earlier wave of misunderstood migrants

Washington Post mentioned UBC professor Henry Siu in an article about the origins of farmers in California. In an analysis, Siu and his colleague Jason Long of Wheaton College found […]

Dec 5, 2018

Bank of Canada appoints UBC’s Beaudry as deputy governor

Bloomberg reported that the Bank of Canada has appointed Paul Beaudry, a professor of economics at UBC, as deputy governor. Similar articles appeared in the Globe and Mail, Financial Post, Toronto Star and Yahoo […]

Dec 5, 2018