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UBC experts on Trump’s address to the nation

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to address his country on Tuesday evening, regarding what the White House calls a “humanitarian and national security crisis” at the southern border. UBC experts are available to comment.

Jan 8, 2019

B.C. fashion company dodges Huawei backlash in China

Business in Vancouver interviewed UBC’s Institute of Asian Research director emeritus Yves Tiberghien about Canadian companies operating in China in the midst of Canada-China tensions.

Jan 8, 2019

Vancouver company developing tech for self-driving buses in Europe

CBC reported on Spare, an app-based ride hailing service that was founded by former UBC engineering and computer science students.

Jan 8, 2019

The Phil Lind Initiative presents: Robert Bullard

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Jan 8, 2019

CBC The Nature of Things: Food for Thought

CBC The Nature of Things interviewed Melissa Baker, UBC Student Housing and Hospitality Services’ nutrition and wellbeing manager about student nutrition.

Jan 8, 2019

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High society wants its fine foods to also be ethical

Truffles and caviar have traditionally been delicacies of the upper class, but a new study by UBC sociology professor Emily Huddart Kennedy and colleagues from the University of Toronto finds that free-range and fair-trade foods are becoming increasingly important among the elite. We asked Kennedy about the changing ways in which people signal status through food.

Jan 8, 2019

B.C. scientists to help uncover the secret lives of Pacific salmon

The Times Colonist reported on a project by UBC’s Institute for Oceans and Fisheries director Evgeny Pakhomov, in which he is working with an international team to determine where salmon […]

Jan 8, 2019

Our View: Address poverty, not just the design of donation bins

Burnaby Now reported that UBC’s mechanical engineering capstone project course has been tasked with designing safer clothing donation bins following a recent death.

Jan 8, 2019

Is BC real estate truly in recession?

Red FM interviewed UBC Sauder School of Business professor Tom Davidoff about B.C. real estate going into recession.

Jan 8, 2019

Greenhouse at UBCO fine with city

The Kelowna Daily Courier reported that the Kelowna city council is supportive of UBC Okanagan campus’s plan to build a greenhouse on university-owned farmland.

Jan 8, 2019