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Altus report latest marker forecasting lower B.C. housing starts

A Vancouver Sun story on B.C. housing starts quoted Tom Davidoff, director of UBC’s centre for urban economics and real estate. He said it’s difficult to determine the exact impact […]

Mar 20, 2019

How Canada gets squeezed between China and the U.S.

NPR interviewed Paul Evans, an Asia specialist with the school of public policy and global affairs at UBC, for a story on the Huawei CFO case. “Canada has captured a […]

Mar 20, 2019

Prolonging the life of MS patients

City News highlighted UBC research which found that a widely prescribed drug for multiple sclerosis can prolong life for patients.

Mar 20, 2019

Relax: An asteroid will just miss hitting Earth. But our actions could still have a deep impact

The Globe and Mail featured an op-ed by Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair in global politics and international law and Aaron Boley, Canada Research Chair in planetary astronomy, discussing the […]

Mar 20, 2019

I oversee a dog therapy program on a college campus. Here’s what I have learned.

Huffington Post published an op-ed by John-Tyler Binfet, who runs the B.A.R.K. therapy dog program at UBC Okanagan, which creates opportunities for students and community members to spend time with therapy […]

Mar 20, 2019

How urban beehives can help researchers detect air pollution

Smithsonian Magazine reported on a study by UBC researchers Kate Smith and Dominique Weis which found that honey from urban bees can help monitor trace elements in a city. The […]

Mar 20, 2019

Federal budget 2019

UBC academic Michael Law was quoted in a Globe and Mail story on the proposed new drug agency as part of the federal budget. “I think there’s a lot to […]

Mar 20, 2019