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  • What’s next for Canada in the tariff landscape?

    What’s next for Canada in the tariff landscape?

    Two months after U.S. tariffs took effect, UBC Sauder’s Sam Roscoe breaks down the impact on Canadian industries—and what’s needed to stay competitive.

  • Feedback-based policy can help manage COVID-19 more effectively

    Feedback-based policy can help manage COVID-19 more effectively

    A team of applied science researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a systematic feedback strategy they say can help public health authorities in their efforts to contain COVID-19 over the next several months.E

  • Q&A: UBC researchers warn of dangers of air pollution during COVID-19 outbreak

    Q&A: UBC researchers warn of dangers of air pollution during COVID-19 outbreak

    With all attention on COVID-19 and concerns about the capacity of our health care system to cope, emphasis has rightly been placed on social distancing, handwashing and increasing hospital capacity. 

  • How globalization stoked fear of disease during the Romantic era

    How globalization stoked fear of disease during the Romantic era

    In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the word “communication” had several meanings. People used it to talk about both media and the spread of disease, as we do today, but also to describe transport—via carriages, canals and shipping.

  • More UBC researchers receive federal funding to study COVID-19

    More UBC researchers receive federal funding to study COVID-19

    Five research teams at the University of British Columbia are collectively receiving $2.3 million in federal funding for research to help tackle the COVID-19 outbreak.

  • The post-pandemic city: UBC expert on how the coronavirus will impact future cities

    The post-pandemic city: UBC expert on how the coronavirus will impact future cities

    The current COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly changing the way we live and the way we work. Do these changes signal long-lasting impacts on the design and architecture of our cities? We spoke to UBC professor Patrick Condon.

  • Myth busting: Setting the record straight on ibuprofen and COVID-19

    Myth busting: Setting the record straight on ibuprofen and COVID-19

    In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, there has been a wave of fear and misinformation related to the use of anti-inflammatory drugs, like ibuprofen (Advil and Motrin)

  • UBC psychology study to examine how people worldwide cope with COVID-19 outbreak

    UBC psychology study to examine how people worldwide cope with COVID-19 outbreak

    The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted everyone in Canada and around the world. Health officials are asking people to practice social distancing to slow the spread of the virus, and this unprecedented series of events has dramatically changed our social landscape.

  • Why we need to live in social quilts, not echo chambers in times of COVID-19

    Why we need to live in social quilts, not echo chambers in times of COVID-19

    Fake news is a growing phenomenon, and its impact on people, politics and public health, seems greater than ever before. With the advent of social media, misinformation about COVID-19, can reach huge audiences and circulate very quickly.

  • 8% of school-age children have thought about or attempted suicide

    8% of school-age children have thought about or attempted suicide

    Eight in every 100 school-age children have experienced suicidal ideas and behaviours, according to one of the largest studies on childhood mental health.

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