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Bringing COVID-19 safety measures into B.C.’s Sikh temples

Bringing COVID-19 safety measures into B.C.’s Sikh temples

With the hope of keeping his community safe and preventing the transmission of COVID-19, Sukhmeet Sachal set out to tailor public health messages for the Sikh community in a culturally-effective way, starting by connecting with those attending the Gurdwara, located around the corner from the house where he grew up. 

Nov 30, 2020

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Nov 30, 2020

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Seismic guidelines underestimate impact of ‘The Big One’ on Metro Vancouver buildings

Scientists examining the effects of a megathrust earthquake in the Pacific Northwest say tall buildings across Metro Vancouver will experience greater shaking than currently accounted for by Canada’s national seismic hazard model.

Nov 30, 2020

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Nov 27, 2020

The WestJet-YVR COVID-19 Testing Study is investigating a method of COVID-19 rapid testing to help inform the safest and most efficient way of testing departing passengers at Vancouver International Airport. The Care Pod, located just outside WestJet’s domestic check-in area at YVR, is serving as the testing station for the study. Credit: Vancouver Airport Authority

UBC-Providence scientists join forces with WestJet and YVR for COVID-19 Testing Study

Dr. Don Sin and Dr. Marc Romney are lending their research expertise and diagnostic know-how to support the WestJet-YVR COVID-19 Testing Study.

Nov 27, 2020

No time for empty promises: Europe must lead on harmful fisheries subsidies

No time for empty promises: Europe must lead on harmful fisheries subsidies

UBC professors Daniel Pauly and Ussif Rashid Sumaila at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries say it is now time for the EU to step up its efforts to […]

Nov 26, 2020

UBC Computer Science Prof. Alla Sheffer elected to the Royal Society of Canada

UBC Computer Science Prof. Alla Sheffer elected to the Royal Society of Canada

Prof. Sheffer talks about her research on the processing of geometric data, and in the manipulation and creation of 3D content and shapes.

Nov 26, 2020

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Nov 26, 2020

The Fraser River estuary is the largest on the Pacific coast of North America. Credit: Connor Stefanison

It’s not too late to save 102 species at risk of extinction

The Fraser River estuary in British Columbia is home to 102 species at risk of extinction. A new study says it’s not too late to save these species if action is taken now.

Nov 26, 2020

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Nov 25, 2020

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Nov 24, 2020

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Better housing policies needed in a post-COVID world

UBC report highlights gains but calls for longer-term solutions to improve housing supply

Nov 24, 2020

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Nov 23, 2020

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Nov 20, 2020

COVID’s impact on assisted-living homes is being overlooked

COVID’s impact on assisted-living homes is being overlooked

UBC nursing professor Jennifer Baumbusch and colleagues say it’s important to understand how assisted living differs from long-term care in order to mount an effective and humane response to future outbreaks of […]

Nov 19, 2020

Climate Strike

UBC experts on federal climate bill

Canada’s federal government has introduced new legislation intended to make the country accountable for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. UBC experts are available to comment.

Nov 19, 2020

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Nov 19, 2020

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Nov 18, 2020

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COVID-19 isolation measures can elevate mental health risks

New analysis of data from a survey of the mental health impacts of the pandemic suggests we need to pay more attention to the unintended mental health consequences of quarantine and isolation measures.

Nov 18, 2020

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Nov 17, 2020