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On Friday, February 26, SISȻENEM—a culturally important island located in the Salish Sea off Sidney Island—will be returned to its rightful owners.
Feb 26, 2021
The B.C. government is making an announcement on the future of the Site C dam on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021.
UBC anthropology professor Dr. Wade Davis wrote about how Colombia responded to the Venezuela refugee crisis.
Feb 25, 2021
Explore the new Manufacturing Engineering Lab at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering.
Feb 24, 2021
Thanks to COVID-19, UBC’s Vancouver campus is seeing fewer students, faculty and staff than normal these days, but there is a new, furry community member who has taken up residence.
Feb 23, 2021
Feb 22, 2021
New compostable pods made of specially engineered plant-based materials break down fully in 35 days in municipal composting.
Feb 19, 2021
UBC president and vice-chancellor Prof. Santa Ono and Dr. Gail Murphy, UBC vice-president, research and innovation, discussed how Canadian researchers and companies are making vital contributions to address COVID-19.
Feb 18, 2021
A handful of online investors recently made a fortune on the Reddit-fueled runup of GameStop and other underperforming stocks — but a new study from the UBC Sauder School of Business shows that active traders who try to time the market are more likely to end up on the losing end of the equation.
Feb 17, 2021
Feb 16, 2021
Feb 12, 2021
In Canada, currently approved COVID-19 vaccines—from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech—have demonstrated remarkable efficacy based on two doses taken at specified intervals. But what happens if you contract COVID-19 in between shots?
B.C.’s Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe announced today that 2020 was the deadliest year on record for illicit drug overdoses in this province.
Feb 11, 2021
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