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Sep 29, 2022

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New Student Strategic Plan introduced at UBC

The University of British Columbia has formally introduced the first Student Strategic Plan in Canada. 

Sep 29, 2022

An intergenerational march to commemorate Orange Shirt Day will start at the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) on Friday, September 30.

Event: Intergenerational March to commemorate Orange Shirt Day 

An intergenerational march to commemorate Orange Shirt Day will start at the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) on Friday, September 30.

Sep 29, 2022

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Sep 28, 2022

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National survey of abortion care providers shows access has improved

Researchers from UBC’s department of obstetrics and gynaecology recently surveyed 465 healthcare professionals who provided abortion care in Canada in 2019—the first such survey in seven years.

Sep 27, 2022

UBC In The News

Sep 27, 2022

"This is about the need to escape from confinement; to be outside, walking about and talking to others." — Sandra

Photo exhibit shows pandemic through the cameras of older adults

Vancouver can be a lonely city, even more so for older people. And that was before the COVID-19 pandemic forced residents to stay home.

Sep 27, 2022

UBC experts and events on Orange Shirt Day

UBC experts and events on Orange Shirt Day

September 30 is both Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Sep 27, 2022

UBC In The News

Sep 26, 2022

A bold commitment to help solve some of the world’s most urgent problems—that’s the promise and potential of FORWARD, the campaign for UBC, a $3 billion fundraising and alumni engagement initiative announced today by the University of British Columbia.

UBC powers FORWARD to drive decades of discovery and solutions

A bold commitment to help solve some of the world’s most urgent problems—that’s the promise and potential of FORWARD, the campaign for UBC, a $3 billion fundraising and alumni engagement initiative announced today by the University of British Columbia.

Sep 24, 2022

Transdisciplinarity: Universities have a chance to lead

Transdisciplinarity: Universities have a chance to lead

Engineering and education researchers argued that transdisciplinary approaches in higher education can help address catastrophic climate impacts, species extinction and future pandemics. 

Sep 23, 2022

UBC In The News

Sep 23, 2022

Researchers have developed a biodegradable "plastic" out of cellulose

UBC researcher creates wood-based alternative to single-use plastic

UBC researcher Dr. Feng Jiang has developed a cellulose film that looks like plastic and behaves like plastic—but is biodegradable.

Sep 23, 2022

While the overall number of new HIV diagnoses in B.C. continues a decades-long decline, epidemic monitoring during lockdown enabled rapid detection of a sharp increase in transmission within some clusters associated with PWID.

COVID-19 lockdown may have accelerated HIV transmission in some at-risk populations

A new study led by researchers at UBC and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) is shedding light on how COVID-19 pandemic restrictions impacted another long-standing public health threat — HIV.

Sep 23, 2022

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Why whales don’t get brain damage when they swim

Special blood vessels may protect whales from pulses in their blood that would damage the brain while swimming, new research has suggested.

Sep 22, 2022

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Sep 22, 2022

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Sep 21, 2022

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UBC experts on new census data

Statistics Canada has released 2021 census data on housing and Indigenous peoples across Canada. UBC experts are available to comment.

Sep 21, 2022

These tiny organisms move from the ocean depths to the surface every day at sunset to feed. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

How the largest migration on Earth might help combat climate change

What does the mysterious migration of the gelatinous salp have to do with reducing atmospheric carbon? A UBC student will set sail next week in the hopes of finding out.

Sep 21, 2022

UBC political science student turned journalist Anastasiia Lapatina at work in the field. Credit: Courtesy of Anastasiia Lapatina

A conversation with journalist and student Anastasiia Lapatina

Anastasiia Lapatina is a fourth-year UBC political science student and national reporter for The Kyiv Independent who has spent much of 2022 covering the war in Ukraine.

Sep 20, 2022