Climate change has fish moving faster than regulations can keep up

The world’s system for allocating fish stocks is being outpaced by the movement of fish species in response to climate change, according to a study undertaken by an international team of marine ecologists, fisheries and social scientists, and lawyers.

Jun 14, 2018

Vast majority of patents on marine genetic sequences linked to corporations

Vast majority of patents on marine genetic sequences linked to corporations

A single corporation has registered nearly half of all existing patents associated with genes from marine organisms, according to a new study.

Jun 6, 2018

UBC experts on purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline

UBC experts on purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline

UBC experts are available to comment on news that the federal government will buy the Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan.

May 29, 2018

Invasive Jerusalem artichoke in Slovakia. Credit: Dan Bock

Genetics help make a weed a weed

New University of British Columbia research finds that the success of weedy and invasive plants like the Jerusalem artichoke lies in their genes.

May 7, 2018

How to keep your elderly parents safe and in their home longer

How to keep your elderly parents safe and in their home longer

Roger Wong, executive associate dean, education in the faculty of medicine, presents a TEDx Talk on how we can help seniors live at home longer.

Apr 13, 2018

The era of Big Tech self-governance has come to an end

The era of Big Tech self-governance has come to an end

The Globe and Mail published an article by Taylor Owen, assistant professor of digital media and global affairs, on the broader implications of the congressional hearings with Facebook’s CEO.

Apr 12, 2018

Putting new tools in the hands of leading Canadian scientists

Putting new tools in the hands of leading Canadian scientists

More than $67.5 million at the University of British Columbia for new labs and equipment to help Canadian researchers discover, innovate, and train the next generation of scientists.

Oct 13, 2017

Cardiac arrest survival odds may rise with public CPR training

Reuter’s reported on a new study that shows that training community members and family members to recognize cardiac arrest and preform CPR or use a defibrillator is key to increasing […]

Oct 13, 2017

The ESRB is wrong about loot boxes and gambling

Forbes reported that loot boxes, a new trend in video gaming, are not considered gambling to the Entertainment Software Rating Board. Luke Clark, director at the Centre for Gambling Research at […]

Oct 13, 2017

It is stressful to be poor, and that stress can keep people in poverty

A story in Vice describes how financial stress impacts the brain. “Let’s say you’re short on income or you’re thinking about financial trouble or a cost that you have to pay, […]

Oct 13, 2017

Systemic racism encourages half of Canadians to fear Islam and Muslims

Canada needs to look at systemic problems to address racism and religious discrimination, said Ayesha Chaudhry, in an op-ed in the Vancouver Sun. “Only by recognizing how we are all […]

Oct 13, 2017

So long as it’s not extreme, your diet is probably just fine

James McCormack, a professor with the faculty of pharmaceutical sciences at UBC, writes about diets in an op-ed in the Montreal Gazette. “Taking these studies all together suggests, overall, as long […]

Oct 13, 2017

Smoke from California’s wildfires will harm people beyond the flames’ reach

The Verge quoted two UBC professors in a story about the health impacts of smoke from California’s wildfires. “If there’s smoke in the atmosphere, it affects the whole body,” said […]

Oct 13, 2017

Brain injuries

UBC’s Cheryl Wellington, a professor at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, discussed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition linked to repeated concussions on CBC’s Early Edition. “There are […]

Oct 13, 2017

A new cabinet for Mongolia

An op-ed in the Diplomat by Julian Dierkes, an associate professor at the Institute of Asian Research at UBC, and Mendee Jargalsaikhan, a PhD candidate in political science at UBC, discussed the […]

Oct 13, 2017

UBC Okanagan researchers combat smelly gases in wastewater treatment

Engineers at UBC’s Okanagan campus discovered that adding a common chemical to wastewater can get rid of smelly, toxic gases and make water treatment safer, reported CBC. “It reduces the number […]

Oct 13, 2017

UBC subject of human rights complaint over handling of Furlong speech

APTN reported on a human rights complained filed again UBC stemming from the university’s decision to have John Furlong, the former CEO of the Vancouver Olympics and Paralympics, speak at […]

Oct 13, 2017

North Van’s Oxland keeps Royals volleyball all in the family

High-school volleyball player Kayla Oxland will join the UBC Thunderbirds, the reigning national champion, next fall, reported The Province. She is the third sister from the Oxland family to play volleyball at […]

Oct 13, 2017

Fatality at UBC

CBC reported that a man was found dead at a construction site on Thursday morning at UBC’s Vancouver campus. Similar stories appeared in the Vancouver Courier, News 1130, and Daily Hive.

Oct 13, 2017

Trial for man accused of assaulting student

The Vancouver Sun reported on the trial for a man accused of attacking a fellow student inside a UBC dormitory. On Thursday, the court heard from the UBC student who came […]

Oct 13, 2017