The federal government announced its new 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan today. UBC experts are available to comment.
Mar 29, 2022
Fossil fuel subsidies are set to change with the federal government’s commitment to phasing out public finance and other forms of support for fossil fuels and diverting them to the transition to clean energy sources.
Mar 21, 2022
Using drones instead of ambulances for emergency delivery of perishable blood products in Rwanda resulted in blood arriving for transfusions 79 minutes faster on average.
Mar 16, 2022
UBC experts are available to comment on the war in Ukraine.
Mar 14, 2022
In the marathon towards a more gender-balanced and representative games, the Paralympics lags far behind the Olympics, according to a recent UBC study.
Mar 3, 2022
Black people have a long history with Shakespeare—and a long history of bumping up against the Bard’s white gatekeepers.
Feb 10, 2022
Making people feel better about how they’re aging could lead to concrete improvements in health and wellbeing down the line, new UBC research suggests.
Feb 9, 2022
When the mining industry fights carbon taxes, it is arguing against its own economic interests, suggests new research from UBC’s Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.
Feb 8, 2022
Conservative Party of Canada leader Erin O’Toole faces a possible leadership vote today, and the BC Liberal Party is to vote on its new leader this weekend. UBC experts are available to comment.
Feb 2, 2022
UBC experts are available to comment on various topics this Black History Month.
Feb 1, 2022
Turns out, some words are more tactile than you might expect. That’s according to a new global study noting a clear linguistic connection between sound and touch.
Jan 31, 2022
The B.C. government has proclaimed Black Excellence Day for the first time in the province. UBC experts are available to comment.
Jan 14, 2022
The University of British Columbia has acquired a complete first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies Histories and Tragedies—an extremely rare book published seven years after Shakespeare’s death and credited with preserving almost half of his plays.
Jan 12, 2022
UBC experts are available to comment on flooding and extreme weather in B.C.
Nov 30, 2021
Nov 17, 2021
Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada to support reconciliation efforts with Indigenous peoples. UBC experts are available to comment.
Oct 27, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil his new cabinet on Tuesday. UBC experts are available to comment.
Oct 25, 2021
Fifty-eight per cent of Canadian youth say they have seen kids insulted, bullied or excluded based on their race or ethnicity at school, according to new survey data from the Angus Reid Institute in partnership with the University of British Columbia.
Oct 19, 2021
The U.S. border will reopen to fully vaccinated Canadian travellers on Nov. 8. UBC experts are available to comment.
Oct 15, 2021
UBC experts are available to comment on various topics related to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Sep 28, 2021
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