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UBC ditching single-use coffee cups and plastic food ware

UBC Vancouver is ditching single-use coffee cups and plastic food ware, and encouraging students, faculty and staff to choose reusable options such as their own mugs, water bottles and cutlery instead.

Nov 25, 2019

UBC experts available on World Fisheries Day

Today is the United Nations World Fisheries Day, which aims to focus attention on improving the working conditions of fishers around the world. UBC experts are available to comment on sustainable fisheries management and labour practices in the fishing industry.

Nov 21, 2019

Statement on status of UBC students in Hong Kong

UBC’s number one priority is to ensure our students, faculty and staff are supported and safe, whether studying at UBC or abroad.

Nov 20, 2019

Update on UBC students in Hong Kong

Vice-President, Students Ainsley Carry and Laurinda Tracey, Student Safety Abroad Advisor with UBC Go Global, will update media on the status of UBC students in Hong Kong and plans for Term 2 of exchange programs in Hong Kong.

Nov 20, 2019

Daily cannabis use lowers odds of using illicit opioids among people who have chronic pain

For those using illicit opioids to manage their chronic pain, cannabis may be a beneficial – and a less dangerous – alternative, according to new research from the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU).

Nov 19, 2019

Gamblers under the influence of alcohol place higher bets after losses

When gamblers get tipsy, they tend to follow a losing spin of the roulette wheel with higher bets than sober gamblers do.

Nov 13, 2019

UBC experts on Don Cherry’s firing

Hockey broadcaster Don Cherry has been dismissed as co-host of “Coach’s Corner” following comments he made on Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday night.

Nov 12, 2019

Drug discount cards could actually cost patients more

New research published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) reveals that brand-name drug discount cards are leading to higher health care spending in Canada—increased costs that are ultimately passed on to patients.

Nov 12, 2019

UBC experts on Remembrance Day

Canadians will recognize Remembrance Day on Nov. 11.

Nov 7, 2019

Karla Williams is studying tiny structures linked to metastatic breast cancer.

UBC expert immobilizes tiny structures linked to metastatic breast cancer

Karla Williams is researching potential treatments for metastatic breast cancer by studying structures in cancer cells that are thought to play a key role in the spread of the disease.

Nov 6, 2019

Cannabis could help alleviate depression and suicidality among people with PTSD

Cannabis may be helping Canadians cope with the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), new research suggests.

Nov 5, 2019

Canada is one of the only countries with universal health care that does not also have universal access to contraception for women. Credit: Unsplash

Birth control options out of reach for many low-income women

Young, low-income women in Canada are less likely to use more effective methods of birth control like the pill, and more likely to use no contraception or condoms only, according to new UBC research.

Nov 5, 2019

Canadians wary of China while supporting continuing contact, new poll reveals

Canadian public attitudes are surprisingly stable and generally supportive of continued contact at multiple levels with China, despite significant worries and uncertainties about China and a lack of trust in the U.S.

Nov 4, 2019

Aerial drones offer new perspective on resident killer whale behaviour

Scientists at the University of British Columbia are getting a rare glimpse into the underwater behaviour of northern and southern resident killer whales off the B.C. coast, with the help of aerial drones.

Nov 4, 2019

UBC experts on Daylight Saving Time changes and California wildfires

The British Columbia government is expected to introduce legislation Thursday to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.

Oct 31, 2019

Patients with mood, anxiety disorders share abnormalities in brain’s control circuit

New research published today in JAMA Psychiatry shows for the first time that patients with mood and anxiety disorders share the same abnormalities in regions of the brain involved in emotional and cognitive control.

Oct 30, 2019

UBC experts on ISIS

U.S. special forces have killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a development that leaves the extremist group without an obvious leader, President Donald Trump announced Sunday.

Oct 28, 2019

Multiphoton microscopy image of stalked glandular trichome. Credit: Samuels Lab/UBC

The frostier the flower, the more potent the cannabis

Cannabis flowers with the most mushroom-shaped hairs pack the biggest cannabinoid and fragrance punch, according to new research from the University of British Columbia.