We spoke with UBC researchers Dr. Lori Daniels and Dr. Mathieu Bourbonnais about the outlook for wildfire season, and how communities can prepare for a challenging year.
Mar 27, 2024
Dr. Danya Fast captures the experience of youth who use drugs in her new book, The Best Place: Addiction, Intervention, and Living and Dying Young in Vancouver.
Feb 28, 2024
We spoke with Dr. Elizabeth Wolkovich at UBC Faculty of Forestry and her colleagues about why the competition is significant for both researchers and citizens.
Feb 8, 2024
We spoke to Dr. Lisa Brunner, a postdoctoral fellow at UBC’s Centre for Migration Studies, who studies the links between international migration and education.
Feb 1, 2024
A team of UBC researchers wants to help people living with cancer incorporate exercise as an important part of their treatment and recovery.
Jan 29, 2024
In this Q&A, UBC sociologist Dr. Nathan Lauster and co-author Dr. Jens von Bergmann explain further the trend and reveals more surprising statistic.
Jan 25, 2024
In this Q&A, UBC Indigenous fisheries researcher Dr. Andrea Reid and her co-workers weigh in.
Jan 16, 2024
In this Q&A, Dr. Vered Shwartz, assistant professor in the UBC department of computer science, and masters student Mehar Bhatia explain why reasoning could be the next step in AI—and why it’s important to train these models using diverse datasets from different cultures.
Jan 11, 2024
In this Q&A, civil engineering researchers Dr. Rachel Scholes and Dr. Timothy Rodgers discuss 6PPD-quinone and the role of rain gardens in defusing its impacts.
Dec 14, 2023
Tony Botelho, a career development professional with over 30 years of experience working with post-secondary students, joined UBC as the new managing director for the Career Centre this summer.
Dec 12, 2023
We spoke to four experts including current and former COP delegates to ask what the world, and Canada, needs to see come out of the conference.
Nov 28, 2023
On Nov. 28, media are invited as four teams of faculty of land and food systems students engage in a six-legged culinary showdown.
Nov 27, 2023
A new report by UBC, SFU and University of Ottawa researchers found the personal property rights of unhoused people in Canada are systematically undermined.
Nov 1, 2023
Dr. Mary Berbee, professor in the UBC department of botany, discusses how to safely and legally forage for mushrooms around the city this fall.
Oct 19, 2023
A handwritten letter from an incarcerated man got Benjamin Perrin rethinking Canada’s criminal justice system.
Oct 3, 2023
Dr. Lillian Hung is leading a study on how social robots interact with older adults and what this could mean for senior care.
Sep 18, 2023
Learn how restorative nature is distributed in Vancouver, as revealed by a new tool that evaluates spaces for qualities that promote mental well-being.
Sep 14, 2023
Dr. Horacio Bach, a clinical assistant professor with UBC’s division of infectious diseases, answers key questions about the new COVID-19 variants and vaccines.
One group of people living with dementia collaborated with UBC researchers to develop an anti-stigma toolkit, offering an action guide to bolster community engagement and bridge healthcare support gaps.
Sep 13, 2023
We spoke to UBC sociologist Dr. Tony Silva about why younger adult men are interested in older men for sex and relationships.
Sep 12, 2023
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