Q&As
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How the international student cap affects immigration to Canada
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.
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How exercise can boost cancer treatment and recovery
A team of UBC researchers wants to help people living with cancer incorporate exercise as an important part of their treatment and recovery.
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Flawed foreign ownership narratives drove ‘housing nationalism’ in Canada
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.
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How to conduct scientific research with Indigenous Peoples and Lands in a good way
In this Q&A, UBC Indigenous fisheries researcher Dr. Andrea Reid and her co-workers weigh in.
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ChatGPT has read almost the whole internet. That hasn’t solved its diversity issues
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.
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UBC-led initiative protects salmon against toxic road runoffs
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.
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How UBC is preparing students for their future careers
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.
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UN climate conference should not be ‘business as usual’, say climate experts
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.
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Why is the law different when you’re unhoused?
A new report by UBC, SFU and University of Ottawa researchers found the personal property rights of unhoused people in Canada are systematically undermined.
