UBC experts are available to comment on various school- and education-related topics as students head back to class.
Aug 28, 2023
A new study has found that a mother’s educational status—the highest level of education that she has attained—plays an increasingly important role in shaping her children’s educational status, while the importance of the father’s educational status has declined.
Mar 10, 2023
UBC experts are available to comment on various school- and education-related topics.
Aug 29, 2022
UBC experts are available to comment on various school-related topics.
Aug 26, 2021
UBC experts are available to comment on various education-related topics as children and families begin the school year under unusual circumstances.
Aug 25, 2020
The B.C. NDP government is unveiling its third provincial budget this afternoon. UBC experts are available to comment.
Feb 18, 2020
UBC experts are available to comment on various school- and education-related topics as children and families begin another school year.
Aug 20, 2019
As another school year comes to a close, the task of filling long, summer days lies ahead.
Jul 4, 2016
UBC greets with great interest today’s announcement on the dedication of additional federal government resources for First Nations’ education.
Feb 7, 2014
The Beaty Biodiversity Museum has produced a professionally printed deck of its popular open-source Phylo card game.
Jul 18, 2013
UBC experts are available to comment on National Household Survey findings on labour, education and transportation, which Statistics Canada will release on Wednesday, June 26.
Jun 24, 2013
Jo-ann Archibald, a member of the Sto:lo Nation, has helped transform Indigenous education in Canada. This spring, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) recognized Archibald’s contributions.
May 30, 2013
Preliminary findings suggest that students respond well to the multi-tasking required for opera.
UBC researchers have launched a study to explore why learning-disabled students shine in the University’s demanding opera program. The study, called Libretti of Learning, will be presented at Congress, a national gathering of 7,000 researchers that begins June 1 in Victoria.
The University of British Columbia will soon be offering teacher education programs in the Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kenya, through a partnership that will increase access to education for resident children and youth.
Apr 4, 2013
A Q and A with Prof. Neil Gross on universities and liberal thinking
Apr 3, 2013 - by A Q and A with April van Ert
Professor Stephen Toope, the 12th president of the University of British Columbia, will leave on June 30, 2014 to pursue academic and professional interests in international law and international relations, UBC Board of Governors Chair Bill Levine announced today.
Apr 3, 2013
Giving back through volunteering is good for your heart, even at a young age, according to University of British Columbia researchers.
Feb 25, 2013
An expansion of Canada’s top-ranked economics department will create the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia, a new global centre for research and learning on the world’s most pressing economic issues.
Dec 5, 2012
A University of British Columbia program to help former members of the Canadian military make the transition back to civilian life is expanding into a non-profit organization that will provide services across Canada.
Nov 2, 2012
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