Education inequality is a driving factor for income inequality, says Thomas Lemieux of UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics.
Sep 11, 2013
UBC’s Derek Gregory discusses how the world has changed since the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Sep 10, 2013
Rima Wilkes on the tragedy of Indian residential schools and the importance of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s National Event in Vancouver.
Sep 9, 2013
Professors in the Faculty of Arts see flexible learning as a way to explore the potential of digital communications
Aug 30, 2013 - by April van Ert
Flexible learning initiatives are “flipping” lectures and homework to dramatically change learning.
Aug 30, 2013 - by Brian Lin
Poverty consumes so much mental energy that those in poor circumstances have little remaining brainpower to concentrate on other areas of life, new research finds.
Aug 29, 2013
New faculty members, a minor program, and a partnership to announce the Scotiabank Giller Prize nominations help mark the 50th anniversary of UBC’s creative writing program.
Aug 27, 2013
In an exciting first, Creative Writing will co-host this year’s announcement of the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist with the Vancouver Writers Fest on Monday, September 16 at 8:00 a.m.
Timothy Taylor didn’t study creative writing. He studied economics before getting an MBA from Queens. But after 20 years of extensive publication in literary fiction and journalism, he found the […]
UBC’s new Bachelor of International Economics program inspires a new generation of global economic leaders.
Aug 16, 2013 - by Basil Waugh
Sunaina Assanand’s drive to transform how her students learn led her back to Uganda decades after her family’s exile.
Aug 16, 2013 - by Bonnie Vockeroth
UBC’s stunning landscapes are constantly changing. Here is a gallery of destinations worth visiting on UBC’s two campuses in Vancouver and the Okanagan once winter session begins.
Aug 12, 2013
Professor Becki Ross says decriminalizing the sex trade could lead to a safer industry governed by the workers themselves.
Aug 8, 2013
International relations expert Richard Price on the ongoing crisis in Syria and how the international community reacts to the threat of chemical warfare.
Jul 29, 2013 - by Basil Waugh
Two years after surviving a domestic attack that shocked the world, UBC student Rumana Monzur has defended her Master’s thesis and been accepted to law school.
Jul 10, 2013 - by Basil Waugh
UBC English professor and royal watcher Sarika Bose is in London as the birth of the future monarch of Britain nears.
Jul 5, 2013
With Ramadan beginning July 9, UBC professor Rumee Ahmed discusses the significance of Islam’s holy month.
Jul 3, 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
Hundreds of children have some new UBC summer camp options thanks to the creative ideas of graduate students.
Jun 21, 2013 - by Chris Lane
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Jun 13, 2013
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