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Dr. Azim Shariff on a stage giving a talk at a TED Conference

Why humans respect hard work regardless of results

Have you ever had a co-worker make a big show of how hard they work—even though they don’t get great results? They do this because people attach moral value to hard work, something Dr. Azim Shariff calls “effort moralization.”

May 11, 2023

UBC experts on Canada’s National Household Survey

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

Unemployed Americans face greater risk of mortality: UBC study

Employment policy is also health policy according to a University of British Columbia study that found that workers experienced higher mortality rates if they didn’t have access to social protections like employment insurance and unemployment benefits.

Jun 28, 2012

Shift work linked to higher risk of work injury: UBC study

Canadians who work night and rotating shifts are almost twice as likely to be injured on the job than those working regular day shifts, according to a study by researchers at the University of British Columbia.

Nov 2, 2010