In the Media
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The Globe and MailQuebec offers bonus pay to retain nurses amid pandemic fatigue
UBC nursing professor Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc talked about the “dire” nursing shortage in B.C. which is hitting rural regions the hardest. She said “the latest estimates predict B.C. will see a shortage of 24,000 nurses in the next five years.”
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CKTZ 89.5 (Cortes Radio)
New UBC tool aims to bridge gap between housing needs and availability
UBC housing expert Dr. Penny Gurstein in the faculty of applied science discussed a new tool developed by her team to identify sites that can be used to bridge the gap between housing needs and potential building sites in specific communities.
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Oak Bay News
BC government to mandate items such as mattresses and EV batteries are recyclable by 2023
Dr. Nemkumar Banthia, an engineering professor and senior Canada research chair at UBC’s faculty of applied science, commented on how building the ease of recycling in a product is important but more attention needs to be paid to the recycling process.
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Burnaby Now
Opinion: ‘Sneaky’ Burnaby landlord charges parking fee to 85-year-old who doesn’t drive
A new UBC report found that Metro Vancouver has the highest residential rental eviction rates in Canada, almost double that of the second highest city (Toronto). Story quoted Craig Jones, the research co-ordinator of UBC's Balanced Supply of Housing research cluster, and UBC economics researchers Silas Xuereb and Dr. Andrea Craig.
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Global News
Vancouver has the highest rate of rental eviction in Canada, study finds
A new UBC report found that Metro Vancouver has the highest residential rental eviction rates in Canada, almost double that of the second highest city (Toronto). Story quoted Craig Jones, the research co-ordinator of UBC's Balanced Supply of Housing research cluster, and UBC economics researchers Silas Xuereb and Dr. Andrea Craig.
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Business in Vancouver
Eviction rate raises concerns over Lower Mainland economy
UBC Balanced Supply of Housing Research Cluster’s research co-ordinator Craig Jones discussed a new report he worked on in collaboration with UBC researchers Silas Xuereb and Dr. Andrea Craig which found that Metro Vancouver has the highest residential rental eviction rates in Canada, and almost double that of the second highest city (Toronto).
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Energy Global
University of British Columbia opens bioenergy research facility
Energy Global featured the opening of the Biorefining Research and Innovation Centre at UBC. Director and professor of chemical and biological engineering Dr. Xiaotao Bi discussed the Centre's potential to transform organic materials such as B.C. forest waste into low-carbon, high-value fuels and other bioproducts.
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The Tyee
None of the parties are willing to drive down home costs
Patrick Condon, a professor at UBC’s school of architecture and landscape architecture, compared the Liberal, Conservative and NDP platforms on housing in the upcoming federal election.
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The Globe and Mail
Nursing schools can’t accommodate increase in demand at time when profession faces shortage
UBC nursing professor Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc commented on limited availability of clinical practice sites and the number of faculty and instructors available to teach them and says that nursing programs also need to adapt to students with differing backgrounds.
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Castanet
UBC researchers test new affordable housing assessment tool in Kelowna
The Housing Research Collaborative at UBC’s school of community and regional planning developed new tools to help assess how much affordable housing is needed in a city.