In the Media
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Daily MailCanada to expand assisted dying laws
Nursing professor Dr. Sally Thorne commented on the new expansion to Canada's law on medically assisted dying.
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Innovation News Network
A new paradigm for Canadian battery metals supply
Dr. W. Scott Dunbar, professor of mining engineering, examined the actions needed for Canada to secure its place as a global supplier of battery metals.
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Globe and Mail
Nature-made
UBC's BioProducts Institute (BPI) is dedicated to unlocking the full potential of nature-based materials. BPI director and professor of chemical and biological engineering Dr. Orlando Rojas discussed materials from nature that can compete with engineered materials.
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University World News
Transdisciplinarity: Universities have a chance to lead
Engineering professors Dr. Amanda Giang and Dr. Naoko Ellis discussed the benefits of transdisciplinary approaches in higher education on addressing catastrophic climate impacts.
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Architects Newspaper
A radical politics of hope
In light of the death of Mike Davis, who was a writer, urban theories and political activist, associate professor at the School Architecture and Landscape Architecture Matthew Soules paid tribute to Davis's work.
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CTV News
B.C. researchers on mission to prevent malnutrition in space
Food scientist Dr. John Frostad, an assistant professor in chemical and biological engineering, is spearheading efforts at UBC to develop techniques to keep Omega-3 fatty acids in astronauts during future space missions.
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CBC Quirks and Quarks
There will be 8 billion of us, and that’s already too many
Professor emeritus Dr. Bill Rees from the School of Community and Regional Planning) discussed the exponential growth of the world's population and how population impacts are inextricably linked with consumption.
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Daily Hive
Ultra-luxurious home owners in Vancouver pay peanuts in income tax: UBC study
Paul Boniface Akaabre, PhD candidate at the School of Community and Regional Planning, and colleagues found that owners of Greater Vancouver’s expensive homes pay a “tiny” amount of income taxes relative to their wealth in a recent study.
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Business in Vancouver
Has BC built back better?
Kees Lokman, from the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, suggested that under-sized culverts be replaced in order to prevent future flood damage to highways and railroads.
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IEEE Spectrum
One way to stop the social spread of disinformation
Owning your data is key, says wireless pioneer Siavash Alamouti, a graduate from UBC's electrical engineering program, and winner of this year's Marconi Prize.