In the Media
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UBC NursingThe annual pride festival takes places this weekend and a conversation on the importance of pride
Nursing professor Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc discussed the importance of the annual Vancouver Pride festival for 2SLGBTQ+ young people.
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Research2RealityWould you rather get there more quickly or more safely?
Civil engineering professor Dr. Tarek Sayed is developing a new algorithm approach which identifies the safest possible route in an urban network using real-time crash risk data, and can be incorporated into navigation apps such as Google Maps.
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Canadian GeographicPushing to protect the marbled murrelet
Chemical and biological engineering professor emerita Dr. Royann Petrell and others are calling on the government to increase wildlife habitat areas in Vancouver Island old-growth forests to save the threatened marbled murrelet.
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CBCOttawa's big LRT fix is redesigning train parts. What about the track?
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Gordon Lovegrove commented on the shutdown of Ottawa’s LRT system.
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Surrey Now-LeaderVancouver man wins award for work aimed at improving air quality
Chemical and biological engineering postdoctoral researcher Dr. Kevin Kung received the Mitacs Environmental Entrepreneur Award.
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The Weather NetworkHere’s how Vancouver rain gardens are giving salmon a boost
A study co-authored civil engineering researchers found that specially designed gardens could reduce the amount of a toxic car tire chemical entering our waterways by more than 90 per cent.
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Daily Commercial NewsArtificial intelligence and the future of modular and pre-fab construction
Civil engineering research associate Puyan Zadeh commented on how AI could effect the general and modular construction industry.
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Canadian ArchitectToo much and not enough: Not for Sale! at the Venice Biennale
SALA associate professor Dr. Matthew Soules commented on exhibiting Canada's housing crisis at the Venice Biennale.
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Squamish ChiefBuilding better
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture assistant professor Joe Dahmen discussed the use of natural building materials.
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The Globe and MailMen don’t talk about health. My hernia showed me that needs to change
Nursing professor Dr. John Oliffe was quoted in an opinion piece about men’s attitudes towards illnesses.