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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.

November 10, 2022
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.

November 8, 2022
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.

November 7, 2022
Globe and Mail
Stuck in traffic? These ‘creative and innovative’ solutions may be the answer

Dr. Martino Tran from the School of Community and Regional Planning gave suggestions to improve traffic in Canadian cities.

November 5, 2022
CBC
Prevalence of Omicron BQ.1 subvariant rising in Saskatoon, wastewater data suggests

Civil engineering professor Dr. Ryan Ziels explains why wastewater is a useful tool in helping control the pandemic.

November 4, 2022
Georgia Straight
Safety, affordability, and sustainability? What the next four years of Sim City may bring for Vancouver

Patrick Condon, professor at the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture commented on mayor-elect Ken Sim’s ABC platform for housing affordability.

November 4, 2022
Global News
UBCO students drawing attention to Iranian protest movement

A group of students at UBC Okanagan repainted the engineering faculty's letter 'E' in the colours of the Iranian flag to raise awareness of government repression in Iran.

November 4, 2022
Daily Hive
$3.8 million donation for new 50,000 sq ft Downtown Eastside health centre

The VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation will be naming a new integrated health unit at 58 West Hastings after Lily Lee, a former public health nurse and philanthropist who graduated from UBC School of Nursing.

November 4, 2022
Vancouver Tech Journal
Arthur Chen is climate-proofing agriculture

Arthur Chen, co-founder of Verdi and engineering physics alumnus, is saving farmers millions of litres of water, and has his eyes set on holistically adapting farms to climate change.

November 3, 2022
Castanet
UBCO study reveals increased electricity, heating costs associated with working from home

A study led by UBCO engineering professor Dr. Mahmudur Fatmi found that workers are taking on increased energy expenses at home.

November 1, 2022

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