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CBC Quirks and Quarks
The science of a city's summer smells

Davi de Ferreyro Monticelli, a PhD student working with mechanical engineering professor Dr. Naomi Zimmerman, discussed driving a mobile air pollution lab around the city as part of UBC's "Smell Vancouver" program.

September 24, 2022
Curiocity
10 ways to observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Vancouver

Media mentioned the Intergenerational March to commemorate Orange Shirt Day, an initiative begun and led by UBC Faculty of Applied Science, as an event to attend on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

September 23, 2022
Global News
Western University and UBC launch ‘action kit’ to fight substance use stigma

Dr. Colleen Varcoe and Dr. Annette Browne, professors in the UBC School of Nursing, discussed their action kit of resources for health care providers in order to help combat substance use stigma.

September 22, 2022
Taiwan Plus News
Analysis: What changed after Taiwan's deadly 1999 earthquake?

Dr. Tony Yang, professor of structural and earthquake engineering in UBC Civil Engineering, discussed changes to the building code and other impacts in the aftermath of Taiwan's deadly 1999 Jiji Earthquake.

September 21, 2022
Vancouver Sun
65-plus baby boomers make up almost half of Parksville region population in growing trend: StatCan

Dr. Penny Gurstein, professor emeritus in UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning, discussed the growing number of 65-plus residents in the top 10 BC cities.

September 21, 2022
Research2Reality
This is the house that collaboration is building

The School of Biomedical Engineering is UBC's first inter-faculty school, forging a partnership between the Faculty of Applied Science and the Faculty of Medicine. SBME Director Dr. Peter Zandstra how the new, interdisciplinary facility will enable solving new problems.

September 20, 2022
The Ubyssey
In Disclosure, healing is not linear — and insensitive medical professionals can disrupt it

School of Nursing Professor Sally Thorne is working with the creator of Disclosure, a performance about a young woman trying to receive help after sexual assault, to develop the show into a training resource for nurses working with trauma patients.

September 16, 2022
BC Business
UBC-based nonprofit MEDIC Foundation cuts into the heart of chronic conditions

UBC Biomedical Engineering undergraduate students Anjali Menon and Madhini Vigneswaran discuss their nonprofit, MEDIC Foundation, which aims to make treatment for people diagnosed with chronic conditions more accessible and convenient.

September 16, 2022
CiTR
Research Review: Dr. Julia Harten

Dr. Julia Harten, assistant professor in the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning, discussed her research on China’s shared rental market, and her experience with "bed rentals" in urban cities.

September 14, 2022
Canadian Architect
Jane Wolff wins 2022 Margolese Design for Living Prize

UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture has named Jane Wolff as the recipient of the 2022 Margolese Design for Living Prize, which will be celebrated at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre on campus on October 3. The trans-national jury included SALA professor Blair Satterfield.

September 14, 2022

UBC is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people (Musqueam; which means 'People of the River Grass') and Syilx Okanagan Nation. The land has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam and Syilx peoples, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history and traditions from one generation to the next.