Media Coverage
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CTV NewsScience and lolz: How Canadian doctors are battling misinformation online
Wes Regan, a PhD candidate at UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning comments on the impacts of conspiratorial beliefs and online misinformation on public policy.
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CBC NewsSkwah First Nation powers the community with solar energy
UBC chemical engineering professor Naoko Ellis has been mapping out renewable energy options for B.C. communities with Accelerating Community Energy Transformation (ACET).
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Radio-CanadaWhen the world is built for men
UBC Mechanical Engineering Professor Dr. Agnes D'Entremont comments on how safety testing equipment designed for the average man can leave women at risk.
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CIM MagazineUBC mining students three-peat at 2026 Canadian Mining Games
The UBC Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering team faced off against nine other universities across 27 events to once again bring home first place at this year’s games.
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CTV NewsPermanent daylight time will cause sleep problems, BC expert says
Wendy Hall, professor emeritus in nursing at UBC, concerns about BC’s decision to remain on daylight time year-round.
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Vancouver SunB.C.'s booming mine industry is scrambling to recruit more workers
UBC Mining Engineering Professor Tonia Welch discusses how Canada’s push to develop critical minerals is driving new momentum across the sector.
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Maple Ridge NewsRe-imagining Maple Ridge as an age-inclusive city
A group of UBC SCARP master's students along with local seniors and the city’s community planning team are exploring how the City of Maple Ridge can become an age-inclusive and socially connected neighbourhood.
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The Edge MalaysiaCleantech: Building blocks of the hydrogen economy
UBC Mechanical Engineering professor Dr. Walter Mérida and his research team collaborate with industry leaders on a three-year project exploring whether The UBC Campus Energy Centre (CEC) could one day run entirely on hydrogen, a zero-carbon-emission fuel.
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CBC NewsBlack Excellence in STEM speaker and SBME alum Coralie Tcheune talks rule-breaking and building bold futures
UBC is spotlighting Black History Month with its Black Excellence in STEM series. The CBC’s Stephen Quinn spoke with the first session speaker, UBC medical school student and SBME alum Coralie Tcheune, about her talk “How to Build Cool Things, Break the Rules, and Stay Audacious.”
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The Cool DownResearchers make breakthrough in fight against hazard lurking in US waterways: 'Silent threats'
UBCO Engineering professor Sumi Siddiqua and her team of researchers developed a two-layer membrane that can significantly prevent landfill plastic from leaking into local waterways.