Media Coverage
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Global NewsTime to fall back: When daylight saving time 2023 ends in Canada
Nursing professor emeritus Dr. Wendy Hall said people can feel more depressed because of shorter exposure to sunlight in the fall and winter.
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Vancouver SunDan Levitt: It's time to stop buying ageist birthday cards
Nursing adjunct professor Dan Levitt wrote that birthday cards featuring caricatures of older people are ageist and demoralizing.
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CBCQuebec company offers breath of carbon-neutral air with cement alternative
UBCO civil engineering professor Dr. Shahria Alam commented on sustainable concrete.
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The UbysseyA knife? No!: UBC Volcan forges blades and community
UBC Volcan's co-presidents Connor Gingera and Kerrie Ye speak about their engineering design team and the collaborative effort that goes into making their blades.
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Global NewsB.C. urban planner swings big, advocates for new housing on public golf courses
SALA professor Patrick Condon advocated for the conversion of some public golf courses into land for housing developments.
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The TyeeThe secret to real affordability? Trust in land
Dr. Penny Gurstein, SCARP professor emeritus and co-director of UBC’s housing research collaborative commented on non-profit housing.
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Canadian Mining JournalWaste is a failure of the imagination
Vikramaditya Yadav, director of the Master of Engineering Leadership in sustainable process engineering, and associate professor of chemical and biological engineering and the School of Biomedical Engineering, talks about technology that is challenging the conventional notion that mining must generate waste.
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CBC ListenTruth and Reconciliation in workplaces
Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, Senior Manager of EDI and Indigeneity, discussed Weaving Relations, a training course on Indigenous understanding for UBC faculty and staff.
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CKNW Jas Johal ShowTrusting risks in alternative medicine
Dr. Bernie Garrett, associate professor at UBC’s School of Nursing, discusses the risks in trusting alternative medicine.
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The Globe and MailMeet the B.C. lumberjacks who set out to build a hybrid electric logging truck
Electrical and computer engineering professor Dr. Martin Ordonez said safety certification is one of the most significant costs in the electric-vehicle sector.