UBC Applied Science

Media Coverage

The Globe and Mail (subscription)
Dr. Sally Thorne among 85 new Order of Canada appointees

Nursing professor Dr. Sally Thorne has been appointed Member of the Order of Canada for her extensive contributions to the practice and discipline of nursing.

June 30, 2023
CTV Vancouver
Creating national standards for drug education

Nursing professor Dr. Emily Jenkins discussed how to best support children and youth when it comes to substance use education and intervention.

June 30, 2023
Composites World
UBC engineers successfully develop carbon fiber from bitumen

Materials engineering assistant professor Dr. Yasmine Abdin and her collaborators have turned bitumen into carbon fiber, a crucial product for the energy transition.

June 30, 2023
CBC Planet Wonder (TV)
How is going back to natural fabrics the way to be fashion forward?

Materials engineering student Rynn Zhang discussed the impact of textiles on climate change and the environment (6:33 mark).

June 29, 2023
CBC
Canada's first hydrogen train is taking passengers

UBCO engineering professor Dr. Gordon Lovegrove commented on the functionality of hydrogen trains in Canada.

June 28, 2023
The Tyee
How to Support Trans Youth in BC

School of nursing Professor Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc commented on how support and care can help transgender youth.

June 27, 2023
The Ubyssey
Weaving Relations: UBC launches Indigenous histories training course

A new course exploring Indigenous histories in Canada, developed by UBC Applied Science, has launched on National Indigenous Peoples Day.

June 26, 2023
BNN Bloomberg
Mining companies betting on autonomous technology to make dangerous jobs safer

Mining engineering professor Dr. Scott Dunbar discussed automation in mining.

June 26, 2023
CBC
The B.C. push to relocate homes rather than demolish them

A study by school of architecture and landscape architecture's professor Joseph Dahmen forecasted that 25 per cent of homes in Vancouver could be demolished by 2030 due to a surge in property values.

June 24, 2023
NTD
Professor: Impact of forever chemicals on the environment

Chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Madjid Mohseni discussed the dangers of forever chemicals.

June 24, 2023

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.