Media Coverage
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CP24Teens who sleep longer have improved brain function, study finds
UBC Nursing Professor Wendy Hall explains that teenagers who sleep longer and have an earlier bedtime show improved brain function and perform better in thinking and memory tests.
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Journal Of CommerceIn Vancouver ‘the boom bloom is off the real estate rose’
UBC SALA Professor Patrick Condon explores Vancouver's housing crisis and connects it to the decline in investor confidence worldwide.
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The Globe and MailBC does not know how many people are on extended leave from involuntary hospital stays
UBC Nursing Assistant Professor Angela Russolillo comments on the lack of psychiatric nurses included in recent commitments by the provincial government to hire more healthcare workers.
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Business in VancouverBC mining sector calls for streamlined permitting
John Steen, Director of the UBC Bradshaw Research Initiative in Minerals and Mining, speaks on the economic impact of an accelerated mining permitting process.
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Vancouver SunOpinion: When local planning becomes provincial command
SCARP's Erick Villagomez cites SALA Professor Patrick Condon's research on housing and affordability in his thoughts about new provincial planning policies.
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Vancouver SunShould Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet be dredged to make room for fully loaded oil tankers?
UBC Civil Engineering Assistant Professor Enda Murphy comments on the short and long term consequences of dredging in Burrard Inlet.
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CTV NewsBC prepares for natural disasters as national emergency alert system tested
Dr. Carlos Ventura, Director of the Earthquake Engineering Research Facility, comments on updates that BC has made in preparation for a major earthquake.
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The Hill TimesEngineers of the future need to be trained in disaster adaptation, mitigation, and recovery
Whether it’s climate change, natural disasters, global pandemics, energy-grid failures, or mass migration, Canada must become more disaster-proofed and disaster-prepared, says UBC Applied Science Dean James Olson.
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Vancouver SunWhy experts say federal election housing platforms are varying degrees of unrealistic
SCARP Professor Emeritus Penny Gurstein comments on the housing goals from Canada's main three parties in advance of the federal election.
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Maclean'sHow to fix Canada’s housing crisis
James Connolly, SCARP assistant professor, contributes to a list of twenty-five bold ways to make Canada affordable again.