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New Indigenous parenting app provides culturally grounded parenting advice

| Announcement

The Two-Eyed Seeing for Parents app, facilitated by UBC Nursing professor emeritus Dr. Wendy Hall, combines Okanagan Nation traditional values and practices with contemporary parenting resources.

Facebook Marketplace is home to steals and deals — and serious trust issues

| Announcement

UBC Engineering study uncovers insights into Facebook users’ love-hate relationship with online resale platform.

Sun, heat safety tips as Metro Vancouver gets early blast of summer

City News Vancouver | | Media coverage

Nursing professor Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch provides heat safety tips as temperatures in the mid-20s are expected around Metro Vancouver.

School of Nursing takes a role in Canada-wide pandemic response initiative

UBC School of Nursing | | Media coverage

Nursing assistant professor Dr. Rubee Dev has been named the steering committee provincial lead from BC for “Pandemic pREparedness engaging Primary cARe and Emergency Departments,” or PREPARED.

These changes in eating habits can be a warning sign of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, experts say

Toronto Star | | Media coverage

Dr. Lillian Hung, nursing professor, said sudden dietary changes can be an important warning sign of dementia and gave signs to look out for. 

Apple halves greenhouse gas emissions through clean energy and innovative recycling initiatives

ESG News | | Media coverage

Apple published a new white paper with the University of British Columbia’s BioProducts Institute that analyzes the challenges with current consumer packaging and explores more sustainable future solutions through the use of advanced fiber-based…

Scientists have invented a method to break down "forever chemicals" in our drinking water

World Economic Forum | | Media coverage

Chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Madjid Mohseni led the development of a water treatment that removes “forever chemicals” from drinking water. 

President Of Women In Engineering Wants To Make Engineering More Inclusive

| Spotlight

Stephanie Quon's journey in engineering and how her co-op has shaped her career.

Transforming access to clean water through decentralized treatment solutions

| Announcement

Dr. Sara Beck, an assistant professor at UBC Civil Engineering, is advancing research aimed at removing microbial and chemical contaminants from water and wastewater in decentralized settings.

UBC engineering experts win four UBC research awards

| Announcement

Four UBC engineering researchers — two based at the Vancouver campus and two at the Okanagan campus — are being honoured with this year’s UBC Faculty Research Awards from the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation.

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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.

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