The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world. Since 1915, UBC’s West Coast spirit has embraced innovation and questioned the status quo. With close to 63,000 students from 160 countries and more than 5,400 faculty on two campuses in Vancouver and the Okanagan, UBC is a place where bold thinking develops into ideas that can change the world. Its entrepreneurial perspective encourages students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discovery and explore new ways of learning.
The concept of ‘nature prescriptions’ — where health professionals prescribe patients time outside to improve their health — is gaining traction, but conservation must be part of the equation.
Jean-Yves Duclos, ministre des Services publics et des Marchés publics, et Dominic LeBlanc, ministre de la Sécurité publique, des Institutions démocratiques et des Affaires intergouvernementales, répondent aux questions des médias sur les trois rapports d'audit de la vérificatrice générale du Canada, à Ottawa, le 4 juin 2024.
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Les dirigeants politiques du Canada doivent divulguer aux citoyens les informations relatives à l’ingérence étrangère contenues dans un récent rapport sur la sécurité et le renseignement.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on June 3, 2024. LeBlanc is tight-lipped following the release of a report that says unnamed MPs have participated in foreign interference in Canadian politics.
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If Canada’s political leaders want the public to trust them, they need to trust citizens with foreign interference information contained in a recent security and intelligence report.
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up tents on The Quad at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg in May 2024.
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Fahad Ahmad, Toronto Metropolitan University and Adam Saifer, University of British Columbia
When university administrators accede to donor demands, they punish students for enacting the core values and principles their institutions profess.
Some tech companies are using artificial intelligence to predict which international students will be assessed favourably by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada so schools know before issuing admission letters.
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Private tech companies screening international students on behalf of public schools should be required to disclose more about their algorithms and training data.
Garibaldi Lake outside Vancouver, B.C.
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Biodiversity efforts in B.C. lack co-ordination with real implications for conservation efforts. These are the way in which this must change.
Presenting their ‘human self’ as well as their ‘professional self’ allows doctors to role model healthy behaviours for peers and trainees, and be more relatable to their patients and the public.
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Doctors use social media for reasons ranging from the strictly professional to the highly personal: They connect with colleagues, raise awareness of social issues and educate the public on health topics.
A recent report has found that a growing number of people in Canada are in polyamorous relationships.
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Polyamory is on the rise, yet at the same time, younger people are turning away from romance and dating. Does Gen Z want multiple partners or none at all?
British Columbia Premier David Eby shares a laugh with Hereditary Chief Gitkun, centre, and others following an event to recognize the Haida Nation’s Aboriginal title throughout Haida Gwaii during a ceremony at the provincial legislature in Victoria in April 2024.
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The recent title lands agreement between British Columbia and the Haida Nation is historic and inspiring, but also long overdue in light of decades of rulings by international human rights bodies.
Jay Park, right, of K-pop band Enhypen, who was born in Seattle, prepares to throw ceremonial first pitches with bandmates before a Seattle Mariners game, April 29, 2024, in Seattle.
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New K-pop groups comprised entirely of North Americans, Korea’s ‘K-culture training visa’ to attract international participation and K-pop auditions in Canada are all signs of a K-pop evolution.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during an announcement on innovation for economic growth in advance of the 2024 federal budget in Montréal in April 2024.
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Governments should play to their existing strengths in data collection to make AI safer for their citizens, including assessing what kinds of data are too risky to allow private companies to collect.
A pair of male mule deer captured by camera trap in Cathedral Provincial Park, B.C.
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The proliferation of camera traps provided a rich source of observational information about animal behaviour during the pandemic.
Girls carry a dying sheep in the Cconchaccota community of the Apurimac region of Peru as more than 3,000 communities in the central and southern Andes experience its driest period in half a century in November 2022.
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Kelp forests around the world, and in Canada, are under threat. New research sheds further light on the health, and resilience, of these crucial ecosystems.
Will Beyoncé’s new album help to break down racial barriers in the country music industry? Here she performs during the ‘On The Run’ tour on July 18, 2014 in Houston, Texas.
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Beyoncé’s country-inspired album has caused a stir because the country music scene has a history of racial segregation that has erased its Black roots and gatekept it from Black artists.
An artist’s rendition of the eclipse over a city.
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The sky is becoming more cluttered with satellites and space junk. This is affecting astronomical study, but will only have a minor effect — if any — on the viewing of the solar eclipse.
Há muito já se sabe que a vitamina D exerce importante papel na saúde dos ossos e diversos tecidos, inclusive o cerebral. Tese de pesquisadoras da UFSC indica que a vitamina pode ser determinante também na redução dos índices de depressão em idosos.
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Estudo da UFSC mostrou que idosos com deficiência da vitamina podem ter de 2 a 3 vezes mais chances de apresentar sintomas depressivos
Culture and system changes take time and require resources. People seen walking on the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C., in 2013.
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Universities must not only invest in dedicated senior equity leader roles with specialized knowledge and expertise. They must also ensure these roles are resourced and empowered with authority.
Supporters and opponents of a proposed ordinance to add caste to Seattle’s anti-discrimination laws gather at City Hall on Feb. 21, 2023.
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Casteism is commonly seen as a form of discrimination limited to South Asia. However, diaspora communities in Canada are also grappling with issues of caste.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in Rome, Ga. on March 9, 2024.
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A new study examines why women who report sexual misconduct often experience retaliation while men who are alleged perpetrators of sexual assault escape repercussions.
Chair and Member from North America of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) and Professor in Political Science, Public Policy and Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia