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Wildfire smoke is both inevitable and largely unpredictable. We need to change our activities and behaviours to limit exposure to wildfire smoke and protect health.
Environmental groups have protested logging of British Columbia’s old-growth rainforest for three decades. But the Fairy Creek dispute could grow into another ‘War in the Woods.’
A study of viral variants finds Piscine orthoreovirus continuously spills over from farmed salmon to wild salmon.
The ‘we’re No. 1’ mentality at universities has shaped how everything from campus food, bookstores and research are run, and these models can change.
While the pandemic has focused the world’s attention on how to prevent infectious disease, many of the lessons learned from COVID-19 prevention can also be applied to chronic disease prevention.
National sports victories increase nationalism and national pride, but can also influence attitudes towards refugees.
Why do men identify as straight if they have sex with other men? And why would a straight man have sex with another man in the first place?
Pembeli dan jaringan lokal yang fleksibel membantu rantai pasokan makanan laut skala kecil yang menghadapi dampak COVID-19.
Local, flexible buyers and networks helped support small-scale seafood supply chains coping with COVID-19 disruptions.
If you are shipwrecked on a desert island with no hope of being rescued, you may not be morally obligated to stay alive.
To combat the biodiversity crisis, we need to fundamentally shift our economy and society and make nature conservation the norm.
New approaches are required for Canada to meet its current conservation goals.
Fifteen Asian academics discuss the roots of anti-Asian racism and limits of multiculturalism in Canada while charting a path forward.
While most areas experienced a reduction in air pollution in response to lockdown measures, other areas saw only small improvements or even an air quality deterioration.
Child care in Canada needs a major overhaul to improve working conditions for educators by increasing pay and investing in training and professional development opportunities.
La journaliste sino-canadienne Edith Eaton a documenté le racisme anti-asiatique au Canada à la fin du 19ᵉ et au début du XXᵉ siècle. Plus de 100 ans plus tard, peu de choses ont changé.
Chinese-Canadian journalist Edith Eaton documented anti-Asian racism in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century. Over 100 years later, not much has changed.
We need to commit to creating safe and inclusive environments for trans and non-binary youth, because when they have those supportive environments, they thrive.
The expression to “wash one’s hands of responsibility” comes from Christian scripture and has been part of a toxic legacy of blaming Jews for Jesus’s death.
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Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor of Writing Studies, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, Department of History, University of British Columbia
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Associate Vice-President, Equity & Inclusion and Honorary Associate Professor Educational Studies, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Law, University of British Columbia
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Associate professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, and Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia
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Adjunct Professor in Biology, University of British Columbia
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of British Columbia
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Lecturer, School of Global and International Affairs, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Environmental Humanities, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia
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Director & Professor, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
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Professor in the Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor, Computer science, University of British Columbia
