“Beyond Representation: Celebrating Black Excellence in BC Healthcare” was organized by the Vancouver Coastal Health and UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Office of Respectful Environment, Diversity and Inclusion to spotlight the stories and achievements of Black medical practitioners in the UBC and Vancouver community.
On January 25, Environment Canada issued a weather statement warning the Metro Vancouver area, Sunshine Coast, and parts of Vancouver Island for a potential of flooding due to an atmospheric river.
For young salmon, road salt run-off can be deadly. A research project is using citizen science to monitor the impacts of road salting on freshwater fish.
UBC’s Innovation in Dementia and Aging (IDEA) Lab, led by Dr. Vivienne Hung, is researching the use of robots to support elders’ independence, safety and wellbeing.
Spotify Wrapped dropped at the end of the month, and, in what has become an annual ritual, every Instagram story turned into a reminder of how much everyone you know listens to Taylor Swift.
Anyone can contribute to the vast number of specimens housed at UBC’s herbarium, and help document history in the process
Living with inflammatory bowel disease can be many things, but to be blunt, it’s literally and figuratively shitty.
Neotoma is a public database of paleoecological records curated by researchers all over the world.
As BC reaches the end of another record-breaking fire season, vineyards throughout the Interior have felt the heat — and now, they’re tasting the smoke.
In the absence of cohesive policy, UBC teachers are trying out new things on the classroom level — and collaborating to share ideas.
You find your focus and enter a state of flow — only to be pulled away by the familiar ding of your phone.
As the city’s daytime inhabitants drift off to sleep, their nocturnal neighbors wake, venturing out unseen into the nighttime air.
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a top predator is missing. While most hikers would enjoy the absence of grizzly bears, to ecologist Anna Santo, it’s a sign that forest ecosystems aren’t functioning as they should be.
Medical systems that appear to be high-quality on paper might not feel safe or supportive to patients where it matters.
Michelle Marcus, a 2021 environmental sciences alum, didn’t learn about climate justice from her required coursework — instead she learned from extracurriculars like Climate Justice UBC and elective courses.