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Chris Cannon
Two luxury yachts next to each other

And how a widening wealth gap is damaging...

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Dismantling it risks turning democracy into a...

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How do we make artificial intelligence...

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Today’s students are not passive recipients of...

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Potent new technologies are redefining education,...

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Unravelling the mysteries of gene expression in...

An illustration of a woman watering a garden

The struggle for agricultural reform and food...

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Communities are shaping their public spaces into...

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Young workers are nimble, connected, and...

Billy Lan and Tony Liu, smiling.

Billy Lan and Tony Liu

Felicia Chan and Bahar Moussavi, laughing.

Felicia Chan, Bahar Moussavi, Mikhaela Torio

Kookai Chaimahawong, smiling.

Kookai Chaimahawong

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How CRISPR gene-editing technology is changing...

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UBC’s Global Reporting Centre stops traditional...

How do we better accommodate wild animals within...

Dare

Dentistry grad Chris Dare, DMD'15, has completed...

Data artist Jer Thorp speaks out against the...

How a kid from a Vancouver Island logging town...

Research, both old and new, points to the...

The hectic life of a Formula 1 engineer.

The West’s relations with North Korea have long...

Wasting time isn’t an option for inventor and UBC...

Genocide scholar Adam Jones, BA'88, PhD’99,...

UBC researchers explore how the quality of...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving. How...

The Rare Disease Foundation is using a collective...

Forty years after completing her undergraduate...

Today’s Dan Mangan is critical of the music made...

Andrew Haas, BA’09, took part in an extreme...

Two luxury yachts next to each other

And how a widening wealth gap is damaging democracy.

An illustration of people standing before a barbed wire wall, behind which are finger prints and a giant hand print.

Dismantling it risks turning democracy into a gated community, say UBC experts.

An illustration of two hands, with a string attached to each finger, puppeteering the inside of a person's head.

How do we make artificial intelligence accountable to the people who use it?

Graphic illustration depicting a person speaking at a lectern
Today’s students are active participants in their own education.
A colourful graphic illustration representing a learning renaissance in modern education
Potent new technologies are redefining education.
Illustration of a baby crawling, with symbols representing DNA and genes by the baby's brain

Unravelling the mysteries of gene expression in early brain development.

An illustration of a woman watering a garden

The struggle for agricultural reform and food sovereignty.

Illustration of people enjoying a public park, with a city in the background

Communities are shaping their public spaces into social places.

A picture of Kookai Chaimahawong, smiling, against an orange background.
Young workers are nimble, connected, and redefining employment relationships on their terms.
Billy Lan and Tony Liu, smiling.
Two UBC Sauder grads created a platform to connect hourly workers with hiring managers.