Spotlight

The good news is we have most of the technological solutions for transitioning to low-carbon sources of energy. The biggest challenges to adopting them more widely and rapidly are social and political — from funding and investment, to international cooperation, to inspiring mass support for ambitious policies.

Fall 2020

On-scene care saves more lives than transporting cardiac arrest patients to hospital

The Research:

Dr. Brian Grunau of UBC’s department of Emergency Medicine led a study to...

Photo: Robin Naidoo

The Research:

Forestry professor Cole Burton and Robin Naidoo, adjunct professor at the...

WIDER PAVEMENT MARKINGS COULD MAKE HIGHWAYS SAFER

The Research:

Civil engineering professor Tarek Sayed explored how the size of road markings...

Andrea Bang

Lifelong learner, tea-worshipper, slayer of chairs.

Illustration: Federico Gastaldi

In a post-COVID world, UBC legal research may help explore a once-unexamined Canada-US border.

Illustration by Gracia Lam

Danny Ramadan, MFA’20, is an award-winning novelist, speaker, and LGBTQ-refugee activist.

Illustration: Fernando Volken Togni

UBC’s Global Reporting Centre steps away from typical "parachute journalism" to empower locals.

Illustration: Margie and the Moon

Implementing ecosystem-based principles may make it easier to co-exist with rats.

A black and white illustration of three side-by-side circles: the first shows a scientists in a lab with UBC Okanagan diplomas on the wall, the second shows a UBC Thunderbird sitting atop the La Coupe Vanier, and the third shows an anthropomorphic heart saying, "Hi!"

What did UBC President Santa Ono announce on April Fools’ Day in 2019?

Photo: Darren Hull

Chief Christopher Derickson is strengthening the foundations of self-governance

Sauder grad Ian Fichtenbaum and the zero-gravity oven

Experimental Baking on the ISS

Photo: Guy Ferguson

Building a supply chain to make groceries package-free

UBC President Santa J. Ono

A message from UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Santa J. Ono

Photo: David Zhang

To outsiders, it’s an unassuming grassy slope, but for those in the know, the knoll is a...

Grant Munro

Is an entrepreneurial mindset an advantage in times of change and job uncertainty?

Illustration: DAQ

Global sociologist uncovers the forces at play behind land dispossession in Latin America.

The Lee family sitting down for dinner. Albert Lee, Saint Mary’s University, Gorsebrook Research Institute, GRI_134 (1958)

A new exhibit on Chinese immigration and BC highlights belonging, racism, and resilience.

BETWEEN BORDERS: When one in every 110 people on Earth has been forced to flee, some nations respond with barriers, like “the wall” between the United States and Mexico. Photo: Getty Images, Hector Mata

The factors behind negative receptions of immigrants, and how to promote peaceful societies.