B.C. still leads Canada with the highest eviction rate in the country, and the vast majority are no-fault, according to a new report. Researchers from UBC’s Balanced Supply of Housing research cluster ...

A free coffee. One in 10 odds. That’s all it took to get people to ditch their disposable cups and embrace reusable ones at bustling university cafés. A research team from the University of B.C.

In British Columbia, First Nations youth who speak their ancestral language are less likely to die by suicide. In Australia’s Northern Territory, community-led language initiatives are linked to ...

The 2024 U.S. presidential election is poised to be one of the most pivotal in modern history, with outcomes that could radically reshape both domestic and international landscapes. The decision made ...

What if the way you tap your fingers or bounce your leg makes someone nearby want to flee the room—or worse? New UBC Psychology research published in PLOS ONE sheds light on misokinesia, a ...

Nations will meet next week to hammer out agreements on climate action at the 29 th UN climate change conference, COP 29, held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Dr. Simon Donner, professor in the department of ...

Diabetes rates continue to rise, with 11.7 million Canadians living with diabetes or pre-diabetes. At UBC, scientists have created a pain-free drug delivery method to help people with diabetes manage ...

A pan-Canadian team has developed a new way to quickly find personalized treatments for young cancer patients, by growing their tumours in chicken eggs and analyzing their proteins. The team, led by ...

This story was not written by ChatGPT. Or was it? It’s the kind of question many university professors are now asking themselves as they seek to evaluate student work while the capacity and capability ...

A new study from UBC researchers finds that teens, especially girls, have better mental health when they spend more time taking part in extracurricular activities, like sports and art, and less time ...

A new UBC study confirms that when men transition out of relationships, they are at increased risk of mental illness, including anxiety, depression and suicide. “Most men experienced the onset or ...

Murray at his UBC convocation ceremony in 1963, surrounded by family and friends. Photo courtesy of Robert Murray. “I determined that this book was a treasure – a light year ahead of anything ...