The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world. Since 1915, UBC’s West Coast spirit has embraced innovation and questioned the status quo. With close to 63,000 students from 160 countries and more than 5,400 faculty on two campuses in Vancouver and the Okanagan, UBC is a place where bold thinking develops into ideas that can change the world. Its entrepreneurial perspective encourages students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discovery and explore new ways of learning.
Misogyny has made it difficult for all women to gain entry into politics, let alone Black women, who face the additional obstacle of abject racism. Will Kamala Harris finally break those barriers?
As they care for our most vulnerable, too many care workers in Canada have been separated from their children for years as they await permanent residence status. It’s time to change that.
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada must expedite all pending permanent residence applications for migrant care workers to ensure timely family reunification for these essential workers.
Space junk was found on a farm in southern Saskatchewan in April.
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As the number of satellites and rocket launches increases, so does the amount of discarded rockets and components. This space junk risks falling to Earth, as it did in Saskatchewan this spring.
Entrepreneurs in Africa are constantly under pressure to share income with relatives.
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‘Kinship taxation’ lowered productivity among firms in Kenya’s Garissa County by one-quarter.
A protester holds a sign during a rally in Victoria in April 2022. An average of 22 people are dying every day in Canada because the illicit supply of drugs is toxic.
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Regulating drugs may seem radical, but taking the production and sale of currently illegal drugs away from organized crime and drug cartels is the most promising way to keep our communities safe.
Donald Trump arrives on his plane to speak at a campaign rally in Freeland, Mich., in May 2024.
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Anyone convicted of criminal offences is inadmissible for entry into Canada. But this simple rule may not prevail in the case of Donald Trump.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does basketball drills with youth from the Lady Ballers Camp, a charitable organization, in Mississauga, Ont., in May 2024.
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In democracies around the world, voters aged 18-34 are abandoning the incumbent in favour of opposition parties, often choosing populist-style politicians. Why? Blame the broken social contract.
Coho salmon swim at the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Capilano River Hatchery, in North Vancouver in 2019. Indigenous knowledge and data can help advance conservation efforts as long as the data, and its keepers, are treated with respect.
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A new report has found that 15 per cent of English-speaking Canadians are paying for news in 2024, compared to 11 per cent in 2023. But it is too early to rejoice.
The sun sets over electric pylons along a solar farm near Weifang in eastern China’s Shandong province in March 2024.
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While the gig economy offers flexibility and opportunities, it also presents significant challenges that need to be addressed to ensure the well-being of platform workers.
Georgina Point, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve on Mayne Island, B.C.
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The concept of ‘nature prescriptions’ — where health professionals prescribe patients time outside to improve their health — is gaining traction, but conservation must be part of the equation.
Jean-Yves Duclos, ministre des Services publics et des Marchés publics, et Dominic LeBlanc, ministre de la Sécurité publique, des Institutions démocratiques et des Affaires intergouvernementales, répondent aux questions des médias sur les trois rapports d'audit de la vérificatrice générale du Canada, à Ottawa, le 4 juin 2024.
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Les dirigeants politiques du Canada doivent divulguer aux citoyens les informations relatives à l’ingérence étrangère contenues dans un récent rapport sur la sécurité et le renseignement.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on June 3, 2024. LeBlanc is tight-lipped following the release of a report that says unnamed MPs have participated in foreign interference in Canadian politics.
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If Canada’s political leaders want the public to trust them, they need to trust citizens with foreign interference information contained in a recent security and intelligence report.
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up tents on The Quad at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg in May 2024.
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Fahad Ahmad, Toronto Metropolitan University and Adam Saifer, University of British Columbia
When university administrators accede to donor demands, they punish students for enacting the core values and principles their institutions profess.
Some tech companies are using artificial intelligence to predict which international students will be assessed favourably by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada so schools know before issuing admission letters.
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Private tech companies screening international students on behalf of public schools should be required to disclose more about their algorithms and training data.
Garibaldi Lake outside Vancouver, B.C.
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Biodiversity efforts in B.C. lack co-ordination with real implications for conservation efforts. These are the way in which this must change.
Presenting their ‘human self’ as well as their ‘professional self’ allows doctors to role model healthy behaviours for peers and trainees, and be more relatable to their patients and the public.
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Doctors use social media for reasons ranging from the strictly professional to the highly personal: They connect with colleagues, raise awareness of social issues and educate the public on health topics.
A recent report has found that a growing number of people in Canada are in polyamorous relationships.
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Polyamory is on the rise, yet at the same time, younger people are turning away from romance and dating. Does Gen Z want multiple partners or none at all?
British Columbia Premier David Eby shares a laugh with Hereditary Chief Gitkun, centre, and others following an event to recognize the Haida Nation’s Aboriginal title throughout Haida Gwaii during a ceremony at the provincial legislature in Victoria in April 2024.
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The recent title lands agreement between British Columbia and the Haida Nation is historic and inspiring, but also long overdue in light of decades of rulings by international human rights bodies.