In the Media
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India Education DiaryUBC Indigenous Strategic Plan funding sees student projects get off the ground
Student recipients of the Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Fund can now start implementing their proposed Indigenous-focused, student-led projects with the backing of university funding, including creating professional opportunities for Indigenous UBCO STEM students.
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CBC
UBC students build autonomous sailboat to cross the Pacific Ocean
UBC engineering students have built an autonomous, solar-powered sailboat which is set to sail for Hawaii this month.
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CTV
Sustained high heat has B.C. official urging public to 'preserve the ambulances'
Nursing professor Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch gave comments on the need to provide support for those most vulnerable to extreme temperatures.
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Maclean's
Inside UBC’s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
Maclean's called the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre building a well-designed and thoughtful structure that also provides respite for survivors and loved ones. The project's lead architect was Alfred Waugh, a UBC School of Architecture alumnus.
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CBC Cross Country Checkup
Is Canada's health care system in crisis?
Nursing professor and director Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc discussed why Canada has been facing shortages of nurses. (1:00:30 mark)
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Create a Stir
Artists in prison share works in Locked Up, at Gallery Gachet to August 19
Hundreds of pieces of artwork created by individuals incarcerated in federal prisons are now part of an ongoing exhibit in the DTES. Project leads, UBC nursing professor Dr. Helen Brown and interdisciplinary studies PhD candidate Kelsey Timler, were mentioned.
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Times Colonist
Mobile lab is sniffing out Metro Vancouver's bad air quality
A team of UBC researchers have developed a mobile lab to measure concentrations of air pollutants across the city. Mechanical engineering professor Dr. Naomi Zimmerman and atmospheric sciences PhD student Davi de Ferreyro Monticelli were interviewed.
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Burnaby Now
The gap is large': B.C.'s small towns illuminate urban-rural divide in EV infrastructure
Civil engineering professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi said it makes economic sense to have EV uptake start in the cities because that's where the population density and money is.