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UBC researchers seek help to map the odours of Vancouver

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What is Airtightness Testing?

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Not All Green Space is Created Equal – or Equally Accessible to All

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UBC ranks seventh globally in impact: Times Higher Education

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Federal investment will help UBC further 'smart city' ambitions

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UBC Okanagan researcher joins team to protect B.C. forested watersheds

This article originally appeared on Vernon Morning Star on May 7, 2019. B.C.’s forests and watersheds have taken a beating over the past few years. Wildfires, floods, landslides and pests such as the Mountain Pine Beetle have all had significant environmental and socio-economic impacts on...

When talking about weather, some Vancouverites want more focus on climate change

This article originally appeared on CBC News on May 10, 2019. The streak of unusually hot, sunny weather in Metro Vancouver has some people happily hitting the beach. For others, the daily reports of warm weather are a major worry. In a province that faces dramatic floods and fires, climate change...

Climate change workshops offer high school students hope for the future

This radio interview originally appeared on CBC News The Early Edition on May 3 2019. A group of students at the University of British Columbia has facilitated climate change workshops at two high schools in Vancouver to help teenagers feel empowered about the future of the planet, rather than...

Nature crisis: Humans 'threaten 1m species with extinction'

This article by Matt McGrath, including interview with UBC's Kai Chan, a co-ordinating lead author of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) report, originally appeared on BBC News on 6 May 2019. On land, in the seas, in the sky, the devastating...

UBC pursuing housing and transit solutions to push the sustainability agenda

As UBC advocates for an extension of rapid transit to the Vancouver campus, critics have argued the university isn’t building enough housing for its own community. In fact, UBC is aggressively pursuing innovative and affordable housing options for students, faculty and staff, while continuing to...

Window changes on UBC campus reflect brighter future for birds

This article originally appeared on CBC News on 27 April 2019. Each year, up to a billion birds die in North America from flying into windows. It's a problem the University of British Columbia is trying to solve — starting with its own campus. Spring in particular is when thousands of songbirds and...

Bird-friendly windows reduce collision deaths at UBC

This article by Denise Ryan originally appeared in The Vancouver Sun on 26 April 2019. Every once in a while Penny Martyn thumps a tennis ball or a small toy mouse against the glass window in her office. This isn’t stress relief or idle play. Martyn is using the toys to re-create the impact of a...

Meat and the environment: Do Canadians know what’s at stake?

This article by Andre Mayer originally appeared in a CBC News newsletter on 23 April 2019. Our story last week on the five things that Canada could do to significantly reduce carbon emissions garnered a lot of reader feedback, and one recurring criticism: Why didn’t we mention eating less meat?...

UBC one of Canada’s Greenest Employers in 2019

This article by Melissa Baluk originally appeared in UBC Human Resources on 15 April 2019. With Earth Day just around the corner, we are pleased to share that – for the eighth consecutive year – UBC has been named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers in 2019. This special award recognizes Canadian...

THE ranks UBC #1 in climate change action and sustainable cities

The University of British Columbia is ranked number one in the world for taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts and ranked one in Canada for making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, according to Times Higher Education (THE). “UBC’s achievements in these...

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