UBC event explores interconnected histories of Canada and South Asia
The histories of Canada and South Asia are deeply intertwined.
When it comes to conservation, ditch the ‘canary in the coal mine’
With habitat loss threatening the extinction of an ever-growing number of species around the world, many wildlife advocates and conservation professionals rely on the proverbial ‘canary in the coal mine’—monitoring and protecting a single representative species—to maintain healthy wildlife biodiversity.
UBC researchers develop strategy to protect wine grapes from smoke-taint
It’s a problem plaguing grape-growers worldwide—in an ever-changing climate, how can they protect their crops from the undesirable effects of wildfire smoke exposure.
Connecting in the Yukon
UBCO students from multiple disciplines participate in the ‘Landscapes as Complex Social-Ecological Systems’ Yukon field course.
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Exposing Land Grabs
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Researchers test common garden practice on lodgepole pine forests
New research suggests a backyard gardener’s tried and true method of ‘thinning’ could be beneficiary to tree growth and water supply, and ultimately help fight climate change.
UBC event explores true meaning of walls
Walls are everywhere. Although hardly noticed, they define who is legitimate and who is not. Whether someone is inside or outside the walls of a home, office, prison, public building or a border wall, it affects their identity and its legitimacy.
UBC becomes first Canadian institution to join open science platform
With increasing interest in promoting transparency, collaboration, and reproducibility in academic research, the University of British Columbia announced today that it has become the first Canadian post-secondary institution to join the Center for Open Science’s online platform, Open Science Framework Institutions (OSFI).
Scientist Lera Boroditsky explains why language is vital to us all
The spoken word, in any language, can be a powerful thing. But how does each word, each sentence, our tone, the context—indeed our language—impact how we think.
From wildland firefighter to researcher and professor
Mathieu Bourbonnais always loved the outdoors. Born in Edmonton and […]
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