Over 2,000 students from all over the world recently gathered at the Vancouver Convention Centre for the 21st World Model United Nations Conference. Also known as WorldMUN 2012, it is an annual student simulation of the UN. The local and international students attending the mini-UN came to debate, negotiate and solve challenging global issues, such [...]
The record-breaking Japanese earthquake and subsequent devastating tsunami of March 11, 2011, sent a shockwave of sorrow around the world. But along the west coast of North America, geologists and disaster planning professionals watched with foreboding. They knew that similar scenes could one day play out in their own backyard. “An earthquake in Japan is [...]
Earthquakes are a nearly constant feature of British Columbia Each point on the above map marks a significant earthquake magnitude felt in the province since the year 1700. The data are much more precise after 1985 and therefore the total number of quakes for the past 300 years is likely much greater. Each [...]
Over 200,000 animals were used in scientific research in 2010 at the University of British Columbia, according to official figures. An information release on Oct. 28 includes the types of animals used and is the first such disclosure from any Canadian university. Animal advocacy activists campaigning for details on the research say UBC has not gone [...]
A group of researchers at the University of British Columbia is readying the launch of a new educational website that aims to offer an interactive history of Chinese Canadians. More than two years in the making, the site, Chinese Canadian Stories is due to be unveiled in January. Henry Yu, who heads up the project, said [...]
The University of British Columbia is reviewing its policy on releasing information about animal research, as part of an ongoing legal battle with the advocacy group STOP UBC Animal Research. STOP UBC Animal Research wants UBC to release details about its animal research. The group filed an appeal to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner [...]
Christie Lee Charles sings her baby girl to sleep every night. Unlike the usual mom, she does it in a language only a handful of people in the world know. Charles, 27, speaks the Musqueam dialect of the Coast Salish First Nations language family. She learned the language at the feet of her great-uncle and [...]
By Laura Kane and Mohamed Algarf On a typical Saturday, French, Italian, Arabic and Mandarin echo through the classrooms at the University of British Columbia. These are not only the usual twenty-something students, but boisterous mature learners. “When they see all the white-haired people in the class, they go, oh dear, do I have to [...]
Phillip Jeffrey is always working on something – and terminal cancer hasn’t stopped him. Five years after his initial diagnosis, he is busy starting the Creators with Cancer website. In three months, Jeffrey raised almost half of his $5,000 goal to fund a three-month trip to interview artists living with cancer in Canada and showcase [...]
A new regulation that gives pharmacy technicians more power will give pharmacists more time. And this is good news for patients and pharmacy students entering the field. Currently pharmacists spend a lot of time on technical work, such as counting pills. This is only a portion of what pharmacists are trained to do. The Pharmacy [...]
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