In the Media
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Global NewsiHEAL: New app marks Canada 1st in helping women cope with partner violence
Colleen Varcoe, professor emeritus of nursing at UBC, talks about iHEAL - an online tool to help victims across Canada who experience violence from current or past partners.
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The Globe and MailDow Chemical announces $11.5-billion project in Alberta
Chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Johan Foster said Canada needs to invest more in developing alternatives to fossil-fuel-based materials.
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UBC TodayEncouraging empathetic engineers who will make a positive impact on the world
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering's Dr. Ray Taheri utilizes project-based learning and humanitarian work to inspire his students to use their education to change lives for the better.
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The ProvinceThis Vancouver compassion club was saving lives. Then things got political
Nursing PhD candidate Trevor Goodyear argued that B.C. should be scaling up safer-supply programs rather than shutting them down.
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CBC The CurrentIV vitamin therapy a 'case of marketing, not science,' says UBC nursing prof
Nursing professor Dr. Bernie Garrett commented on IV vitamin therapy, saying it is not based on science.
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Canadian SME Business MagazineCanadian innovators receive prestigious Mitacs Awards for breakthroughs
Bern Klein, a mineral process engineer and professor in the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia, earned the Mitacs Award for Exceptional Leadership—Professor.
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MSNRobots and AI are taking over factory floors, but manufacturing still needs the human touch
Mechanical engineering professor Dr. Yusuf Altintas discussed the growing global industrial automation market, noting that AI and automation can improve the lives of operators, engineers and technicians when used correctly.
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The ProvinceConcussions ended Scott Ramsay's hockey career — but they've become his passion as a nurse
Scott Ramsay, who graduates from UBC this week with a PhD in nursing, has been working to intervene in the lives of youth struggling with brain injury, after battling brain injury himself.
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The WalrusHow much further can mining go?
Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering professors Dr. Scott Dunbar and Dr. Ilija Miskovic commented on deep mining.
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The UbysseyDr. Agnes d'Entremont teaches the art of the possible
Dr. Agnes d’Entremont, a mechanical engineering associate professor of teaching, talka about APSC 366, an engineering course for non-engineers, called “The Art of the Possible.”