In the Media
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University of British Columbia MagazineThis Black Friday, consider curbing your consumption
Dr. Maria Holuszko, assistant professor at UBC’s Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, acknowledges that the lives of electronics are getting shorter and urges people to keep their electronics as long as they’re functional.
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Hakai Magazine
The price of paper
Chemical engineering and wood science professor Dr. Orlando Rojas noted the big shift in making pulp and paper mills more diversified.
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Fortune
Bike-share programs have been quietly polluting for years. Now companies like Lime and Lyft are improving design and operations to deliver on sustainability promises
Dr. Kelly Clifton, professor at the School of Community and Regional Planning, commented on the overall carbon emissions impact of micromobility devices.
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Journal of Commerce
The big one: Victoria’s housing stock and the next earthquake
Armin Bebamzadeh, a research associate with the Earthquake Engineering Research Facility at the UBC, gave an overview of some of the risks facing Victoria’s housing stock.
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Ubyssey
Students paint engineering cairn in honour of Transgender Day of Remembrance
UBC's LGBTQ+ engineering club, "Gears and Queers", paints the Engineering Cairn for Trans Day of Remembrance to commemorate those who were lost and those who live through violence and transphobia.
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Daily Mail
Canada to expand assisted dying laws
Nursing professor Dr. Sally Thorne commented on the new expansion to Canada's law on medically assisted dying.
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Innovation News Network
A new paradigm for Canadian battery metals supply
Dr. W. Scott Dunbar, professor of mining engineering, examined the actions needed for Canada to secure its place as a global supplier of battery metals.
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Globe and Mail
Nature-made
UBC's BioProducts Institute (BPI) is dedicated to unlocking the full potential of nature-based materials. BPI director and professor of chemical and biological engineering Dr. Orlando Rojas discussed materials from nature that can compete with engineered materials.
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University World News
Transdisciplinarity: Universities have a chance to lead
Engineering professors Dr. Amanda Giang and Dr. Naoko Ellis discussed the benefits of transdisciplinary approaches in higher education on addressing catastrophic climate impacts.
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Architects Newspaper
A radical politics of hope
In light of the death of Mike Davis, who was a writer, urban theories and political activist, associate professor at the School Architecture and Landscape Architecture Matthew Soules paid tribute to Davis's work.