UBCO researchers team up with industry partner to clear the air
New device aims to isolate and remove droplets and airborne viruses UBC Okanagan researchers are collaborating with Kelowna-based Care Health Meditech to develop a new device that isolates and...
View ArticleUBCO researcher looks at food security during COVID-19
Food insecurity has long been an issue in Canada As COVID-19 looms into the summer, international borders remain closed, a number of meatpacking and food processing plants are shut, and local farmers...
View ArticleCanadians wary of new technologies that allow employers to spy on staff
Emerging surveillance technologies designed to help employers monitor the productivity of staff are largely viewed by the public as unreasonable and intrusive, according to new UBC research. Resistance...
View ArticleChancellor Gordon Steps Down
At the end of June, Lindsay Gordon stepped down as UBC’s 18th chancellor after six years of exemplary service to the university. As the honorary head of UBC, he presided over all major ceremonies and...
View ArticleUBC research shows hearing persists at end of life
Hearing is widely thought to be the last sense to go in the dying process. Now UBC researchers have evidence that some people may still be able to hear while in an unresponsive state at the end of...
View ArticleHow a tiny island off Victoria became part of B.C.’s racist history
British Columbians who spent the spring locked down due to COVID-19 are now making up for lost time by getting outdoors and enjoying B.C.’s parks. This includes one B.C. park that was once used to...
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UBC student lays groundwork for an anti-Black racism strategy in Vancouver
Vancouver aspires to be a safe city in which residents feel secure. It’s one of the goals of the Healthy City Strategy approved by city council in 2014. To that end, the city engaged Oludolapo Makinde,...
View ArticleThe Last Word, with…
Well-known individuals with a UBC connection answer the same set of questions. The Last Word, with Kyle MacDonald Q: What are some of your UBC highlights? A: Having breakfast with former UBC President...
View ArticleUBC History
Learn more about the people, traditions and events that have shaped UBC’s journey to the present. I Prank, Therefore I Am The inside scoop on UBC’s most infamous student prank 100 Years of Fashion at...
View ArticleAlumni Video Profiles
Paper Trail Professional origami artist Joseph Wu, BSc’91, is rarely without a sheet of paper A Robot in Every Home Professor Elizabeth Croft, BASc’88, is programming robots to interpret physical cues...
View ArticleThe Last Word with William Gibson, BA’77
This feature originally appeared in the December 2013 issue of Trek. It’s been almost 30 years since William Gibson’s debut novel, Neuromancer, struck a chord with readers and won science fiction’s...
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The Last Word with Nardwuar the Human Serviette
This feature originally appeared in the March/April 2012 issue of Trek. Photo: William R. Jans Nardwuar the Human Serviette, BA’90 (History), is a legend in the world of Vancouver indie-music. Not only...
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The Last Word with Rick Mercer, DLitt’10
This feature originally appeared in the Fall/Winter 2012 issue of Trek. Whether he’s bungee-jumping off a 160-foot bridge with Rick Hansen, having a sleepover with Stephen Harper, or ranting about...
View ArticleThe Last Word With Nancy Lee, BA’94, MFA’04
This feature originally appeared in the December 2014 issue of Trek. Fans of Vancouver author Nancy Lee’s literary works owe their gratitude to the dime-a-dozen psychic she met on Santa Monica...
View ArticleThe Last Word with Duncan McCue, LLB’96
This feature originally appeared in the Spring 2017 issue of Trek. Award‑winning journalist Duncan McCue is the host of CBC Radio One’s Cross Country Checkup. McCue was a reporter for CBC News in...
View ArticleThe Last Word with Kim Cattrall, LLD’18
This feature originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of Trek. Q&A with Kim Cattrall below Born in the UK, raised on Vancouver Island, and trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in...
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That Cinnamony Goodness
This feature originally appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of Trek. Nearly 65 years of UBC alumni remember the pillowy softness and caramelized edges of the UBC cinnamon bun as a quintessential part of...
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Campus Roots
This feature originally appeared in the February 2014 issue of Trek. The Class of 1919 was the first to complete its entire four-year program of studies at UBC (previous graduates had begun their...
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Great Trekking: A Hundred Years of Students at UBC
This feature originally appeared in the Fall 2015 issue of Trek. 1915: Students in the Arts lecture theatre at UBC’s original Fairview campus. (UBC Archives) 1915‑16 Year One: UBC opens. Classes begin...
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Famous UBC Visitors
This feature originally appeared in the Fall 2015 issue of Trek. 1950s The Queen with President MacKenzie in 1959 (UBC Archives). Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip The royal couple has visited the...
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