Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot has been named the North American member on the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The announcement marks the first time an Indigenous woman...

Prince George surgeon will focus on improving medical care for indigenous cancer patients

We have updated the UBC Media Relations style guide. While we will continue to be guided by CP for most other style matters, we are amending our guidelines regarding the “Dr.” title. 

Four experts say leaders were warned of the variant threat but misread key data and failed to respond fast enough.

But one expert says the spread of the Delta variant calls for a return to masks and some other measures.

Governments haven’t adequately kept citizens informed about the changing science that can protect them.

UBC’s Okanagan campus, located in the territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation, is set to become the first university in Canada to offer a bachelor’s degree in Indigenous language fluency.

The growing evidence for airborne transmission of COVID-19 is now widely known by the medical community. Why has that message not, for the most part, trickled down to some provinces, public-health...

Like most salmon scientists, Andrea Reid spends months each year searching for the iconic fish in salty estuaries and along the silty riverbanks of B.C.’s glacial torrents.

Most provincial health-care systems are switching or studying switching to a new test that detects high-risk strains of HPV and can be performed less often

The announcement marks the first time an Indigenous woman from Canada has been appointed to the prestigious position.

Social media reports of menstrual changes after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine has some women worried, but experts say any changes may be due to stress and are temporary.

Some people with disabilities feel they're being asked to stay home so that 'everybody else can get on with life'

Millions of Canadians have received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, but what many may not realize is that a key component of the injection was developed right here at UBC.

The increasing backlash against efforts to enhance the human rights, accessibility, inclusion and wellness of sexual orientation and gender identity minoritized peoples is extremely concerning. UBC...

Today, the University of British Columbia announced Dr. Deborah Buszard has been appointed Interim President and Vice-Chancellor.

Q&A: The public face of B.C.’s struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic shares lessons learned, scary surprises, and her optimism about the months ahead

Dr. Nadine Caron is the first female First Nations surgeon, and leading the Silent Genomes Project at the BC Children's Hospital to make medicine and research more inclusive and diverse.

Five Canadian minds changing the world with their contributions have won the 2023 Killam Prize, a $100,000 award. Each scholar has significantly impacted their respective fields of engineering,...

A new B.C. study, the first in Canada to report sero-prevalancy, has found a low level of coronavirus antibodies in the population between March and May.

Amid criticism over the Buddhist leader's kissing video, posts on Tibet's disputed history have gone viral.

Everyone knows going outside is good for your health, but it's actually so good your doctor can write you a prescription for it.

The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified difficult truths about how Indigenous peoples are treated in Canadian society and health-care systems. These truths were starkly described in the recent independ...

The active participation of women in India’s farmers’ protests shows that the demonstrations are not only spaces of resistance and power but also of gender equity and empowerment.

Using drones instead of ambulances for emergency delivery of perishable blood products in Rwanda resulted in blood arriving for transfusions 79 minutes faster on average.

Dr. Nadia Fairbairn has been named the inaugural Philip Owen Professor in Addiction Medicine at UBC.

Greens want MSP to pay for some counselling, Liberals and NDP promise more mental health services in schools.

A former Harper adviser explains more mandatory minimum sentences was tried, and it failed.

In B.C., 2021 was one of the most extreme weather years on record. Each new crisis pulled the curtain back on an ugly truth about the province’s climate adaptation strategies: they leave disabled...

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how Indigenous fire practices can help us avoid high-intensity wildfires and how plastic pellets are ending up in the Great Lakes.

A new study reveals the significant impact that effective ventilation can have on limiting the transmission of COVID-19 in schools. In an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus in Canadian schools,...

B.C.’s budget nod to longterm care beds falls short of projected 30,000 new beds by 2035, critic says

Climate change and human failures mean big things for the legendary troublemakers, says author Daniel Heath Justice