From corn chips to tofu, climate change is messing with the menu. A new global study led by the University of British Columbia shows that hotter and drier conditions are making food production more ...

When UBC University Librarian Susan Parker opened a package from Canada Post in January, she wasn’t expecting to find a book that had been checked out before The Beatles became famous. “Most people ...

UBC is welcoming another cohort of Indigenous students into its campus community during annual Indigenous Student Orientation programming at UBC Vancouver. UBC is welcoming another cohort of ...

They don’t march in the streets or storm the polls, but a new breed of AI-controlled personas could be the next big threat to democracy. According to a new policy forum paper in Science, swarms of AI ...

The call came in over the emergency department radio without warning: A nearby condominium building had collapsed. “Unknown number of casualties,” the voice crackled. A Code Orange. That’s the term ...

As the days get longer and gardeners plan their spring planting, research from the University of British Columbia offers some good news this Earth Day: small, simple changes to urban green spaces can ...

With the U.S. set to roll back climate policies under a new Trump administration, Canada faces tough questions about its own climate commitments. Climate policy experts Drs. Simon Donner of the ...

The University of British Columbia (UBC) has opened Gage Market, the first fully autonomous convenience store in the world to feature secure gates. Located in the lobby of Gage Commons, the Market ...

A national coalition has released Canada’s new standard for substance-use prevention, education and intervention in K–12 schools. The new framework, part of an initiative called Anchoring Change, ...

New UBC research provides critical data for pregnant women, care providers and policymakers. Pregnant people who received a COVID-19 vaccine were far less likely to experience severe illness or ...

Fewer than one in 10 senior authors in a prestigious physics journal are women, according to a new study. Of 15 countries, Canada has the worst record. The 33 Canadian-led papers in Nature Physics in ...

From breakthroughs in organ transplantation to alerting us to the risks of space junk, UBC research made headlines in 2025, capturing global attention and sparking important conversations. Beyond the ...