We sat down with Dr. Sumaila to discuss his perspective on being an African researcher in North America, especially during February’s Black History Month.

Gentoo penguins have to food forage before laying eggs. The amount of hemoglobin in their blood may increase diving capacities. Increased diving may mean more tiny penguin chicks.

Dr. Andrea Reid of the Nisg̱a’a Nation is one of UBC’s newest Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs (CRC), and will receive a grant through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) for work on Indigenous fisheries approaches to finding sustainable fishing solutions in a changing world.

Dr. Brian Hunt will receive a grant of $255,000 through the NSERC Discovery Grant program for work on the impacts of urbanization on coastal oceans, specifically regarding ocean cities.

Eating, sleeping, playing, and giving birth in the sea; sea otters can spend their whole lives in the water without ever venturing to shore. Well known for their skillful ability to crack open shellfish with rocks, these furry creatures are ecosystem engineers whose voracious appetites can significantly impact the kelp forests and rocky intertidal zones they frequent.

Todo empieza con una idea.

It’s in our oceans, coastal areas, and buried deep in the soil. It’s in our food and our water, and wreaks havoc on the natural world around us.

Harmful fisheries subsidies are leading to more fishing vessels chasing fewer fish, resulting in adverse environmental and societal impacts.

Before competing in a four-event relay race with a 12-foot wall to scale at the end, Dominic Janus spent his morning catching geese in Delta.

Pockmarked alleyways and unpainted fences. Vinyl-wrapped houses and weathered wooden decks. Kids running through the neighbourhood, brought together by school and age.

“O Canada” plays during the medal ceremony once a Canadian athlete wins gold at the Olympic and Paralympic games.

Canadian nurses continue to suffer unreasonable workloads leading to fatigue and insufficient patient care.

As Vancouver rain poured down on a gloomy Saturday morning, I followed the sounds of buck saws and axes into a deep clearing in the forests at the UBC Farm.

With the winter sun shining down on a very familiar pitch, the UBC Thunderbirds took to the field against the McGill Redbirds in a bid to defend their reigning Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship (CUMRC) title at Thunderbird Stadium on Sunday.