Grad student tackles cerebral palsy’s long-term challenges

Marylyn Horsman, a master’s student in UBC’s Rehabilitation Sciences has had her share of hurdles to overcome.

by Lissa Cowan

Learning with UBC Okanagan travel program

UBC Okanagan student Brooke Bailey recently returned from a two-month volunteer stint in South Africa, where she nursed baby elephants, tracked cheetahs and worked alongside veterinarians involved in wildlife conservation and management.

by Jody Jacob

Planning student surveys Vancouver’s housing future

When Latosia Campbell, MSc student at UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), first came from Jamaica to Canada to study she was surprised to find only a small selection of Vancouver rentals fit her student budget.

by Lissa Cowan

Sharing island treasures

Without the support of a UBC-based program, the rich visual history of a local island community would remain confined to thousands of aging film negatives.

By Glenn Drexhage

U.N. honours Peter Oberlander posthumously

UBC Professor Emeritus H. Peter Oberlander (1922-2008), founder of the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) and the Centre for Human Settlements at UBC, will be recognized posthumously by the United Nations Habitat agency (UN-Habitat) with a 2009 Scroll of Honour award.

Pioneering Canadian literary journal turns 50

The first issue of UBC’s Canadian Literature journal appeared in 1959. Over the years it has gained an international readership with more than 200 published issues of criticism, reviews and poetry, helping profile this country’s literature around the world.

Reversal of fortunes: Unemployment hits long-time employees hard

We’ll call them Joe and Phil.

By Basil Waugh

Trivial similarities translate into greater sales, but also greater risk

Finding out that you share the same birthday, hometown or even first name with another stranger can be a great icebreaker in social situations.

By Derek Moscato

More than just bloodsucking lawyers

While thoughts may turn to zombies, vampires and other ghoulish creatures as Hallowe’en approaches, few think of adding “the law” into the mix.

By Sean Sullivan