UBC Prof. Dr. Jack Taunton has been named the 2011 BC Athletics Hall of Fame inductee for his outstanding contributions as an athlete, community builder and sports medicine physician.
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UBC welcomes Paralympics torch
On March 11, 2010 UBC will become one of only 13 community stops on the Paralympic Torch Relay. Just one day before the 2010 Paralympic Games begin in Vancouver, the Paralympic Torch will zig zag through UBC Point Grey campus, kick-starting the Paralympic experience. Read more: http://www.webcommunications.ubc.ca/ubc2010/whats-on/paralympic-torch-relay/
The danger of Paralympic boosting
After years of hard work, Dr. Andrei Krassioukov has finally earned admission to the Athletes Village at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games.
Games inspire new research centre for sport
The interplay of sport and sustainability is being put under the microscope at the UBC, where a new, one-of-a-kind research centre is analyzing the opportunities and effects created by sport and mega sporting events.
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UBC named hosting games partner for the 2014 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games
The University of British Columbia (UBC) welcomes the announcement today that the 2014 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games will be held in Vancouver and that the University will be the host venue for the competition being held from July 8 to 12, 2014. The Games will feature athletes with an intellectual disability from across the country going for gold in 11 sports.
One year later: UBC experts ready to comment on 2010 Games impacts and legacies
As the one-year anniversary of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games approaches, UBC experts are ready to comment on social, economic and environmental impacts of the major international event.
- Nov. 23: City of Vancouver sets transportation records during 2010 Winter Games: UBC study
- Mar. 15: UBC experts and the Paralympic Games
- Mar. 10: UBC welcomes Paralympics torch
- Mar. 8: Media tour: Out from Under exhibit profiles disability history in Canada in advance of Paralympics
- Mar. 4: Celebrate Research Week presents Peak Performance: The Path to Exceptional Athletic Achievement
- Mar. 4: The danger of Paralympic boosting
- Mar. 4: Paralympics a force for change
- Mar. 4: Art exhibit illuminates Canada’s disability history
- Mar. 4: UBC Paralympic Torchbearers
- Mar. 4: UBC’s sustainable sports centre
- Feb. 27: Tables turned: UBC-IOC survey questions international media about 2010 Winter Games
- Feb. 26: Athletes cash in on Games
UBC In the News
Canadians on top of the world thanks to OTP
Sat, Mar 20, 2010
Sheldon Green talks about his Own the Podium research to increase the speed of Paralympic skiiers by reducing the friction of skis.
Officials want to break a bad athlete habit
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
UBC’s Andrei Krassioukov is leading the research on Paralympians with spinal cord injuries who practice gruesome performance-boosting techniques.
What they’re (not) saying about Paralympics
Wed, Mar 17, 2010
Marc-David Seidel of UBC’s Sauder School of Business discusses the reduced coverage of the Paralympics in social media.
Vancouver hopes to become top accessibility city
Tue, Mar 16, 2010
UBC social work professor Tim Stainton talks about Vancouver’s hope that the 2010 Paralympics will make the city a world leader in disabled accessibility.
Champions Canada trounce Italy in hockey opener
Sat, Mar 13, 2010
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in attendance at Canada’s first sledge hockey game of the 2010 Paralympic Games at UBC’s Thunderbird Arena.
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Featured 2010 Expert Topics
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- Aboriginal issues and Canada’s First Nations
- Business, economics and marketing
- Disaster and emergency response
- Olympic and Paralympic history and experience
- Paralympic Games
- Russia and the Sochi Games
- Security and law
- Social issues (including Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside)
- Sport medicine and injuries
- Sports science, technology and doping
- Sustainable cities
- Transportation
- Vancouver, British Columbia and Canada
- Weather and Snow Forecasting
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