Professor Steve Morgan from the UBC School of Population and Public Health believes that if the government were to provide a list of prescription drugs for free to Canadians, it could save private citizens and companies approximately $3 billion.
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“Try to register for your dream major’s required courses and work hard. I’m not telling you to start working at a ‘ignore everything’ level, because that’s not healthy and that’s what causes burnout.”
What drew her to UBC in the first place, let alone the Nest, is beyond me, but it's pretty cool to see some of the places you walk past every day — even if they are just study rooms or elevators. Watch the full video below.
"Besides the communication difference, the professors and lecturers here have been really similar to UBC — a good classroom balance of lecture and discussion, ready and willing to answer questions and passionate teachers."
“If you're not taking summer classes — I understand, some of us have to work those summer hours — but you'll be working on campus over the summer or maybe will live there, you'll notice just how many students have stayed to work or study too.”
A few years ago, researchers at Tsinghua University in Beijing approached UBC SPPH researcher Dr. Michael Brauer with a proposal for a massive study linking global air pollution and international trade.
When I first arrived at Cardiff University, there were, for obvious reasons, some orientation events for exchange or Erasmus program students. One of these was a discussion on what we were to expect when attending lectures and seminars.
“My religion and politics professor is one of the most respected scholars in his field — someone whose articles I’ve been reading since first-year. I had a not-so-mild case of scholarly fangirling when I realized that.”
Initiatives have been introduced across Canada, focusing on youth mental health, and the findings of the study help to highlight areas that still require development, giving direction to future movements in the mental health field.
"New city, who dis? In the last article, I was still in the beautiful — although quiet — city of Bordeaux, France. Now I'm in the bustling metropolis of 23+ million inhabitants that is Shanghai, China."
"The University of Texas at Austin is in the heart of the city. While standing in the courtyard under the main building’s clock tower, one can see the rose-coloured capitol building dome in the distance at the end of the street."
A recent study suggested that although there has been an overall decline in youth participation in sports, LGB teens are even less likely to participate in such activities. The study involved 99,373 youth from across BC.
A recent study has rekindled debate over whether Canada should implement a universal pharmacare system, eliciting editorial responses from both of Canada’s national newspapers, The Globe and Mail and the National Post.
That may be because UBC is like twice the size of Cardiff and can only reach a certain number of people, but in my three years at UBC, I’ve never really heard about any significant events coming out of our Pride group.
Immigration is a big issue in the news these days. A new study observed the presence of non-food allergies, predominantly respiratory allergies, in relation to one’s immigrant status — non-immigrant, recent immigrant and long-time immigrant.