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New Chung | Lind Gallery brings B.C. histories together at UBC Library

Linguistics & Literature

Lind Gallery showcasing the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection and Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection. The new exhibition space in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on UBC's Vancouver campus brings together two library collections of rare and culturally significant materials from Canada's history.

Environment - Apr 19

Research helps migrating salmon survive mortality hot-spot

Environment

When Kevin Ryan and the other hardworking volunteers at Mossom Creek Hatchery in Port Moody, B.C. release young coho smolts into the ocean, they're never quite certain how many will return as adults.

Radically inclusive new nightlife scenes emerge from ashes of closed gay bars

Social Sciences

LGBTQ+ bars have undergone a startling decline globally over the past 20 years. More than half of London's LGBTQ+ venues closed between 2006 and 2016, and the in the U.S. an average of 15 gay bars closed every year from 2008 to 2021.

Politics - Apr 15

UBC experts on 2024 federal budget

Politics

The federal government is to present its 2024 budget on Tuesday. UBC experts are available to comment on related topics.

Environment - Apr 18

UBC experts on Earth Day 2024

On April 22, the world will celebrate Earth Day under the theme -Planet vs Plastics. UBC experts are available to comment. Health and environment risk.

Environment - Apr 16

How art can help us talk about the green transition

Environment

Elders, researchers and musicians are using art to get people talking about the challenges and opportunities of a transition to renewable energy.

Health - Apr 15

Walking for Joy at UBC: Half a billion steps for health and community

Health

Annual walking challenge boosts community wellbeing in honour of the late Dr. Joy Butler. In 2005, the late Dr. Joy Butler of UBC's faculty of education created a fun walking challenge called the Walkabout to motivate her colleagues to stay active in winter.