ARTS RESEARCH IN THE NEWS VIEW ARCHIVE
Radio Canada Thu Jun 13 2019 By: Levon Sevunts
Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair in global politics and international law at UBC, was interviewed by Radio Canada about his research into how countries would respond to existential threat.
Globe and Mail Thu Jun 13 2019
The Globe and Mail mentioned Wenran Jiang, senior fellow at the institute of Asian research at UBC, in an article about the extradition case of Meng Wanzhou.
Huffington Post
Wed Jun 12 2019
By: Samantha Beattie
The Huffington Post quoted Kathryn Harrison, a professor of political science at UBC, in an article about the language used by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney which resulted in online abuse towards environmentalist Tzeporah Berman. “These are Canadian citizens engaging in peaceful disagreement as a matter of public policy. They aren’t trying to overthrow the state or start a war,” she said. The article also appeared on MSN.
SCMP Thu Jun 13 2019 By: Ian Young
An article in the South China Morning Post about the numbers of people from Hong Kong returning to Canada quoted Daniel Hiebert, a professor of geography at UBC.
iNews Wed Jun 12 2019 By: Amelia Abraham
iNews interviewed Amin Ghaziani, a professor at UBC’s department of sociology, about cultural signifiers, gay stereotypes, and the pressures that LGBTQ+ people feel to accept or rebel.
“Drag, camp, gender bending, piercings, pronouns – all of these are signals that we continue to use today as way to identify one another,” said Ghaziani. “It points to an ongoing ethos against assimilation and cultural erasure.”
Los Angeles Times Wed Jun 12 2019 By: Anahad O’Connor
A book exploring the link between poverty and processed foods, co-written by UBC sociology professor Sinikka Elliott, was reviewed in the New York Times.
“The bottom line of what we found is that families are stretched thin and they’re up against a lot,” she said. “Our big message is that if we really value healthy families, then we need to figure out ways to support them.”
Business in Vancouver Fri Jun 7 2019 By: Nelson Bennett
A Business in Vancouver article about a land dispute mentioned Andrew Martindale, a professor of anthropological archaeology at UBC, who produced a report for the Coast Tsimshian tribe providing evidence of the claim.News 1130 Tue Jun 11 2019 By: Martin MacMahon
APTN Tue Jun 11 2019 By: Martin MacMahon
APTN quoted Margaret Moss, a UBC professor and the executive director of the First Nations House of Learning, about a conference held at UBC to discuss the murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls report.Vancouver Sun Sun Jun 9 2019 By: Dan Fumano
Richard Johnston, a UBC political science professor, spoke to the Vancouver Sun about making academic subjects accessible.
“A lot of academics are kind of obsessed by their work, and that tends to crowd out things like table manners,” he said.
The article also appeared in The Province.
MEET ARTS
Welcome to Congress 2019
The 88th Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, co-organized by UBC and the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences is taking place at UBC June 1-7.
