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WEBUBC takes comprehensive approach to student affordability. As of March 2024, the university has raised more than $33.4 million towards its goal of $100 million for the Student Affordability Initiative through FORWARD, the fundraising campaign for UBC.
Why do some straight men have sex with other men?
WEBMar 23, 2021 · According to nationally-representative surveys in the United States, hundreds of thousands of straight-identified men have had sex with other men. In the new book Still Straight: Sexual Flexibility among White Men in Rural America, UBC sociologist Dr. Tony Silva argues that these men are not closeted, bisexual or just experimenting.
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Influential QS World University Rankings put UBC in top 10 for …
WEBFeb 27, 2019. The University of British Columbia is among a handful of global institutions to rank in the top 50 in 41 of 48 subjects tracked, according to the QS World University Rankings. UBC also ranks among the top 10 universities in the world in four different subjects amongst over 1,200 international universities. “UBC’s performance ...
Canada’s Food Price Report 2022 projects record high food prices …
WEBDec 14, 2021. Food prices in Canada are projected to rise between five to seven per cent in 2022, according to the recently released 12 th edition of Canada’s Food Price Report. The report, a collaboration between researchers from UBC, Dalhousie University, the University of Guelph and the University of Saskatchewan, projects that in 2022 the ...
UBC expanding presence in Surrey with $70M land acquisition
WEBNov 2, 2021 · The University of British Columbia is expanding its presence south of the Fraser River with the $70-million purchase of a property in Surrey. UBC Properties Trust has acquired a 135,000-square-foot property—currently home to the Grace Hanin Community Church—at the intersection of King George Boulevard and Fraser Highway.
UBC ranks among the top five per cent of universities in the world
WEBLui Xia Lee. Jun 19, 2019. The University of British Columbia is the 51 st best university in the world, according to the 2020 QS World University Rankings (QS). This places UBC among the top five per cent of institutions in the highly-influential QS ranking, which considers over 1,000 institutions worldwide, including 26 from Canada.
Half of Canadian kids witness ethnic, racial bullying at school: study
WEBOct 19, 2021 · Fifty-eight per cent of Canadian youth say they have seen kids insulted, bullied or excluded based on their race or ethnicity at school, according to new survey data from the Angus Reid Institute in partnership with the University of British Columbia. Fourteen per cent say they’ve experienced it themselves, with visible minority children ...
Prescribing the abortion pill without restrictions is safe and ...
WEBDec 8, 2021 · Abortion remains safe after Canada removed restrictions on the medical abortion pill mifepristone in November 2017. That’s one of the key findings from a UBC-led study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study used comprehensive government health data to examine 315,000 abortions in Ontario between 2012 and 2020.
Silver daddies: Why do young adult men like older partners? - UBC …
WEBSep 12, 2023 · Some of the reasons why the younger adult men pursued age-gap relationships included a preference for emotionally mature partners, finding older men physically attractive and a desire to learn from older men. Many of the younger adult men also found age-gap pairings sexually exciting and emotionally fulfilling and were drawn by …