Our everyday diets provide insight into our way of life and surroundings. For archaeologists in the Lower Mainland, reconstructing the Səl̓ilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) diet prior to colonization is helping researchers understand the relationships between people and their territories.
Whether they have taken it or not, most UBC students have likely heard about the difficulty of MATH 100: Differential Calculus with Applications.
Nutrition information online is often inaccurate and can leave people more confused than where they started. Is it better to graze throughout the day or eat one large snake meal? What vitamins should I be supplementing? Where do the people on TikTok even get their information from anyway?
Research from UBC’s Laboratory of Molecular Signalling in Diabetes suggests insulin pathways could be more diverse than previously thought. The results have potential to inform personalized nutrition care for the management of diabetes.
Semeru Gita Lestari and Arka Irfani are adventurers at heart. As biologists, they spent a lot of time observing and appreciating the nature of their native Indonesia on expeditions where it quickly became apparent that, even in the depths of the nation’s jungle, plastic had integrated itself into the natural environment.
Navigating food safety can be confusing to say the least — what’s considered cross-contamination? Is the five-second rule real? Will raw cookie dough actually give me salmonella?
Between the long term health consequences of excessive meat consumption and the environmental impacts of the meat industry, recent years have seen an increased support for plant-based meat alternatives that mimic the textures and flavours people know and love.
For millennia, Indigenous communities have maintained forest gardens, a type of historically managed ecosystem, along the Pacific Northwest coast.
What do we need to consider about our food, beyond our own nutrition? Who and what is being impacted by the food on our plate? The framework for understanding the environmental, social and nutritional impacts of food is called food literacy.
Once a vast expanse of water teeming with life, all that exists today of Semá:th Xo:tsa are hazy black and white photos of a lake no more. But that may change soon.
If you've ever wanted to step into the shoes of a doctor saving lives in the intensive care unit (ICU), Critical Care offers that experience — minus the stress of medical school.
In January, the Supporting Progressive Inclusive Child-centered Education (SPICE) Research Lab published a report showing the educational experiences of over 68,000 BC students with disabilities and learning exceptionalities.
Donors to the UBC Body Donation Program are shaping the next generation of medical staff as part of their legacy.
To the untrained eye, bumble bees may all seem the same: striped, fuzzy and charming. But ecologists in the Lower Mainland have observed a potentially concerning change in the types of species found in the area.
Navigating choices around abortion can be daunting — that’s why Kate Wahl created the interactive website, It’s My Choice.