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Only 30 minutes from the heart of downtown Vancouver, the University of British Columbia holds an international reputation for excellence in advanced research and learning. The spectacular UBC campus is a 'must-see' for any visitor to the city -- where snow-capped mountains meet ocean, and breathtaking vistas greet you around every corner. The university boasts some of the city's best attractions & recreation facilities, including the Museum of Anthropology, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research, and endless opportunities to explore forested trails in the adjoining 763-hectare Pacific Spirit Regional Park.
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2329 West Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4
604.822.2211
NAICS Code Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: 611310
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Learning from Cod Collapse to Save Tuna
- 2008-02-18
Scientists Advocate Solutions and Urgent Action BOSTON -- Continued mismanagement could force some tuna populations to quickly go the way of cod, a highly threatened fishery that once helped shape economies of whole nations, leading scientists said in the symposium "Last Best Chance for Tuna: Learning from the Cod...
Cooler climes help spur on evolution.
- 2007-03-28
Mar 28, 2007 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- It has emerged that temperate regions are more likely than the tropics to give rise to new species. Dolph Schluter and Jason Weir, of the University of British Columbia, claim fewer species become extinct in tropical regions,...
When evolution runs backwards.
- 2006-05-23
Byline: Bob Holmes May 23, 2006 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The environment may be affected by human beings to such an extent that human activities might trigger "reverse speciation" among species. This phenomenon occurs naturally when the flow of...
Reflections on the nature of an urban bog.
- 2005-09-22
Abstract Camosun Bog has existed for approximately two thousand years. Little is known about its use by indigenous people, but it was left essentially undisturbed by European newcomers until the twentieth century. Then, as the population of Vancouver and its neighbouring suburb of...
Sea survey reveals fish drought
- 2002-02-17
MARINE food fisheries are declining at such a rate that Atlantic fishermen will soon be reduced to trawling for jellyfish, scientists have claimed. The first oceanwide "census", revealed at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston yesterday, has found that food-fish catches have...
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: Gardeners to go wild at first-ever UBC native plant sale.
- 1999-03-19
M2 PRESSWIRE-19 March 1999-UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: Gardeners to go wild at first-ever UBC native plant sale C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:180399 * Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 * Time: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. *...
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