Wall Stories
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PWIAS Impact
Learn more about how the interdisciplinary environment at PWIAS enriches UBC and impacts society through ground-breaking research, influential public policy, artistic collaborations and award-winning publications.
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6 stories
Chromatic - The Book
Read excerpts and other stories related to “Chromatic”, a new collaborative art book produced by the 2020 Wall Scholars.
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Scholar Q & A
A series of thought-provoking and inspiring short interviews with our Wall Scholars and PWIAS community members.
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War Stories brought to life
Watch the video of War Stories. By Frederick Blichert “War is complex and messy. Tonight we are embracing that complexity and messiness,” said Peter Klein, moderator of War Stories, an evening of thoughtful and moving explorations of war and its aftermath hosted by The Peter Wall Institute…
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Philippe Tortell: Scholar and flamenco guitar player
By John Hughes A classical Spanish guitar occupies a corner in Dr. Philippe Tortell’s office. It sits on a rack just below an image of a tall ship etched into a piece of driftwood. Music and nautical themes hold a central place for the oceanographer and new…
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Dirty kids make healthy kids
By David Morrison “After all, perhaps dirt isn’t really so unhealthy as one is brought up to believe.” – Agatha Christie, Murder in Mesopotamia It seems as if every week there’s an article in the news about a study claiming that something routinely considered healthy or harmless is now the…
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Giving fracked water a new life
By Alexander Villegas Hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’ produces natural gas. It also produces controversy, but Dr. Karl Linden isn’t concerned with either. He’s focused on recycling the water that fracking currently eliminates from the hydrologic cycle. A single well can use up to seven million gallons of…
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Cast-off cedar logs used for more than just heating at UBC
On her regular runs through Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Dr. Heather Trajano doesn’t just see the trees: she sees a wealth of compounds contained in every branch. One tree in particular has caught her eye lately. It’s western red cedar, a tree that’s emblematic of British Columbia.
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Field notes from Kenya’s Mpala Research Centre with Dr. Gregory M. Crutsinger
Dr. Gregory M. Crutsinger is part of the Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 4200-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. Canada. Author for correspondence, email: crutsinger@zoology.ubc.ca My excitement grew as I stood in the customs and immigration line in the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, bleary-eyed…
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