In 2021 PWIAS expanded the Wall Scholars program to include scholars from outside UBC. For the first time in the program’s history we welcomed Wall Sc…
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In 2021 PWIAS expanded the Wall Scholars program to include scholars from outside of UBC. For the first time in the program’s history we welcomed Wall…
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In 2021 PWIAS expanded the Wall Scholars program to include scholars from outside of UBC. For the first time in the program’s history we welcomed Wall…
Learn More about the content: Wall Scholar Q&A: Neda Maghbouleh.
Since long before restaurants began shutting down due to social distancing measures around the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter Wall Institute Associate Hanna…
Learn More about the content: Q&A with Hannah Wittman on how COVID-19 is affecting food systems.
Communities and scholars around the world are working hard to reclaim and revitalize endangered languages, as these hold important cultural and ecolog…
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The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS) sat down with 2019 Wall Scholar Sima Godfrey (French, Hispanic and Italian Studies) to talk abou…
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Back in 2002, in the midst of the SARS pandemic, B.C. researchers like Peter Wall Distinguished Professor Brett Finlay were among the first to sequenc…
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Michelle Stack is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at UBC. Her book Global University Rankings and the Mediatizati…
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The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS) caught up with Tara Mayer, a 2019 Wall Scholar and Professor in the Department of History at the…
Learn More about the content: Q&A with Wall Scholar Tara Mayer.
By Katie Stannard Organisms are already responding to our changing climate. Changes in the abundance and geographical distribution of many species hav…
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By Katie Stannard Typically, aneurysms show no symptoms and aren’t dangerous. However, at their most severe stage, some can rupture, leading to life-t…
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By Alec Blair In the Lower Mainland, the threat of a large subduction earthquake exists as a reminder of the massive scale and dynamism of our plane…
Learn More about the content: Q&A with Distinguished Visiting Professor and seismologist Dr. Barbara Romanowicz.