Celebration of Life for Dan Ryder
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved colleague Dr. Dan Ryder, a cherished faculty member in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science.
Profile: B. Curtis Eaton
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Affiliated with the Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science
Interview with Dr. Madeleine Ransom: UBC Philosophy Alumna and Recipient of the Governor General’s Gold Medal
The Governor General’s Gold Medal is an annual award given to exceptional graduate students across Canada. Only two UBC graduate students per year receive this honour—one graduating doctoral student and one graduating Master’s student. We are pleased to announce that UBC Philosophy’s Dr. Madeleine Ransom has been awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal for achieving the most outstanding academic […]
Should government have the ability to make vaccination mandatory?
While many eagerly await their turn in the COVID-19 vaccination queue, UBC Okanagan student debaters are facing off in a provocative debate on public health and governmental power:
Be it resolved that government should have the ability to make vaccination mandatory.
Is there a vaccine for the ‘infodemic’?
The misinformation age is upon us.
EPP researcher releases new book
Manfred Elfstrom, assistant professor of political science in the Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science, has written a new book, titled Workers and Change in China: Resistance, Repression, Responsiveness. In the book, which is published by Cambridge University Press, Elfstrom asks why the Chinese party-state is addressing a number of worker grievances while at the […]
Profile: Roger W. Gale
Learn more about how Roger Gale is helping students through a wide range of student scholarships at UBC Okanagan.
Profile: David Chatterson
Former Ambassador now teaching at UBC Okanagan.
UBCO researcher looks at food security during COVID-19
As COVID-19 looms into the summer, international borders remain closed, a number of meatpacking and food processing plants are shut, and local farmers face a shortage of migrant workers to harvest crops. Indeed, prices have increased in grocery stores and the stark reality of supply and demand is hitting Canadians in the wallet.
UBC students discuss pipelines in annual student debate
Students, faculty and the public are invited to watch UBC Okanagan’s top debaters tackle what may be the most controversial issue in Canada today—Be It Resolved That Canada Needs More Pipelines.