The New Face of Research
Research Highlights at UBC Okanagan
As UBC Okanagan continues to evolve and earn a reputation as an important, respected centre of learning and research, it is an opportune time to highlight some of the innovative and cutting-edge projects on our campus.
The New Face of Research is a new publication produced by the Office of the Provost and the Research Services Office, which highlights a selection of UBC Okanagan's outstanding researchers. The publication, released December 2008, will cover research from all faculties and will be produced on a bi-annual basis.
"I am very pleased to present a highlight of the variety of outstanding researchers and research projects that encapsulate our research profile" said Provost, Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz. "The innovative research taking place at UBC Okanagan strengthens ties between our educators, faculty, scientists, students and communities—both locally and globally."
"We encourage and support the pursuit of diverse research approaches, whether they are individual or collaborative, in and across all disciplines," says Abd-El-Aziz. "The New Face of Research is a reflection of these interactions and approaches to research. It is a recognition and celebration of the excellence in research we are building."
We invite you to explore the articles below and take a glimpse into the research community of UBC Okanagan.
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Heinz Bauschke, Associate Professor, Mathematics, Canada Research Chair in Convex Analysis and Optimization; Yves Lucet, Assistant Professor, Mathematics; Shawn Wang, Associate Professor, Computer Studies Mathematicians are crazy. They don't just want a proof, they want a beautiful proof. |
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'Etho'nomics: Rationing Health Care Responsibly Craig Mitton, Assistant Professor, Health Studies, Canada Research Chair in Health Care Priority Setting Regardless of where you live and the public/private mix of financing, every health care system in the world rations health care. |
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Haute Couture as Fast Fashion Products are designed in one country, produced in another and sold worldwide--all at top speed. |
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Materials for the Future In each investigation, we dream, we design, and we make it happen. When an investigation doesn't work it challenges us to become more creative. |
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Speaking Up for Species Distinguished by their diversity, SARAHS projects explore questions on many scales--from the molecular to the landscape--engaging researchers to collaborate in tackling multiple aspects of a problem. |
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Partnering for Healthy Communities From interventions related to smoking and exercise, to exploring the influence of physical and social environments on healthy living, research projects within the Centre reflect a commitment to working with community partners to address some of our most important health problems. |
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Suburban Dreams Urbanization, with its characteristic rapid development and population growth, is redefining the landscape of the Central Okanagan today. |
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Shattering the Glass Slipper If you have a realm of magic, you can be and do anything..., suddenly you have female heroes who can break through the looking glass. |
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Big Ideas for a Micro World I came to realize that the sharing of knowledge--and being able to pursue interesting research not strictly tied to a corporate mandate--was very important to me. I want to convey some of the excitement of engineering to the students. |
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Our Daily Breadfruit So little is known about the chemistry of plants, which presents an amazing opportunity to learn and discover. |
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Beyond Tradition Over the last few years, Aboriginal communities in Canada have been tuning in and turning on to new visual media technologies. |
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Thinking Clearly A potential risk in our area is that we have one of the smallest per-capita water supplies in Canada, despite the abundance of large lakes in the area. |
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Fit or Frail? Exploring the Mechanics of Aging Women live longer at a greater state of failty than men. |
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Digital Delhi There's an abundance of ways of using computing technologies to gather information, now we need tools to reconcile the data. |
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Pondering Perception One has to come to terms with perceptions not only of the mind but also of the body and space. |
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Reaching Across Borders Historically, labour movements have built alliances across borders. As corporations and organizations rapidly go global, there is a new and increasing urgency for these union mobements to forge new bonds and form global unions. |
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Fuelling Efficiency Building a better fuel cell will lead to energy and cost savings, as well as massive reductions in hydrocarbon emissions. |
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What Lies Behind the Screen People motivated to lie in a computer-mediated environment are not only less likely to be detected but are actually better at being deceptive than people who are less motivated. |
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Dollars & Sense Corporate management is a mediating hierarchy that balances the nexus of claims from various stakeholders. |
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To Preserve and Protect Although many Aboriginal people are teaching in band schools, this isn't the case in the public school system where a great number of Aboriginal students are without Aboriginal teachers or models. |
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The Serendipity of Synergy It is quite amazing in what it does, having social scientists together in a space like this. |
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- Blackboard Mavericks
- 'Etho'nomics: Rationing Health Care Responsibly
- Haute Couture as Fast Fashion
- Materials for the Future
- Speaking Up for Species
- Partnering for Healthy Communities
- Suburban Dreams
- Shattering the Glass Slipper
- Big Ideas for a Micro World
- Our Daily Breadfruit
- Beyond Tradition
- Thinking Clearly
- Fit or Frail? Exploring the Mechanics of Aging
- Digital Delhi
- Pondering Perception
- Reaching Across Borders
- Fuelling Efficiency
- What Lies Behind the Screen
- Dollars & Sense
Exploring the High Stakes of CEO Pay - To Preserve and Protect
- The Serendipity of Synergy
