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UBC 2010 Experts

University of British Columbia professors are available to 2010 media for expert commentary on a wide range of Winter Games-related topics including:

  • Sports Science, Technology and Doping
  • Security & Law
  • Business, Economics and Marketing
  • Transportation
  • Sustainable Cities
  • Olympic and Paralympic History
  • Social Issues
  • Vancouver, B.C.
  • Canada's First Nations

Search more than 500 UBC experts by language and connect with students from your country in Vancouver by visiting the UBC 2010 Media Centre. UBC is home to more than 7,000 international students from 155 countries.


Call 1.604.822.6397
Website: www.ubc.ca/2010media
Email 2010.media@ubc.ca
Follow on Twitter: @UBCnews

For more 2010 experts and news:

  • Talk to UBC media relations specialists in BCMC Upper Lobby during the Games
  • Sign-up for UBC news and expert advisories
  • Watch UBC newsfeeds on BCMC C Level during the Games

UBC 2010 STORY IDEAS

  • UBC research is helping Canada to Own The Podium
  • UBC is the birthplace of Canada's Olympic hockey team
  • UBC is measuring the Games' social, economic and environmental impacts
  • UBC is tracking the Games' carbon footprint
  • As many as 1,000 UBC volunteers are serving in inner city schools and non-proļ¬ts during and around the Games
  • UBC faculty are leading Games' health care, disaster planning and education initiatives
  • UBC's Sports and Society series (Feb 8 - Mar 13) will ask provocative questions about what the Games mean to society
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UBC QUICK FACTS

  • Ranked 36th among global international research universities (2nd in Canada)*
  • Host venue for 2010 Olympic hockey and Paralympic sledge hockey
  • 52,000 students on Vancouver and Kelowna campuses
  • $10 billion impact on the B.C. economy
  • $475 million in research funding
  • Patent powerhouse: 9th in North America in patents generated
  • Home to B.C.'s only medical school
  • More than 250,000 UBC alumni worldwide

* Shanghai Jiao Tong University Institute
of Higher Education, 2009.
 

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SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY:

The BCMC is proud to be recognized through the VANOC Sustainability Star Program for our Sustainability Strategy, which focuses on employing low environmental impact, innovative and high-tech, made-in-B.C. sustainability solution.

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