That's what UBC psychologists Prof. Janet Werker and graduate student Christine Stager are trying to find out. Diplomat captures Great Trekker honour Maurice Copithorne, this year's winner of the Great Trekker Award, joined the Canadian Foreign Service after graduating with a UBC law degree to see a little of the world, never intending to make a career of being a diplomat. Today, much of his spare time is dedicated to conducting regular assessments of human rights in Iran and reporting back to the International Law Commission and the United Nations General Assembly. Botany Prof. Anthony Griffiths received the Genetics Society of Canada Award of Excellence. Prof. Keith Brimacombe, director of UBC's Centre for Metallurgical Process Engineering, has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Whiplash is a pain in the neck.
And it hurts. Diamond researchers first to publish findings UBC researchers are about to make diamond exploration history with the publication of evidence supporting claims that the Slave region in Canada's Northwest Territories may hold the biggest diamond find of the century. Forests earn passing grade, says report A panel of experts led by Forestry Prof. Gordon Baskerville gave Canada's National Forest Strategy Coalition a passing grade after its first five years of operation. A little more than a century ago the area extending from Vancouver to the town of Hope was a forest of giant trees with extensive swamps and wetlands along the river courses. The Pacific Baroque Orchestra, a professional Vancouver group recently named UBC's first ensemble in residence, will play a series of concerts on campus beginning Oct. 19.