Why do some straight men have sex with other men?
WEBMar 23, 2021 · According to nationally-representative surveys in the United States, hundreds of thousands of straight-identified men have had sex with other men. In the new book Still Straight: Sexual Flexibility among White Men in Rural America, UBC sociologist Dr. Tony Silva argues that these men are not closeted, bisexual or just experimenting.
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WEBNews from the University of British Columbia. As of March 2024, the university has raised more than $33.4 million towards its goal of $100 million for the Student Affordability Initiative through FORWARD, the fundraising campaign for UBC.
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Professor Santa J. Ono reappointed as president and vice …
WEBLui Xia Lee. Aug 11, 2020. Professor Santa J. Ono. Professor Santa J. Ono has been appointed to a second five-year term as president and vice-chancellor of the University of British Columbia, the university announced today. Ono was originally appointed to a five-year term that began in 2016. “Professor Ono has been a remarkable leader helping ...
UBC econ grads invent Plufl, a dog bed for humans
WEBMay 26, 2022 · Noah Silverman, in front, and Yuki Kinoshita, in the back, are co-founders of Plufl. Silverman came up with the idea for Plufl during his fourth year at UBC while working at a coffee shop on campus. The café owners had a Great Dane that would lounge in a custom-made extra-large dog bed, which got him thinking, “why shouldn’t there be a dog ...
Up to 85 per cent of historical salmon habitat lost in Lower Fraser ...
WEBAug 5, 2021 · Salmon have lost access to as much as 85 per cent of their historical floodplain habitat—the biologically rich wetlands next to a river or stream that typically harbour wildlife—due to dikes and similar infrastructure, say researchers at UBC and the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. “Only around …
UBC ranks among the top five per cent of universities in the world
WEBLui Xia Lee. Jun 19, 2019. The University of British Columbia is the 51 st best university in the world, according to the 2020 QS World University Rankings (QS). This places UBC among the top five per cent of institutions in the highly-influential QS ranking, which considers over 1,000 institutions worldwide, including 26 from Canada.
New global air pollution and health impact study the most …
WEBJun 14, 2021 · An international research team led by the University of British Columbia’s Dr. Michael Brauer and Washington University in St. Louis’ Dr. Randall Martin has published the most detailed analysis ever conducted on global air pollution sources and their health impacts.. They have estimated the contribution of major sources of air pollution for 204 countries and territories, making the data ...
Half of Canadian kids witness ethnic, racial bullying at school: study
WEBOct 19, 2021 · Fifty-eight per cent of Canadian youth say they have seen kids insulted, bullied or excluded based on their race or ethnicity at school, according to new survey data from the Angus Reid Institute in partnership with the University of British Columbia. Fourteen per cent say they’ve experienced it themselves, with visible minority children ...
Silver daddies: Why do young adult men like older partners? - UBC …
WEBSep 12, 2023 · Some of the reasons why the younger adult men pursued age-gap relationships included a preference for emotionally mature partners, finding older men physically attractive and a desire to learn from older men. Many of the younger adult men also found age-gap pairings sexually exciting and emotionally fulfilling and were drawn by …