Why do some straight men have sex with other men? - UBC News
Mar 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.
Silver daddies: Why do young adult men like older partners? - UBC …
Sep 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 the idea of ...
UBC jumps to 34th in QS World University Rankings 2024
Jun 27, 2023. The University of British Columbia has risen to 34th from 47th position in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings released today. This marks the first time that UBC has entered the top 40 of the global rankings amongst 1,503 institutions in 104 countries. The university ranks third amongst 31 Canadian ...
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University News. Three new buildings bring UBC’s workforce housing to nearly 1,400 homes. Half a century of lifting Indigenous educators across the province. Connection and community-building: Indigenous Student Orientation at UBC Vancouver. UBC takes comprehensive approach to student affordability.
Half of Canadian kids witness ethnic, racial bullying at school: study
Oct 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 ...
Q&A: How racism holds Black women back from leadership …
Jan 24, 2022 · Q&A: How racism holds Black women back from leadership positions. Black women are woefully underrepresented in leadership positions in North American businesses. A new study from the UBC Sauder School of Business finds that stereotypes about Black women put them at a serious disadvantage in the workplace. Lui Xia Lee. Jan 24, 2022.
Ancient texts show Jesus had little in common with Republican Jesus
Oct 6, 2020 · Republican Jesus is the first book written by a New Testament scholar on abuses of the Bible by the Christian Right. “Republican Jesus” is a metaphor for interpretations of Jesus that right-wing American Christian leaders have developed and popularized for nearly a century. I show how right-wing influencers have deployed a version of Jesus ...
People dislike AI art because it threatens their humanity: study
Aug 21, 2023 · People dislike AI art because it threatens their humanity: study. The study is the first of its kind to link people’s aversion to AI art with speciesism and anthropocentrism, and their view that digital works threaten “the last fortress of human supremacy arguments, artistic creation.”. AI-generated writing, photography, art and music ...
Influential QS World University Rankings put UBC in top 10 for …
Feb 27, 2019. The University of British Columbia is among a handful of global institutions to rank in the top 50 in 41 of 48 subjects tracked, according to the QS World University Rankings. UBC also ranks among the top 10 universities in the world in four different subjects amongst over 1,200 international universities. “UBC’s performance ...
Stem cell-based treatment controls blood sugar in people with …
Brett Goldhawk. Nov 27, 2023. An innovative stem cell-based treatment for Type 1 diabetes can meaningfully regulate blood glucose levels and reduce dependence on daily insulin injections, according to new clinical trial results from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH). Dr. David Thompson.