Prof Yue Qian Publishes Op-Ed on Social Isolation During COVID-19 Lockdown
social isolation and city shutdown as a response to covid-19 by yue qian As we struggle to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, experts in North America urge people to practice social distancing to flatten the curve. Epidemiologists recommend that people minimize social contact and limit all social engagements to slow COVID-19 spread. Although social distancing […]
Prof Sylvia Fuller Opens Up About Struggles of Self-Isolation in The Star
VANCOUVER—An 81-year-old mother, a partner awaiting a kidney transplant, a healthy and gregarious nine-year old. These are the loved ones Sylvia Fuller is determined to protect from the novel coronavirus. She and her family have been hunkered down in their Burnaby home, just outside of Vancouver, for more than a week. Even in B.C., one […]
Prof. Yue Qian Speaks on Living with Others in Quarantine
In such scenarios, people may adapt by eating meals at different times, cleaning common surfaces and wearing masks, says Yue Qian, an assistant professor in the University of British Columbia’s department of sociology People are using technology to shop for food and goods online and to communicate with friends and family, said Prof. Qian, who […]
COVID-19 & Department Updates
March 17th, 2020 While the Public Health Agency of Canada continues to assess the risk as low for Canada, we seek to minimize transmission in the community by limiting close contact with others at this time. In order to prevent further spread in Vancouver and Canada, UBC will be transitioning to online classes for the […]
Prof Nathan Lauster’s Research in Neighbourhood Planning Mentioned in Vancouver Sun
B.C.’s housing crisis touches every single one of us. Families, even those with good incomes, are finding it challenging to secure affordable accommodation in our province’s urban centres. When we analyze the lack of affordable housing supply in Metro Vancouver, Greater Victoria and the South Okanagan, the same issue becomes strikingly apparent — our communities […]
Sociology Grad Student Xueqing Zhang Writes on Why East-Asian International Students Stay Quiet in Class
The number of international students continues to climb at Canadian universities. In 2018, Canada recorded 435,415 international students enrolled at all postsecondary education levels, an 18-percent jump from the previous year. The University of British Columbia, where I study, has 16,000 international students, comprising 26 percent of undergraduates and 36 percent of graduate students. East-Asian students (i.e., students from China, Japan and South Korea) make up […]
Prof Yue Qian on Effects of Quarantine due to COVID-19
But for others, self- isolation may pose more problems, says University of British Columbia researcher Yue Qian. Qian is one of 47 researchers who received a grant last week from the federal government to study the effects of COVID-19 in Canada. Her work will focus on the mental stress of quarantine for people particularly in […]