Publications

This is an incomplete sample of recent publications by faculty members from across UBC.

International Art Competition 2025-26: Submissions now open!

Led by CMS’s Mobilities and Borders research groups, the 2025–26 International Art Competition invites artists to explore Borders and Crossings. Submit by February 16, 2026.

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Dr. Lisa Brunner comments on policy shifts affecting international students’ settlement plans

Dr. Lisa Brunner comments on how past government policies encouraged international students to come to Canada to settle permanently.

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Prof. Irene Bloemraad calls for caution as Canada moves toward harder immigration enforcement

Prof. Irene Bloemraad questions police involvement in raids and argues that harsh immigration enforcement increases exploitation and weakens community trust.

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Prof. Ming Chen’s top picks: What to read, and listen to

Prof. Helena Zeweri shares three key recommendations ahead of her talk on the enduring effects of deterrence border regimes, on October 6.

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Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies students document border realities for Haitians in the Dominican Republic

Carlos Mayorga and Róisín Cahill contribute to an investigation into the dangers and deportations facing Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic.

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New Research Brief | From Exclusion to Expression: How Creative Expression Supports Refugee Youth in Canada

Dr. Sofia Noori examines how refugee youth in Canada use storytelling, music, and creative expression to cope with exclusion, heal from trauma, and rebuild belonging.

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Dr. Lisa Brunner comments on how policy shifts are hurting Canada’s reputation

Dr. Lisa Brunner comments on how recent policy changes and rhetoric are affecting Canada’s reputation and international student recruitment.

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Meet the 2025-2026 students of the Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies

Meet the twelve graduate students in CMS’s 2025–26 Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies cohort, exploring migration across education, diaspora, displacement, culture, and policy.

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Dr. Kashif Raza on multilingualism as a bridge in diverse democracies

Dr. Kashif Raza discusses Zohran Mamdani’s multilingual campaign and how language builds connection in diverse democracies.

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Dr. Caitlyn Yates on how Panama and the U.S.’s crackdown transformed migration through the Darién Gap

Dr. Caitlyn Yates explains how new migration policies in Panama and the U.S. led to a drop in crossings through the Darién Gap.

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Mechanisms of Pathogen and Pesticide Resistance in Honey Bees
Publication: Physiology (Bethesda, Md.)
UBC Author(s): Leonard Foster (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology / Faculty of Medicine)
Volume: 39
Page Range: 0
Publication Date: 1 July 2024

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Combination of searches for pair-produced leptoquarks at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Publication: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
UBC Author(s): Colin Gay (Physics & Astronomy / Faculty of Science), Alison Lister (Physics & Astronomy / Faculty of Science)
ISSN: 03702693
Volume: 854
Publication Date: July 2024

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Standardizing data collection in adjuvant colon cancer trials: A consensus project from the IDEA and ACCENT international consortia and national experts
Publication: European Journal of Cancer
UBC Author(s): Sharlene Gill (Division of Medical Oncology / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 09598049
Volume: 206
Publication Date: July 2024

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Search for pair-production of vector-like quarks in lepton+jets final states containing at least one b-tagged jet using the Run 2 data from the ATLAS experiment
Publication: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
UBC Author(s): Colin Gay (Physics & Astronomy / Faculty of Science), Alison Lister (Physics & Astronomy / Faculty of Science)
ISSN: 03702693
Volume: 854
Publication Date: July 2024

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Development of human visual cortical function: A scoping review of task- and naturalistic-fMRI studies through the interactive specialization and maturational frameworks
Publication: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
UBC Author(s): Tamara Vanderwal (Psychiatry / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 01497634
Volume: 162
Publication Date: July 2024

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Measurement of t-channel single-top-quark production in pp collisions at s=5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Publication: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
UBC Author(s): Alison Lister (Physics & Astronomy / Faculty of Science), Colin Gay (Physics & Astronomy / Faculty of Science)
ISSN: 03702693
Volume: 854
Publication Date: July 2024

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Measurement of the Z boson invisible width at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Publication: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
UBC Author(s): Alison Lister (Physics & Astronomy / Faculty of Science), Colin Gay (Physics & Astronomy / Faculty of Science)
ISSN: 03702693
Volume: 854
Publication Date: July 2024

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Highly oxygenated cyclohexenes from Uvaria dac Pierre ex Finet & Gagnep. and their α-glucosidase inhibitory activity
Publication: Fitoterapia
UBC Author(s): Raymond Andersen (Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences / Faculty of Science)
ISSN: 0367326X
Volume: 176
Publication Date: July 2024

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Automated production time analysis using FPDat II onboard computers: A validation study based on whole-tree ground-based harvesting operations
Publication: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
UBC Author(s): Dominik Roeser (Forest Resources Management / Faculty of Forestry)
ISSN: 01681699
Volume: 222
Publication Date: July 2024

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Measurement of vector boson production cross sections and their ratios using pp collisions at s=13.6 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Publication: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
UBC Author(s): Alison Lister (Physics & Astronomy / Faculty of Science), Colin Gay (Physics & Astronomy / Faculty of Science)
ISSN: 03702693
Volume: 854
Publication Date: July 2024

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Simultaneous quantification of six proteins related to liver injury using nano liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry
Publication: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
UBC Author(s): David Chen (Chemistry / Faculty of Science)
ISSN: 09514198
Volume: 38
Publication Date: 30 June 2024

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Phylogenetic conservatism and coordination in traits of Chinese woody endemic flora
Publication: iScience
UBC Author(s): Yousry El-Kassaby (Forest & Conservation Sciences / Faculty of Forestry)
Volume: 27
Publication Date: 21 June 2024

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Effects of tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair on tricuspid annulus diameter - Data from the TriValve registry
Publication: International Journal of Cardiology
UBC Author(s): John Webb (Divisions of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 01675273
Volume: 405
Publication Date: 15 June 2024

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Predicting the site productivity of forest tree species using climate niche models
Publication: Forest Ecology and Management
UBC Author(s): Tongli Wang (Forest & Conservation Sciences / Faculty of Forestry), Nicholas Charles Coops (Forest Resources Management / Faculty of Forestry)
ISSN: 03781127
Volume: 562
Publication Date: 15 June 2024

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Deletion-contraction for a unified Laplacian and applications
Publication: Linear Algebra and Its Applications
UBC Author(s): Stephanie van Willigenburg (Mathematics / Faculty of Science)
ISSN: 00243795
Volume: 691
Page Range: 50-95
Publication Date: 15 June 2024

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