Publications

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

New Research Brief | Making Friends, Making Homes: How Cosmopolitan Associations Connect Diverse Immigrants

Prof. Sean Lauer shows how joining associations helps newcomers build diverse friendships, foster belonging, and integrate into Canadian society.

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Prof. Neda Maghbouleh on vanishings, violence, and the stress of witnessing Iran bombed

Exploring how memory, migration, and conflict intersect, Prof. Neda Maghbouleh reflects on the toll of violence and displacement.

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Affiliate in Focus: Dr. Caitlyn Yates, new CMS Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Meet Dr. Caitlyn Yates, our new CMS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, whose work examines the interplay of mobility, transit, border enforcement, and migration policies.

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Affiliate in Focus: Katie Crocker

Discover the work of CMS affiliate and AMSSA CEO Katie Crocker, a leader in BC’s settlement and integration sector.

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Discover the CMS 2024–25 Annual Report

Explore CMS’s 2024–25 Annual Report, highlighting a year of research, collaboration, new initiatives, and policy impact in migration studies.

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We’re Hiring: Senior Manager

Join UBC CMS as Senior Manager to lead and coordinate a wide range of research, administrative, and programmatic activities. Apply by August 7, 2025.

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Prof. Amanda Cheong explores ‘birth tourism’ and nonresident mothers in Canada

Prof. Amanda Cheong’s new paper challenges myths about birth tourism in Canada, revealing the diverse and often incidental reasons nonresident mothers give birth here.

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World Refugee Day Symposium 2025

Spotlighting Afghan women’s experiences, UBC’s World Refugee Day Symposium 2025 fostered dialogue on displacement, education, and resilience.

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CMS welcomes four new visiting scholars

CMS welcomes four new visiting scholars for 2025–26: Dr. Taşdemir, Prof. Chen, Dr. Velásquez, and Nadezhda Zezyulina. Learn more about their work.

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Contested territory: Dr. Anna Jurkevics reimagines democracy beyond borders

Prof. Anna Jurkevics’ Contested Territory offers a bold theory of territorial non-sovereignty, reimagining democracy to address global border-defying crises.

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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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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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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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Bamboo as a naturally-optimized fiber-reinforced composite: Interfacial mechanical properties and failure mechanisms
Publication: Composites Part B: Engineering
UBC Author(s): Chunping Dai (Department of Wood Science / Faculty of Forestry)
ISSN: 13598368
Volume: 279
Publication Date: 15 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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