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A night under the stadium lights

The alumni UBC Summer Series makes room for a shared soccer ritual. Published in Alumni Digest as verified reporting from the University of British Columbia.

The alumni UBC Summer Series makes room for a shared soccer ritual.

In the September issue
A night under the stadium lights
An alumNIGHTS evening with Vancouver Rise FC turns sport into a social architecture: a public place, a shared scoreline and enough time around the event for old connections to become new ones. For August, that is the right kind of spectacle—something live, local and easy to remember. Photo: Reporting: alumni UBC. Source image retained for editorial review; rights clearance is still required before any broader reuse.

The context

Where the work begins

Harish Krishnan’s analysis begins with a concrete question about Bombardier and the US market. The wider lesson is about dependence: when one market matters disproportionately, access can become a source of pressure.

The work

In the field

The article connects current tariff politics with a broader argument about economic leverage. It also notes a limit to that leverage, because cross-border firms bring suppliers, workers and customers on both sides of the relationship.

The takeaway

What follows

For alumni watching their own industries, the useful takeaway is a question rather than a forecast: where are the alternatives, and what would it take to build them?

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