Events

Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (in-person)

A 3-session in-person workshop on January 17, 24, and 25, 2026. If you're a grad student in Winter Session Term 1 (September-December 2025), you can apply for the waitlist of this workshop.

Translating Database Searches and Finding Grey Literature

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Translate a search strategy in multiple databases; How to plan and execute your grey literature search; How to document your search.

PIBC Webinar: State and Future of the Planning Profession

12:00pm - 1:30pm

PIBC represents networking and knowledge, and many PIBC events earn points towards RPP certification. This time: key findings of PIBC's State and Future of the Planning Profession Study, with a panel including a SCARP student!

North Saanich conference on municipal performance measurement

"Living Systems - Beyond Growth: Building Future-Forward KPis through Municipal Performance Measurement", for planners/government policy staff/academics/applied practitioners involved in community planning/service delivery/performance measurement.

City of Terrace conference on building community housing

2:21pm - 5:00pm (+1 day)

"Room for All: Building Community Housing Conference 2026" fosters connections and building partnerships to support housing solutions across the Northwest.

Toward a model of anti-racism education in post-COVID Canada

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Dr. Shibao Guo presents “Combating Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia: Toward a Model of Pandemic Anti-Racism Education in Post-COVID-19 Canada”.

PIBC & REIBC presentation: Building World-Class Cities

11:30am - 2:00pm

The Planning Institute of British Columbia and The Real Estate Institute of BC present planner Larry Beasley and urban development expert Michael White on shaping one of the world’s most ambitious urban environments: Abu Dhabi.

Urban Design Practice Book Launch

6:00pm

The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Practice's book launch has strong UBC and SCARP connections: contributors and panelists include Larry Beasley, Patrick Condon, Daniella Ferguson, Kevin King, and Molly O'Neill Robinson.

PIBC 2026 Annual Conference

"Bold Plans. Local Action", this year in Penticton, BC. Their keynote speaker is famous Canadian Planning Communicator Uytae Lee.

Water and Environment Student Talks 2026 Conference

Organised by a committee of UBC/UVic grad students, bringing together water and environmental researchers from diverse disciplines. Registration deadline for visitors is May 31, and for submission of abstracts is March 27.

PIBC SCC Sketch Club: Mount Pleasant

6:15pm - 7:45pm

PIBC represents networking and knowledge, and many PIBC events earn points towards RPP certification. This time: planners of all skill levels are invited to meet and understand a neighbourhood more intimately by sketching their surroundings.

Talk: Where is climate investment going

5:00pm - 7:00pm

CEOs and investors actively building Canada's climate economy join a panel on examine where climate investment is flowing, which industries are pulling ahead, and what Canada's climate economy means for the next generation.