Events

Mountain and Resort Town Planners Summit 2025

Presentations, discussions, workshops, tours and lots of networking opportunities for planners. It addresses issues specific to small mountain and resort towns such as workforce housing, climate adaptation, town design, transportation and resilience.

Writing a personal statement

12:00am - 1:30pm

This workshop introduces some of the typical stylistic features of the personal statement, such as personal narrative, identity construction, and self-promotion, and includes dedicated time for participants to draft or revise a statement.

"Considering MCRP" Ask-Me-Anything session

10:00am - 11:30am

Thinking of applying to SCARP's MCRP program for next year? Starting a grad degree often comes with a lot of practical questions, about the School, the University, the city, or your process. SCARP faculty and staff are here for you. Ask us anything!

UBC Career Days

Over 90 employers from a wide range of industries come to UBC every year, eager to connect with students and alumni to share valuable career opportunities and insights.

UBC Sauder talk: Corporate Sustainability & ESG

12:00pm - 1:00pm

The "Working in Climate" Event Series explores how climate action intersects with various careers, industries, and professions through thematic events. This time: regulatory requirements and embedding climate goals into business operations.

City Shapers in Communities workshop series by Kitsilano House and CityHive

3:21pm - 4:00pm (+14 days)

Explore ways public space design can mitigate the impacts of climate change, ways to influence local decision-makers to take meaningful action, and how to step into your power to lead. For ages 13-30. Limited spaces.

IRES seminar series: Coastal flooding adaptation pathways

12:30pm - 1:20pm

Coastal communities like the City of Surrey face growing risks from sea level rise and more intense storms due to climate change. This talk evaluates cost-effective strategies for protecting agricultural lands, infrastructure, and residential areas.

PIBC Webinar: Ask a Lawyer

12:00pm - 1:30pm

PIBC represents networking and knowledge, and many PIBC events earn points towards RPP certification. This time: ask an assembled panel of lawyers your legal planning questions.

SCARP PhD Research Forum presents: Ipshita Karmakar on Disaster Diplomacy

12:30pm - 1:30pm | West Mall Annex, Room 110

SCARP PhD students run their own forum to share and invite questions about their emerging research findings, sometimes for each other and sometimes publicly! This time: PhD student

National online career symposium for grad students and postdocs

6th annual Graduate and Postdoctoral Development Network event. Free, through UBC's Sponsorship.

PIBC webinar: Planning for Employment Growth and Economic Resiliency

12:00pm - 1:30pm

PIBC represents networking and knowledge, and many PIBC events earn points towards RPP certification. This time: the role of a strong industrial land base to employment, economic and business growth that support the resiliency of our communities.

Values-Based Approaches and Indigenous Leadership in Flood Adaptation

12:30pm - 1:20pm

How design can support Indigenous priorities, revitalize ecological and cultural relationships, and reimagine adaptation as an act of reciprocity and responsibility.

Metro Vancouver's Climate Action Dialogues

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Where are the climate investments in Metro Vancouver, BC, and beyond? Which climate actions deliver measurable results? What is the progress in clean energy? What emerging trends will shape our collective future?

IRES seminar: Urban Design strategies to address noise impacts to nature

12:30pm - 1:20pm

Strategies to restore acoustic biodiversity through urban design (from lower speed limits to sound-conscious green spaces) as a pathway to healthier, more equitable, and ecologically vibrant cities.

PIBC 2025 World Town Planning Day

5:30pm - 10:00pm

Planners from across BC, the Yukon and beyond, along with special invited guests from government, academia and related professions, students, and new emerging planning professionals will all gather in Vancouver for PIBC's WTPD gala.