SCARP in the media
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‘A start’: Toronto multiplex policy aimed at boosting housing welcomed by observers
TORONTO STAR | Jun 1, 2023
SCARP's Dr. Penny Gurstein, co-director of UBC’s housing research collaborative, commented on a new policy allowing single family homes in Toronto to be converted into low-rise multiplexes.
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Would you pay $800 a month to live in a closet? In Vancouver, that may be all you can afford
CBC | May 27, 2023
SCARP professor emeritus Dr. Penny Gurstein, co-director of UBC’s housing research collaborative, said that B.C. needs “all hands on deck” to deal with the housing crisis.
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Is Vancouver a destination for visitors, rather than a community for residents?
CITY NEWS | May 16, 2023
School of community and regional planning professor emeritus Dr. Penny Gurstein discussed the decreasing sense of community in Vancouver.
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Second time lucky? Input sought for controversial Beedie proposal for lot in Vancouver's Chinatown
VANCOUVER SUN | May 3, 2023
SCARP PhD candidate Louisa-May Khoo discussed housing for seniors in Vancouver’s Chinatown.
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UBC students construct one of Canada’s first ‘carbon-minimal’ hempcrete buildings
GLOBE AND MAIL | Apr 13, 2023
James Olsen, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science, commented on Third Space Commons, the new institutional space that is made out of hempcrete.
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Climate change is a symptom of ecological overshoot
RABBLE | Apr 3, 2023
Rabble featured School of Community and Regional Planning professor emeritus Dr. William Rees's research on ecological footprint and ecological overshoot.
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Critics call out a lack of measures in the federal budget to push down the high cost of housing
CBC | Mar 31, 2023
Professor emeritus Dr. Penny Gurstein from the School of Community and Regional Planning commented on the federal budget's measures on housing and housing affordability.
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Turkiye-Syria earthquake: Here's why BC's elite rescue team remains grounded
VANCOUVER SUN | Feb 10, 2023
Dr. Michael Hooper, professor at the School of Community and Regional Planning gave comments on why Canada has not deployed its Canada Task Force 1 to help with the aftermath of the Turkiye-Syria earthquake.
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Filipino language classes to begin at Vancouver secondary school
CBC NEWS | Jan 31, 2023
Dr. Leonora Angeles, associate professor at the School of Community and Regional Planning, commented on the introduction of a Filipino language and culture course for students in grades 10 to 12 at Sir Charles Tupper Secondary.
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Fact-checking claims about homelessness in Kamloops
THE WREN | Jan 31, 2023
UBC School of Community and Regional Planning's report, Pathways to Homelessness, was referenced for its review on the major pathways relevant to three major disproportionately represented groups.