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Statement on the Mass Grave Found at Kamloops Residential School

The School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) continues to mourn the 215 children found in the mass grave at the Kamloops Residential School.

SCARP PhD grad receives top planning award

Magdalena Ugarte, a PhD graduate of UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning, has been awarded the 2019 Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in Planning by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. The award recognizes “superior scholarship in a doctoral dissertation completed by a student enrolled in an ACSP-member school.”

Becky Tarbotton Memorial Scholarship

Becky Tarbotton was an exceptional SCARP student, a highly successful alumna, a wonderful human being and a passionate champion of environmental and social justice. She passed away three years ago at the age of 39.

In Memoriam - Kamala Rao

In Memoriam - Kamala Rao (October 30, 1972 - June 27, 2018)

Kamala Shanthi Rao was a loving partner and mother, caring friend and a passionate and conscientious planner. Born and raised in Alaska, Kamala’s love of the outdoors began early in life. She was an avid climber, back country skier and camper and cyclist. Kamala would continue her love of the outdoors while living in Oregon, Colorado, Washington State and later settling in British Columbia.

Pat Carney publishes short story collection

SCARP alum Pat Carney has published a collection of short stories called: On Island, Life Among the Coast Dwellers.

ON ISLAND has topped the BC Bestseller list for the year 2017 by the Association of BC Booksellers.

Alumna receives grant to teach woodworking to youth

SCARP Alumna Shirin Karoubi is the executive director of Toolbox, a program designed to challenge gender stereotypes and encourage the building of healthy relationships between girls, gender nonconforming youth, and boys. It will also support the development of self sufficiency and confidence at a young age. The program will be led by women identifying who have a background in woodworking, metalwork, and electronics, as well as experience training youths in these skills.

Ren Thomas receives CIP Award of Merit

Dr. Ren Thomas, editor, accompanied by some SCARP alumni and faculty, who were authors, being awarded a CIP Award of Merit for the book, Planning Canada: A Case Study Approach in June 20 at the CIP conference in Calgary.

The SCARP story can be found at: https://scarp.ubc.ca/news-and-features/alumni/planning-canada-case-study-approach-new-book-ren-thomas

SCARP Alumni Gather at CIP Conference

SCARP alumni gathered at a reception hosted by the School at the Canadian Institute of Planners Conference held June 17-20 in Calgary. The theme of this year's conference was Building Resilience, and forum for discussions about the challenges facing our cities in the future.

SCARP students presented on Implementing the UN New Urban Agenda in Canada: issues, opportunities and responsibilities. The conference program read:

Jennie Moore, a Woman of Distinction

SCARP alumna Jennie Moore has won the YWCAs Woman of Distinction for Environmental Sustainability. Jennie is an associate dean of the School of Construction and Environment at BCIT and worked with SCARP's Bill Rees when she was a graduate student at SCARP.

For more on her nomination as a Woman if Distinction in Environmental Sustainability see: https://ywcavan.org/node/2981

Carleigh Oude-Reimerink Brings Yoga to YVR

Carleigh Oude-Reimerink recently graduated from the SCARP Masters of Planning program. Her Masters Professional Project explored the creation of a yoga space for passengers at Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Carleigh spoke with, and surveyed passengers in the terminals at YVR. She also conducted a mapping exercise to determine which locations would be optimal for this type of space. She conducted background research on wellness and yoga, and researched best practices.

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Statement on the Mass Grave Found at Kamloops Residential School

The School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) continues to mourn the 215 children found in the mass grave at the Kamloops Residential School.

SCARP honours the collective strength of Tk’emlups te Secwepemc for leading - and spending their own resources on - the recovery efforts. We offer our condolences to all survivors of the Indian residential school system and their families. While this news is shocking, it is not surprising. Residential school survivors, families, and community leaders have known the reality that far more Indigenous students died in these schools than has been documented. As several Indigenous leaders and experts have said, including former senator Murray Sinclair, Canadians should be prepared for more discoveries like Kamloops.

SCARP recognizes the role of professional planning in perpetuating acts of settler colonialism that continue to...