Congratulations to our new faculty, Assistant Professor, Julia Harten for receiving the ACSP 2020 Student Award
Karen R. Polenske Award for Outstanding Student Paper on a China -Related Topic
A big congratulations to our Professor Leonie Sandercock for receiving the 2020 YWCA Women of Distinction Award!
In its 20th year, the Canada Research Chairs Program continues to provide opportunities for researchers to excel in their fields, and build teams of experts at Canadian institutions. In spring 2020, the first of two cycles of fudning to be announced this year, the Government of Canada invested $140 million towards 182 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs including six new and renewed chairs at UBC:
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages, it’s highlighting unique pressures on certain groups like Canada’s seniors, Indigenous communities, and people experiencing homelessness.
Professors Susan and Norman Fainstein will be speaking at a lunch seminar at
UBC on Friday 6 Mar 2020, 12.30-2.30pm
This event is hosted by the Centre for Southeast Asian Research at the
UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.
March 6, 2020. 12.30-2.30 PM
Room 120, CK Choi Building, West Mall, UBC
rsvp: https://forms.gle/K6HPgkwSRVczF8oa7
PIBC & VIFF present a 10th anniversary
screening of Finding Our Way, a documentary
film by Giovanni Attili and Leonie Sandercock
that explores the deep historical wounds and
unresolved conflict among indigenous people,
governments, and industry in Canada.
You're Invited to Join Leonie Sandercock for a fireside chat following the Film
Hot off the Press!
PLANNING ON THE EDGE: Vancouver and the Challenges of Reconcilliation, Social Justice, and Sustainable Development (UBC Press, 2019)
Edited by Penny Gurstein and Tom Hutton, with chapters written by SCARP faculty and students
Two Faculty Positions in Planning
School of Community and Regional Planning invites applications for:
Associate or Full Professor (tenure)
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
For more detail please visit Careers at SCARP
The deadline for applications is 31 October 2019.
Most Metro Vancouver councillors support mandatory water metering
While few households in Metro Vancouver have water meters, the political will for mandatory metering is strong, according to a new survey conducted this summer by researchers at the School of Community and Regional Planning of the University of British Columbia.
The researchers surveyed elected councillors and mayors in the region and found that 68 per cent are in favour of mandatory water metering.
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A big congratulations to our Professor Leonie Sandercock for receiving the 2020 YWCA Women of Distinction Award!
Sandercock is the co-creator of SCARP’s Indigenous Community Planning program and a former director of the school. Focused primarily on “the uses of film … as a catalyst for Indigenous community development”, she co-developed the multi-award-winning Haida-language film Edge of the Knife to address three priorities identified by the Skidegate Haida community: language revitalization, protecting the lands and waters, and sustainable community... |