Julia Harten awarded Canada Research Chair
We’re proud to now be able to announce that SCARP Assistant Professor Dr. Julia Harten has been awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair, in Data Innovation for Housing and Inclusive Urbanization!
We’re proud to now be able to announce that SCARP Assistant Professor Dr. Julia Harten has been awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair, in Data Innovation for Housing and Inclusive Urbanization!
SCARP is delighted to announce that Dr. Kelly J. Clifton has been appointed as the new J. Armand Bombardier Chair in Regional Transportation Planning. It is expected that Professor Clifton will be joining the School this coming summer.
In 2020, SCARP's very own Stephanie Chang joined an expert panel convened by the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), charged with investigating and reporting on what key opportunities exist to improve disaster resilience in Canada.
SCARP is proud to say that our very own Professor Nora Angeles is a recipient of the 2021 Faculty of Applied Science Dean's Service Award.
The Award for Excellence in Service recognizes faculty who, through leadership, service, and administrative activates, make substantial positive high-impact contributions to their Departments, Schools and the Faculty as a whole. It is through these efforts that the Faculty of Applied Science provide students with the highest quality educational experience.
Our very own Julia Harten, Assistant Professor here at SCARP, has received the Henry Reining Award from the University of Southern California's Sol Price School of Public Policy.
This annual award recognizes the best dissertation written in public policy and management. Julia was recognized by the Reining award for her dissertation, "Crowded with Potential: Housing and Social Mobility Strategies Among China’s Educated Migrants".
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!
A copy of the video produced for the Royal Society of Canada celebration is available for you to download at https://files.workspace.ubc.ca/MyDevice/s/570/9f94b100-78e7-49db-8d66-0b...
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:
Welcome to Professor Kelly J. CliftonSCARP’s new J. Armand Bombardier Chair in Regional Transportation Planning
SCARP is delighted to announce that Dr. Kelly J. Clifton has been appointed as the new J. Armand Bombardier Chair in Regional Transportation Planning. It is expected that Professor Clifton will be joining the School this coming summer. Dr. Clifton brings a wealth of leadership experience to the position, both in the transportation field and in senior administrative roles. Her work is internationally recognised to be at the cutting edge of developments in research and policy innovation in transportation. In a field where research can be quite niche, she notably works across boundaries between disciplines, methodological approaches, or the worlds of research and practice. She has made significant contributions to transportation planning especially with respect to improved understanding of travel behaviour and the practice of modeling, developing practice-ready tools to help communities (for example, to implement plans to build affordable housing and pedestrian-friendly developments). Her work is often motivated by a commitment to see developments in transportation contribute to more equitable and healthy outcomes. In enthusiastically... |