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VSP applications now open!
A 4-week experience for international undergrads. VSP is as much about academics as it is about social and cultural experiences. Nurture your academic pursuits, build networks, and expand your perspective of the world around you.
December 1, 2025
Spotlight
One of SCARP’s first alumni on where we’ve been
Tommy Jellinek, graduate of one of SCARP’s earliest cohorts back in 1963, reflects on why Planning is important, how Vancouver and the world has grown, and how far we’ve come at UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning.
December 1, 2025
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UBC GradUpdate Newsletter
For UBC's grad students, offering updates on academic support, career exploration, community/network building, health/wellness, professional effectiveness, research skills, teaching development, writing/communication, and more.
December 1, 2025
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UBC Library Research Commons Newsletter
UBC's Research Commons offers consultations, workshops, collaborative spaces for studying, research projects, hosting presentations, a Digital Scholarship Computer Lab, expertise on Data Analysis Citation Management and GIS, and more.
November 26, 2025
Spotlight
PIBC interviews SCARP faculty Theo Lim and student Emma Loucks
"I love planning because it is a field that touches on so many things that are fundamentally human." -Theo Lim "The complexity and truly holistic understanding of our communities that planning is based in is why I love this field." -Emma Loucks
November 24, 2025
Academics, Development, and Resouces
Course of interest - NURS 290: Health Impacts of Climate Change
Dr. Monica Rana, APSC Nursing Instructor and observer-delegate at COP30, is teaching this course which emphasises not only vulnerable populations but solutions and protective factors. Its implications transcend discipline.
November 24, 2025
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UBC CTLT on what's new in Indigenous initiatives
UBC's Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology have broadcast a series of new initiatives across campus to support Indigenous peoples and better teach about Indigeneity. Read on for extraordinary events and resources.
November 21, 2025
Announcements and updates
SCARP Alumni: tell your SCARP '75 story!
As we reflect on the impact and evolution of the school, we want to hear from our valued alumni who helped make SCARP what it is. If you're a SCARP alum with a story to tell (short or long!) we'd love to hear from you now.
November 20, 2025
Research and projects
SCARP Professor Stephanie Chang's new book about disaster risk
Professor Chang's new work is called "Legacy in the Landscape: How Urbanization Shapes Disaster Risk", and (across six global contexts) connects technical and socioeconomic factors with natural hazards, in a novel framework.
November 17, 2025
Academics, Development, and Resouces
Social impact community grants for students
UBC's Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) have launched their student grants. UBC undergrads or grads can apply for funding between $500 - $10,000 to work on a social or environmental issue off-campus. Applications close January 31, 2026.
November 13, 2025