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Impacts of climate change in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
September 28, 2023
Linda Nowlan, senior director of UBC’s Sustainability Hub and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs graduate student Tim Linsell wrote about how climate change is affecting communities in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Urban Planning international transdisciplinary collaboration on rebuilding Ukraine
September 25, 2023
An invitation to embark on Planuyemo Razom, a 6-month urban planning competition where Ukrainian and Canadian students collaborate across disciplines to redesign a city in Ukraine devastated by war.
Spotlight on SCARP students: Wes Regan
September 25, 2023
In SCARP's Student and Alumni Spotlight, we interview or otherwise showcase some of the illuminating achievements, adventures, and stories of SCARP students present and past. This week, PhD candidate Wes Regan on his work and being a Public Scholar.
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability Newsletter
September 25, 2023
UBC's Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability is an interdisciplinary research institute and graduate program, with interest and expertise in a wide range of topics.
UBC GradUpdate Newsletter
September 25, 2023
For UBC's grad students, offering updates on academic support and success, career exploration, community and network building, health and wellness, professional effectiveness, research skills, teaching development, writing and communication, and more
Urban History Review invites article proposals spotlighting Vancouver
September 18, 2023
A 2025 edition of this journal invites proposals (by November 30) from any angle, decade, and part of Greater Vancouver, from the lens of geography, sociology, anthropology, and related fields, as well as those drawing on Indigenous ways of knowing.
UBC Forestry Assis. Prof. Tahia Devisscher leads study on inequitable distribution of 'healing' green spaces
September 14, 2023
Areas in Vancouver with the greatest need for restorative nature often have the least exposure to it. Researchers developed a new tool, the local restorative nature index, to assess spaces for the presence of qualities that promote mental well-being.
SCARP Assis. Prof. Holly Caggiano co-authors paper on integration/evaluation of equity into climate action plans
September 13, 2023
Exploring how (and to what extent) cities grapple with socio-spatial inequity in their Climate Action Plans, and ways forward for cities to develop, implement, and measure diverse and holistic equity indicators in climate planning and beyond.
Spotlight on SCARP alumni: Tadayori Nakao
September 11, 2023
In SCARP's Alumni Spotlight, we interview or otherwise showcase some of the illuminating achievements, adventures, and stories of SCARP alumni.
UBC SALA professors on Vancouver’s architectural vulnerability to new climate patterns
September 5, 2023
Architecture professors Sara Stevens and Patrick Condon said that current construction standards in B.C. are not suitable for extreme heat.