News
In the world of planning
Professor Emeritus Bill Rees on urban development and its challenges
"Most urban sustainability efforts focus on aspects of climate change/emissions reductions mostly involving technological fixes, [involving] massive capital investment and are... designed to extend the unsustainable status quo by alternative means."
August 18, 2026
Academics, Development, and Resouces
Course of interest: PLAN 448D, Indigenous Health Planning
Indigenous health, planning, and community development through wellness, land, culture, trauma-informed practice, and Indigenous social determinants of health. Connect health equity with Indigenous self-determination and community wellbeing.
August 17, 2026
Research and projects
SCARP alum, faculty member, and more publish paper on renewable energy resistance
A new paper has come out led by SCARP PhD Madison Lore and including SCARP Assistant Professor Holly Caggiano about news media's effects on the social acceptance of renewable energy.
August 17, 2026
Academics, Development, and Resouces
Course of interest: CONS 511, Indigenous Research & Data Governance
From UBC's Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, and has a few seats left.
August 17, 2026
Research and projects
Theo Lim's paper on trauma in planning
Lim's paper deep-dives into the psychological and emotional ramifications of planning decisions on people, as well as discussing potential frameworks for how best to address it and protect people and create more just systems.
August 17, 2026
In the world of planning
SCARP PhD student Wes Regan interviewed about Cowichan Valley’s comprehensive zoning bylaw
“Finding effective ways to communicate to and engage with local communities needs to be resourced better because of these challenges,” Regan said.
August 17, 2026
Academics, Development, and Resouces
Course of interest: Asian-Canadian Community Engaged Research
ACAM 400 – Asian Canadian Research and Engagement is a studio course on how CER expands scholarly and public understandings of Asian Canadian politics, cultures, histories and communities, and how to ensure it's ethically undertaken in partnership.
August 11, 2026
Other newsletters
UBC GradProspect Newsletter
The newsletter for prospective students on UBC’s graduate programs, focusing on resources, processes, advice, and best practices.
August 11, 2026
Research and projects
SCARP PhD Khadija Anjum's paper on diet quality, social capital, and gender
We're proud to show SCARP PhD student Khadija Anjum's paper she published with the Oxford Development Studies on social capital's comprehensive effect on diet quality. The paper provides a crucial lens on how gender further affects this phenomenon.
July 29, 2026
Academics, Development, and Resouces
New course: Generative AI, Cities, and Society
Spots are still available for the new PLAN 348A: "Generative AI, Cities, and Society", a 6-credit 2-term course offered this Fall and Winter.
July 28, 2026