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Academics, Development, and Resouces
Indigenous Graduate Fellowships open
Indigenous awardees are selected on the basis of academic merit, and provided a stipend ($25,000/year for doctoral students; $17,500/year for master’s students), and eligible for tuition funding. Deadline February 14, 4:00pm PST.
January 2, 2025
Research and projects
SCARP student's and professor's paper on landless farmers
SCARP PhD student Khadija Anjum reflects on the paper authored alongside SCARP Professor Nora Angeles: "Farm workers’ food security during food price hikes: a political economy of landless rice-wheat farm labourers in Pakistan’s Punjab".
January 2, 2025
Academics, Development, and Resouces
UBC undergraduate prize in library research
A way to showcase students’ effective and innovative use of library services, information experts and resources provided by UBC Library. Prizes of $3,000, $2,000 and $1,500. Applications open January 2 - February 28, 2025.
December 9, 2024
Spotlight
Inaugural Peter Wall Legacy Award honours 3 SCARP recipients
We’re proud to announce that SCARP Professor Kelly Clifton, SCARP Associate Member Alex Bigazzi, and SCARP PhD student Juri Kim have all been honoured with the Peter Wall Legacy Awards for its inaugural year.
December 9, 2024
Academics, Development, and Resouces
Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarship accepting applications
For graduates of any Canadian university engaged in masters/doctoral study in any field, in Canada or elsewhere, value currently $12K. The corresponding Travel Scholarship is for those in the USA or UK, currently $13.K. Deadline February 1, 2025.
December 3, 2024
Spotlight
SCARP's grads: a retrospective of extraordinary achievement (so far!)
We celebrate our newest graduates, as well as their many achievements over the years.
December 2, 2024
In the world of planning
SCARP Assis. Prof. Holly Caggiano on renewable energy challenges in coming years
SCARP's Holly Caggiano appeared on San Fransisco's KCBS Radio to discuss how renewable energy is picking up speed, what the political landscape mean for the future of energy policy, and what we can do even at the local level.
December 2, 2024
In the world of planning
Jak King Memorial Fund founded to support SCARP students
In honour of the memory of Jak King, founding member of the Coalition of Vancouver Neighbourhoods, historian, writer, and activist who passed away this year, the Jak King Memorial Fund has been founded to support celebrate and develop SCARP students.
November 25, 2024
In the world of planning
SCARP's Holly Caggiano on COP29 and the future of climate action
SCARP Assistant Professor Holly Caggiano spoke on CBC radio about what the future of climate action and policy could look like and our next steps toward the future. (Her appearance at 1:15:48.)
November 25, 2024
In the world of planning
Vancouver's new Head Planner Josh White answers questions on Vancouver's current issues
Urbanarium hosted an interview-style panel with some familiar faces as Vancouver's new Head Planner discussed his outlook on Planning's current issues from a Vancouver lens.
November 18, 2024