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SCARP PhD Meghna Mohandas wins prestigious ACSP award
We're proud to celebrate that Meghna Mohandas her been conferred the Marsha Ritzdorf Award for the Best Student Work on Diversity, Social Justice and the Role of Women in Planning, by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.
August 29, 2025
SCARP student Alea Mohamed awarded SSHRC CGS-M Scholarship
It's our pleasure to celebrate that SCARP MCRP student Alea Mohamed is the recipient of a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship! Read on to learn more about Alea's achievement and her winning insights.
August 22, 2025
SCARP Assistant Professor Kuni Kamizaki produces report on community land trusts
Assistant Professor Kuni Kamizaki has released, "A Case for Community Land Trusts in Canada: Promising Community Practices and Public Policy Options", providing a comprehensive policy framework to help governments implement this model.
August 18, 2025
SCARP Associate Professor Mike Hooper's op-ed about density aversion
SCARP Associate Professor Mike Hooper wrote this op-ed elaborating on his research (recently described in SCARP news) regarding the unexpected psychological reason why some people dislike density.
August 8, 2025
Neil Griggs, one of SCARP’s earliest alumni, remembered
British Columbia and beyond say farewell to Neil Griggs, a foundational Planner who started at UBC SCARP. His family has shared with us this story of his life.
August 7, 2025
SCARP faculty Martino Tran on housing, planning, and transdisciplinarity
Associate Professor Tran was among those interviewed about housing planning after disasters. “Different issues are not looked at from a systems perspective, and they’re not looked at in terms of how they’re interdependent upon each other.”
July 28, 2025
Interactive module on dementia-inclusive neighbourhood design
Happy Cities and the DemSCAPE project published a new planning resource on learning about and implementing age- and dementia-inclusive actions in their communities. (Eligible for 4 professional learning credits from the Planning Institute of BC!)
July 28, 2025
SCARP student Anam Bashir awarded as Vanier scholar
We are delighted to announce that one of our PhD students, Anam Bashir, has been recognised as Vanier Scholars this year! Read on about her research insights and this tremendous prestigious achievement.
July 28, 2025
Remembering SCARP Emeritus Peter Boothroyd
Social and community development planner, planning educator, and SCARP Professor Emeritus Peter Boothroyd passed away peacefully on June 23, 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia. We commemorate some of what he meant to us at SCARP.
July 7, 2025
Dr. Mike Hooper's paper on density and public opinion
What accounts for the starkly different, and often very heated, opinions people have about densification? We're happy to celebrate SCARP's Mike Hooper's newest publication on one of the psychological aspects potentially affecting public opinion.
July 4, 2025
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