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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
Research and projects
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
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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
Announcements and updates
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
Research and projects
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
Research and projects
Dr. Maggie Low's article on urban Indigenous housing needs gap in municipal plans
SCARP Assistant Professor Maggie Low has published (alongside Cleo Barton) this deep-dive into whether urban Indigenous housing needs are addressed in BC municipalities’ Official Community Plans and housing strategies (so far, insignificantly).
June 13, 2025
Research and projects
Dr. Julia Harten's new deep-dive article into housing needs reporting in BC
SCARP Assistant Professor Julia Harten has published "Lessons from the first round of mandatory housing needs reporting in British Columbia, Canada" in the Canadian Journal of Urban Research, alongside co-author SCARP PhD student Anam Bashir!
June 13, 2025
Research and projects
SCARP ICP co-chair Jessica Barudin releases film and guide
ICP co-chair Dr. Jessica Barudin has enriched SCARP, the Planning world, and beyond, with her award-winning short film, and now publicly releases it for all, alongside a special educational companion guide.
May 21, 2025
Research and projects
SCARP PhD student Keisha Maloney's new research, "Planning with the Animacy of the Land"
Maloney's new article in JAPA argues that planners in settler colonial contexts can learn from Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge to recognize the animacy of the land as they endeavour to advance more just and sustainable cities.
April 22, 2025
Research and projects
SCARP's James Connolly publishes paper on climate gentrification
Connolly's publication in the journal Nature Climate Change, "The implications of climate gentrification for urban climate action", describe how "climate gentrification" could threaten the continued efficacy of climate action in the long term.
March 12, 2025