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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
In the world of planning
Holly Caggiano et al on future climate policy
Our very own Dr. Holly Caggiano (alongside UBC Geography's Dr. Simon Donner) were interviewed for their insights on what Trump’s climate policies mean for Canada—and what we can do next.
February 11, 2025
Research and projects
SCARP's Julia Harten joins Bridging Divides Research Program with her bold project
Julia Harten is one of 7 new members of the interdisciplinary inter-university Bridging Divides Research Program, for her project, “Leveraging Machine Learning to Study Immigrant Renting via Online Advertisements in Vancouver”.
January 20, 2025
Research and projects
Holly Caggiano's report on climate action popularity
SCARP's Holly Caggiano led a report on how popular phasing out fossil fuels really is.
January 13, 2025
Spotlight
SCARP student reflects on her experience at COP29
SCARP student Brinn Cooper, one of UBC's delegates to the COP29 climate change conference, reflects on what she experienced and learned, "underscoring the urgent need for structural reforms in how climate responsibilities are shared across nations".
January 10, 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