## [Partnerships](/partnerships) SCARP proudly maintains strong partnerships between disciplines and professions, with policy-makers and entire communities, to benefit the larger BC community and beyond. We invite you to join our network of partners and benefit from the work of SCARP students and faculty. ## How partnering with us can benefit you ![Student at UBC lectern](/sites/default/files/styles/card_focal_point_sm/public/card-images/2023-12/Eanimi%20-%20small_0.jpg.webp?h=4dfbe350&itok=X_uoQe31)### [Planning Studio](/studio) We assign student teams to take on your organisation's biggest challenges and projects and develop practical comprehensive proposals. Learn how here. ![Students well-dressed and collaborating](/sites/default/files/styles/card_focal_point_sm/public/card-images/2023-12/Close-up.JPG.webp?h=8a10064d&itok=PMPiCeIe)### [Hire a planner](/contact) Countless SCARP students have gone on to become indispensable keystones in civic infrastructure and community needs. Send us your job postings, our students and alumni will hear you! ![Man in blazer describing model neighbourhood to students](/sites/default/files/styles/card_focal_point_sm/public/card-images/2023-12/Britannia-maged%20s_0.jpg.webp?h=3884d55d&itok=E0mZ1Leh)### [Introduce your organisation](/info-sessions) Get ahead of your organisation's future professional needs by giving a talk to SCARP students about your organisation, field, or project. ![Multiple hands drawing a design sketch](/sites/default/files/styles/card_focal_point_sm/public/card-images/2023-12/hands_0.jpg.webp?h=6660d6c8&itok=rqugTNBX)### [A Planning Intern](/internship) Let us know if you need an intern for a project or support? As part of their training, our professional masters students seek out internships in the community. ![Student and instructor chatting](/sites/default/files/styles/card_focal_point_sm/public/card-images/2023-12/Maggie%20and%20student_0.JPG.webp?h=f0555f51&itok=ry229grv)### [Mentorships](/mentorship) We match professional planning students with experienced planners, in mutually-beneficial relationships. Sign up to mentor a SCARP student! ## More valued partnerships ### Musqueam Indian Band Partnership In February 2012, Chief and Council of the [Musqueam Indian Band](http://www.musqueam.bc.ca/) endorsed a partnership between the Band and the School of Community & Regional Planning for the design and delivery of a new curriculum on [Indigenous community planning](/icp). This has become a concentration of SCARP’s Master of Community and Regional Planning program, and is the first such program in the world. This agreement was made possible by the [UBC-Musqueam MOA](http://aboriginal.ubc.ca/files/2011/01/UBC-Musqueam-MOA-signed1.pdf) and endorsed by the UBC-Musqueam Development Committee. The ICP concentration’s partnership and cultural immersion approach is unique among planning programs in North America, and represents a thriving and invaluable partnership. In partnership with Musqueam Indian Band, SCARP co-designed and co-delivers the Masters of Community and Regional Planning program’s Indigenous Community Planning concentration. ICP trains a new generation of planners to break with the colonial legacy and culture of planning, to work in respectful partnership with Indigenous communities, centered on their priorities. ### Partner Planning Institutes SCARP’s Master of Community and Regional Planning program is proudly the only masters degree in planning accredited both in both Canada and the United States of America. It is also accredited by two separate accreditation boards, each with their own high standards. [More information about our accreditations](https://scarp.ubc.ca/accreditation) We benefit from a strong relationship with the [Planning Institute of British Columbia](http://www.pibc.bc.ca/) and the [Canadian Institute of Planners](http://www.cip-icu.ca/). This affiliation includes reciprocal institutional development, faculty membership, and student mentorship and professional resources. ### Affiliated Centres Members of the SCARP community benefit from interdisciplinary collaborations with faculty, research associates, and students from a number of centres and institutes across the UBC campus. Our affiliations range from cross appointments for faculty to partnership on major grants to interdisciplinary research supervision and teaching: Centre/institute:Member:[Centre for Climate Justice](https://climatejustice.ubc.ca/)[![Maggie, in polkadot shirt, black cardigan, and teardrop necklace](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2022-10/maggie_low.jpg.webp?itok=eUWbdpc9)](/directory/maggie-low)Maggie Low[Department of Civil Engineering](https://civil.ubc.ca/)![Alex Bigazzi smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/ABigazzi-crop.jpg.webp?itok=rLww99-n) Alex Bigazzi[Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice](https://grsj.arts.ubc.ca/)![Nora Angeles smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/NAngeles.jpg.webp?itok=nMS_-cU5) Nora Angeles[Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability](https://ires.ubc.ca/)[![Stephanie, by window near trees](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2022-10/stephanie_chang.jpg.webp?itok=ltlANZBV)](/directory/stephanie-chang)Stephanie Chang[Institute of Asian Research](http://www.iar.ubc.ca/)![Woman in a blazer](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2025-02/julia_harten_-_square.jpg.webp?itok=lY5vJpkf)