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Canada sees the rise of mall cities
The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
School of community and regional planning professor emeritus Dr. Penny Gurstein discussed the potential of mall cities to solve Canada’s housing crisis.
Do we have the time and space for a 15-minute city?
Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage
School of community and regional planning PhD student Wes Regan discussed the 15-minute city concept.
‘A start’: Toronto multiplex policy aimed at boosting housing welcomed by observers
Toronto Star | | Media coverage
SCARP's Dr. Penny Gurstein, co-director of UBC’s housing research collaborative, commented on a new policy allowing single family homes in Toronto to be converted into low-rise multiplexes.
Would you pay $800 a month to live in a closet? In Vancouver, that may be all you can afford
CBC | | Media coverage
SCARP professor emeritus Dr. Penny Gurstein, co-director of UBC’s housing research collaborative, said that B.C. needs “all hands on deck” to deal with the housing crisis.
Chinatown groups back controversial Keefer Street development plan
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
School of Community and Regional Planning's PhD candidate Louisa-May Khoo commented on the plan to redevelop a site on Chinatown’s Keefer Street.
Is Vancouver a destination for visitors, rather than a community for residents?
City News | | Media coverage
School of community and regional planning professor emeritus Dr. Penny Gurstein discussed the decreasing sense of community in Vancouver.
Second time lucky? Input sought for controversial Beedie proposal for lot in Vancouver's Chinatown
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
SCARP PhD candidate Louisa-May Khoo discussed housing for seniors in Vancouver’s Chinatown.
UBC students construct one of Canada’s first ‘carbon-minimal’ hempcrete buildings
Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
James Olsen, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science, commented on Third Space Commons, the new institutional space that is made out of hempcrete.
Climate change is a symptom of ecological overshoot
Rabble | | Media coverage
Rabble featured School of Community and Regional Planning professor emeritus Dr. William Rees's research on ecological footprint and ecological overshoot.
Critics call out a lack of measures in the federal budget to push down the high cost of housing
CBC | | Media coverage
Professor emeritus Dr. Penny Gurstein from the School of Community and Regional Planning commented on the federal budget's measures on housing and housing affordability.