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Uninsured Vancouver homes left without flood insurance program

It's been a year since an atmospheric river and record-breaking rainfall levels caused massive flooding in the Lower Mainland. UBC Civil Engineering Assistant Professor Enda Murphy comments on what potential homebuyers should be asking about flood risks.

October 20, 2025
CBC News
'It's like the Wild West out here': Resident questions safety of gravel mine near Oliver, BC

Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering Professor Scott Dunbar comments on gravel mining near the town of Oliver after a resident witnessed rocks fall from the site and landing close to her property.

October 20, 2025
Bloomberg
Trump’s politics of urban disgust

SCARP Associate Professor Michael Hooper's study on disgust and urban density is cited in a discussion of Donald Trump's remarks on Washington, D.C.

August 15, 2025
National Post
A skeptic's take on the housing crisis: 'The developer is the good guy'

UBC SALA Professor Patrick Condon says don't blame NIMBYs or Boomers - blame the speculators distorting the price of land.

August 10, 2025
Next City
Disgust: The Unexpected Psychological Reason Why Some People Dislike Density

UBC SCARP Associate Professor Michael Hooper suggests that people with higher disgust sensitivity find higher densities less appealing. What does that mean for urban planners?

August 8, 2025
CBC
Can Canada build its way out of the housing crisis?

UBC SALA Professor Patrick Condon examines the federal government's big plans for housing and discusses possible housing solutions.

July 30, 2025
The Narwhal
Managing extreme weather risk in B.C.

UBC SCARP Associate Professor Martino Tran is leading a group of researchers in an effort to help decision-makers in BC and beyond make more informed choices about housing and other infrastructure.

July 22, 2025
Journal Of Commerce
Is mass timber worth the risk? ‘It’s a birch of a problem’

Adam Rysanek, an associate professor at SALA debates that the risks of using mass timber – cost, supply chain, trades, maintenance – outweigh the benefits.

July 9, 2025
Journal Of Commerce
Will the City of Vancouver’s recent changes spur new housing construction?

UBC SALA professor Patrick Condon comments on the potential positive outcomes of the recently approved initiatives that will support development and help housing projects in Vancouver.

July 4, 2025
STOREYS
"An extraordinary power grab": BC pushes ahead with bills 15 & 13

Erick Villagomez, Part-Time Lecturer at UBC SCARP critiques the newest legislation on local planning and zoning bylaws in Britsh Columbia.

June 2, 2025

UBC is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people (Musqueam; which means 'People of the River Grass') and Syilx Okanagan Nation. The land has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam and Syilx peoples, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history and traditions from one generation to the next.