In the Media
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The Globe and MailResearchers simulating wildfire evacuations for five Western Canadian communities
Civil engineering professor Dr. Amy Kim is part of a study that will survey residents in the Alberta communities of Canmore and Whitecourt and the B.C. towns of Quesnel, Salmon Arm and Nelson on evacuations and decisions in disasters.
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The Globe and Mail (subscription)Vancouver parents raise alarm as school board looks to close schools in growing neighbourhoods
SCARP professor Dr. Michael Hooper said the Vancouver School Board’s plan to close schools ignores the massive housing projects planned for Vancouver.
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The ProvinceHow to really change zoning to increase housing affordability
SALA professor Patrick Condon was quoted in an opinion piece about housing affordability in Vancouver.
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NBC MiamiHow is the Miami River cleaned? New technologies to eradicate microplastics
Media mentioned a device developed by forestry and chemical and biological engineering researchers that uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water.
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Vancouver SunUBC project looks to bridge the gap between climate worry and action
Taylor Legere, a sustainability scholar and a master’s student in landscape architecture, has been researching better ways to communicate how climate change is affecting the city of Vancouver.
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CBCVancouver's architecture, by design, was never meant to handle extreme heat
Architecture professors Sara Stevens and Patrick Condon said that current construction standards in B.C. are not suitable for extreme heat.
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CastanetDoes the Thompson-Okanagan need light-rail commuter train?
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Gordon Lovegrove pitched a hydrogen powered train that would service the Okanagan.
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CBC NewsCommunities in B.C.'s Okanagan grapple with highway disruption caused by rock slide
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Dwayne Tannant said Highway 97 is unlikely to open for the long weekend due to ongoing instability of the nearby slope.
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Global NewsAre self-driving cars safe? A UBC study says British Columbians aren’t too sure
Civil engineering professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi and PhD student Gurdiljot Singh Gill conducted a study which found that more than 40 per cent of British Columbians believe pedestrians will be less safe with self-driving cars on roadways.
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Burnaby NowResidents in these Burnaby buildings are at 'high-risk' during extreme heat
Engineering master’s student Oluwasina Agunbiade developed a toolkit for retrofitting at-risk buildings to better withstand extreme heat.