In the Media
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CTV News'I was in a coma for about 45 days': UBC student graduates after near-fatal accident
Mechanical engineering student Yi Yi Du, who nearly lost his life and suffered brain injuries from a vehicle collision in 2021, will be graduating this week.
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Squamish ChiefInsights from a civil engineer: Assessing the Sea to Sky Highway’s design
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering professor Dr. Suliman Gargoum discussed the design of the Sea to Sky Highway that links Lions Bay and Whistler.
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CBCWould you pay $800 a month to live in a closet? In Vancouver, that may be all you can afford
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.
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Vancouver SunChinatown groups back controversial Keefer Street development plan
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.
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CBCCanadian architects bring campaign to address housing crisis from the street to world stage
SALA faculty and students are representing Canada at the Venice Biennale, with an installation on Canada's housing crisis.
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Vancouver SunVancouver's housing crisis goes global at major architectural festival
Architecture professor Matthew Soules said that homes are built as financial assets rather than spaces for living in Canada.
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City NewsIs Vancouver a destination for visitors, rather than a community for residents?
School of community and regional planning professor emeritus Dr. Penny Gurstein discussed the decreasing sense of community in Vancouver.
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Mechanical BusinessUBC among winners of 2023 Design and Build Challenge
UBC engineering and architecture student team Third Quadrant Design was among the winners of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2023 Build Challenge.
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Business in Vancouver
Patrick Condon: Behold Vancouver, where there are housing solutions to be found
SALA professor Patrick Condon argued that Vancouver should build more non-market housing projects to address the affordable housing problem.
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Vancouver Sun
Second time lucky? Input sought for controversial Beedie proposal for lot in Vancouver's Chinatown
SCARP PhD candidate Louisa-May Khoo discussed housing for seniors in Vancouver’s Chinatown.