In the Media
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Vancouver Sun
Vancouver highrise clusters not bad, but 'a bit cold'
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture professor Patrick Condon noted that local politicians have embraced the planning model based on organizing high-density projects around rapid-transit stations.
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Terrace Standard
‘Mother nature never gives up the gold easy’: Terrace prospector lands first deal
Mining engineering professor Dr. Bern Klein noted that success rate for exploration companies to convert a deposit into an operating mine is very low.
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Times Colonist
Comment: Business leaders should think about net zero
Chemical and biological engineering adjunct professor Dr. Roland Clift argued that businesses need to think about what they can contribute to achieving net-zero.
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CTV News
As possible recession looms, advocate warn domestic violence could increase
Nursing professor emeritus Dr. Colleen Varcoe discusses how domestic violence will only continue to be magnified by economic downturns if changes and policies aren't made to support victims.
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Resilience
The fundamental issue – Overshoot
William Rees, Professor Emeritus and former Director of the School of Community and Regional Planning, outlines why most of the challenges facing humanity and the biosphere have a common origin – ecological overshoot.
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Globe and Mail
Landslide reshapes popular climbing spire in B.C.
Davide Elmo, professor in the Department of Mining Engineering, offered his expertise on the Snowpatch landslide.
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IndigiNews
Master’s program empowers Indigenous nurses to utilize their own teachings
UBC is one of six schools taking part in a collaboration to challenge anti-Indigenous racism and better support Indigenous healthcare providers.
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Globe and Mail
B.C. real estate assessments show smaller increases after last summer’s cooling market
Dr. Penny Gurstein, professor emeritus from the School of Community and Regional Planning discussed how assessments have not been a real indicator of a home’s market value but have been of use to municipal governments.
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Today in BC
Wastewater off flights from China to Vancouver will soon be tested for COVID-19
Ryan Ziels, assistant professor of civil engineering, discussed how testing wastewater off flights is a supplemental tool for detecting COVID-19 onboard flights.
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Vancouver Sun
Dan Fumano: Making Vancouver playgrounds a little less safe, for the kids' sake
Susan Herrington, professor of School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, discussed the balance of risk and play in the designs of playgrounds for children.