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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CBC Early EditionEducators discuss the challenges and opportunities of AI
SCARP professor, Dr. Michael Hooper, talks about the challenges and surprising opportunities presented by AI tools like ChatGPT.
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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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CTV NewsLaunch Canada gathers future Canadian rocketeers
Members of the UBC Rocket student engineering design team participated in the Launch Canada competition in Ontario where they tested their rockets.
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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 NewsCalls for more education, less stigma as report shows toxic drugs the leading cause of death in B.C. youth
Nursing associate professor Dr. Emily Jenkins discussed how to best support children and youth when it comes to substance use education and intervention.