Strategic Priority Areas: Thriving Cities + Communities
Energizing Sustainability
| Spotlight
Kaiser Foundation for Higher Education donates $10M to the future of sustainable energy at UBC Engineering.
Climate change leads engineers to harness the power of green
| Announcement
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering researchers use several low-impact developments (LIDs), like this vegetative area outside the Commons building, that are intentionally created to help control and retain rainwater.
14 Not Forgotten ceremony honours École Polytechnique victims
The Ubyssey | | Media coverage
The UBC engineering community gathered outside the Fred Kaiser Atrium in remembrance of the 14 victims of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre.
Vancouver needs a real plan for homeless youth
The Tyee | | Media coverage
Nursing PhD candidate Trevor Goodyear wrote about the need to address youth homelessness in Vancouver.
Surrey schools a cautionary construction tale as B.C. communities bursting at the seams
The Province | | Media coverage
SCARP professor Dr. Michael Hooper said schools are core infrastructure in areas with high population density.
B.C.'s transit-oriented development plan needs more definition, stakeholders say
Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage
Erick Villagomez, SCARP lecturer, and Dr. Craig Jones, associate director of the UBC housing research collaborative, commented on B.C.’s plan to create housing density around transit.
Douglas Todd: Massive Brentwood towers trigger questions about Burnaby planning
The Province | | Media coverage
SALA professor Patrick Condon was quoted in an op-ed about housing density in Burnaby.
UBC engineering graduate receives the 2023 Order of the White Rose
| Announcement
Amelia Dai, a UBC chemical and biological engineering graduate, is the ninth recipient of the Order of the White Rose Scholarship. The annual $50,000 scholarship pays tribute to 14 women whose lives were lost at on December 6, 1989.
Shoring wall collapse at B.C. condo development raises questions about quality of work
Times Colonist | | Media coverage
Civil engineering professor Dr. Perry Adebar commented on the collapse of a shoring wall at the development site of a high-rise condo in Coquitlam.
iHEAL: New app marks Canada 1st in helping women cope with partner violence
Global News | | Media coverage
Colleen Varcoe, professor emeritus of nursing at UBC, talks about iHEAL - an online tool to help victims across Canada who experience violence from current or past partners.