Strategic Priority Areas: Thriving Cities + Communities
Provincial funding programs should allow immediate family to be paid caregivers: advocates
CBC News | | Media coverage
Nursing professor Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch gave comments on a policy against hiring immediate family to be paid caregivers.
SCARP Planning Studio 2023
Apr 4, 2023 | 3:45pm - 6:00pm | Event
After months of research, community engagement, partnerships, and planning, our Planning Studio teams will present their research findings and formal proposals to their community partners.
Texting intervention prevents teen pregnancy among lesbian and bisexual girls, finds study
Medical Press | | Media coverage
Nursing professor Elizabeth Saewyc discussed e-health intervention and teen pregnancy protection programs.
Land lift: How Vancouver zoning policy creates multi-million-dollar teardowns
CTV News | | Media coverage
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture professor Patrick Condon discussed how Vancouver pioneered the model where developers provide monetary or in-kind contributions to the city in exchange for rezoning, allowing them to build denser…
Next-gen mass timber construction key to meeting Canada’s climate change, housing targets
| Announcement
Civil engineering professor Dr. Tony Yang and his team are developing the tools and techniques to build safer, carbon neutral and quake-resilient buildings.
Recruiting more male nurses would help ease shortfalls, but stigma persists
Castanet | | Media coverage
Nursing professor Dr. John Oliffe discussed the credentialed work of nurses and recent efforts to recruit men into the field.
B.C. government review into providing ACs during heat wave still incomplete — 3 months past its deadline
CBC | | Media coverage
The B.C. government has missed the deadline for its review into the possibility of providing air conditioners during heat waves as recommended by a coroners' death review panel last year.
There are cons, not just pros, for a subway to UBC
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture professor Patrick Condon discussed arguments about proposed subway to UBC.
B.C.’s universal contraception coverage inspires call for funded birth control across Canada
Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
Nursing assistant professor Meaghan Thumath discussed the importance of BC's universal contraception coverage.
UBCO researchers improve cell service by using 'smart' surfaces
Castanet | | Media coverage
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Anas Chaaban is leading research into ways to improve wireless communications using smart surfaces, which can improve network sensing abilities.