Strategic Priority Areas: Thriving Cities + Communities
UBCO hosting concrete toboggan race at Big White
Kelowna Now | | Media coverage
This January, UBCO is hosting the Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race at Big White’s Tube Town, a student-led event where universities across Canada race their hand-built concrete toboggans down steep hills.
The fundamental issue – Overshoot
Resilience | | Media coverage
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.
B.C. real estate assessments show smaller increases after last summer’s cooling market
Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
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.
Wastewater off flights from China to Vancouver will soon be tested for COVID-19
Today in BC | | Media coverage
Ryan Ziels, assistant professor of civil engineering, discussed how testing wastewater off flights is a supplemental tool for detecting COVID-19 onboard flights.
Quantum-circuit cutting fills a gaping hole
Inside Quantum Technology News | | Media coverage
Dr. Olivia Di Matteo, professor of electrical and computer engineering, described the purpose and disadvantages of the quantum circuit-cutting procedure.
The Top 25 Healthcare Technology Leaders of Vancouver for 2022
The Healthcare Technology Report | | Media coverage
James Taylor and Andrew Booth, both alumni of the engineering physics program, were named in the Top 25 Healthcare Technology Leaders of Vancouver for 2022.
Dan Fumano: Making Vancouver playgrounds a little less safe, for the kids' sake
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
Susan Herrington, professor of School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, discussed the balance of risk and play in the designs of playgrounds for children.
Climate change could force snow-clearing rethink
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
Civil engineering professor Dr. Gord Lovegrove commented on the costs of adding residential side streets to Vancouver’s snow-clearing plans.
Ottawa urged to act after Taliban shuts women out of higher education
CBC News | | Media coverage
Applied sciences student Habiba Nazari said she fears her sisters in Afghanistan will never be able to attend university after the Taliban's ban on women attending universities.
UBCO engineers dive into local flood recovery, prevention in Central Okanagan
West K News | | Media coverage
Sadia Ishaq, a PhD candidate in UBCO’s school of engineering, discussed creating measures to help mitigate damage from future climate-related disasters.