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New UBC rental housing building for staff features rooftop solar panels

Daily Hive | | Media coverage

Media reported on the new rental housing building, Evolve, built for faculty and staff at UBC's Vancouver campus, and its Passive House design, with research led by Dr. Adam Rysanek from the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.

Should ‘vacancy control’ be a ballot issue?

The Tyee | | Media coverage

Dr. Patrick Condon, professor in UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, discussed 'vacancy control', which caps the rent landlords can charge when a unit changes tenants.

Canada’s largest residential Passive House is at UBC and tenants just moved in

Vancouver Is Awesome | | Media coverage

Residents of UBC Vancouver's first residential Passive House, called Evolve, have just moved in. School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture professor Dr. Adam Rysanek will lead the research phase on this project.

Inside UBC’s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre

Maclean's | | Media coverage

Maclean's called the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre building a well-designed and thoughtful structure that also provides respite for survivors and loved ones. The project's lead architect was Alfred Waugh, a UBC…

SALA's Adam Rysanek leads research group for UBC Passive House project

| Announcement

The first of its kind on UBC’s Vancouver campus, Evolve will provide an unprecedented opportunity to study the benefits and trade-offs of Passive House construction.

Is Canada's health care system in crisis?

CBC Cross Country Checkup | | Media coverage

Nursing professor and director Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc discussed why Canada has been facing shortages of nurses. (1:00:30 mark)

The gap is large': B.C.'s small towns illuminate urban-rural divide in EV infrastructure

Burnaby Now | | Media coverage

Civil engineering professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi said it makes economic sense to have EV uptake start in the cities because that's where the population density and money is. 

Powell Street Festival is back

Megaphone | | Media coverage

A highlight this year is a set of water stations designed and built by University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The program is called Fuki no Mizu フキの水, which translates from…

Architecture and capital in the 21st century: An interview with Matthew Soules

Spacing Vancouver | | Media coverage

BC has 4,265 unfilled nursing jobs - it's one reason why ERs are closing

The Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage

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UBC is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people (Musqueam; which means 'People of the River Grass') and Syilx Okanagan Nation. The land has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam and Syilx peoples, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history, and traditions from one generation to the next.

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