Strategic Priority Areas: Thriving Cities + Communities
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
UBC Engineering and Fraunhofer aim to digitally transform aerospace, automotive manufacturing
| Announcement
The Internet of Things and big data are revolutionizing how the manufacturing industry operates. A freshly launched research collaboration between UBC Faculty of Applied Science and two Fraunhofer Institutes will provide new digital offerings.
UBC SALA students bring resilience and relief through bespoke water fountains and misters
| Announcement
Fuki no Mizu is an initiative that provides this year's Powell Street Festival attendees drinking water and mist for cooling through pavilion structures. This was designed by a team of UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture…
How will ‘managed retreat’ fit into Canada’s climate-change adaptation plans? Communities face hard choices in any scenario
The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage