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Advocates identify sites to address gap in seniors housing, health care in Vancouver's Chinatown
Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
SCARP PhD candidate Louisa-May Khoo authored a report which found that only 2,905 out of 12,788 units of affordable housing in Chinatown, Strathcona and the Downtown Eastside are designated for seniors.
Ready to spring forward? When daylight saving time 2024 begins in Canada
Global News | | Media coverage
Nursing professor emeritus Dr. Wendy Hall said the return to standard time in the fall makes people less active in the evening and may cause depression because of shorter exposure to sunlight.
Speaker event at SCARP: China urbanising in global context
Feb 29, 2024 | 11:30am - 1:00pm | Event
Weiping Wu, Director and Professor at Columbia University's Urban Planning program, highlighting key conclusions and theoretical touchstones that have emerged, outlining new perspectives, and the transitions underway and their gravity.
Puberty blockers can't be started at 18 when youth have already developed: experts
Toronto Star | | Media coverage
Nursing professor Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc said politicizing medical care could cause trans adolescents to be silent if they are being mistreated.
Understanding how wind farms interact with wind can optimize their power
Earth.com | | Media coverage
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Joshua Brinkerhoff, with doctoral student Sebastiano Stipa, is part of a team of researchers studying how wind farms can change airstream patterns.
Making The World A Better Place Through Research And Sharing Knowledge
| Spotlight
Madisyn shares her journey in engineering and her experience as a graduate student.
Advocates react to Alberta's legislation to restrict trans youth health care
CBC Early Edition | | Media coverage
UBC School of Nursing's Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc weighs in on how Alberta's legislation could impact trans youth.
‘Public health wasn’t the first priority,’ critics say after refinery leak
Canada's National Observer | | Media coverage
An air-quality monitoring project led by UBC mechanical engineering researchers received record reports following an industrial accident at Burnaby’s Parkland refinery.
How effective a climate solution is removing CO2 from the atmosphere?
CBC | | Media coverage
Mechanical engineering professor Dr. Alex Tavasoli is researching how to capture and store CO2 and exploring uses for captured CO2 and waste.
B.C. offers certainty for miners not found elsewhere, says Premier Eby
Today in BC | | Media coverage
Dr. John Steen (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering; Bradshaw Research Institute for Minerals and Mining) commented on mining in B.C.