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Western Canada heat wave: How to stay cool and plan for future hot spells

Global | | Media coverage

Dr. Adam Rysanek, a professor at the school of architecture and landscape architecture at UBC, shared some tips on how to keep safe from extreme heat.

Deaths surge in US and Canada from worst heatwave on record

Reuters | | Media coverage

Dr. Adam Rysanek, a professor at the school of architecture and landscape architecture at UBC, was quoted in an article about extreme weather phenomena brought on by climate change.

Alumni Advice for Graduating into a Pandemic

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EMMA GARROD, Nursing  Stay creative and open! In my twelve years of nursing I have worked in a variety of clinical areas, as well as in education, policy and research. Think about ways your skills can stretch and apply to different areas…

How the uber-rich transformed housing in Vancouver and the world

The Tyee | | Media coverage

Cornelia Oberlander’s many gifts to Vancouver

The Tyee | | Media coverage

UBC prof Matthew Soules exposes capitalism's impact on built environment in icebergs, zombies, and the ultra thin

The Georgia Straight | | Media coverage

I'd much rather be in New Zealand than B.C. when a big earthquake strikes

CBC | | Media coverage

Douglas Todd: global wealth skewing the look and feel of Vancouver and Toronto

Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage

Vancouver landscape architecture pioneer Cornelia Oberlander dead at 99

Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage

Design as a holistic process: the object, the building, the landscape

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My name is Grace Morazzani Diaz and I am from Caracas, Venezuela. I hold a bachelor degree in architecture from the Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas Venezuela and a postgraduate degree in product development from ELISAVA Escuela…

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UBC is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories 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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