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New tool estimates how much affordable housing a city needs
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Canada needs a more cohesive strategy to help the more than 1.7 million people currently living in unaffordable, overcrowded or poor-condition housing, says UBC expert Dr. Penny Gurstein (she/her), head of the Housing Research Collaborative at UBC’s…
Cash for renters? NDP's tenant assistance pledge sets off debate
The Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage
Dr. Penny Gurstein, a professor at UBC’s school of community and regional planning, commented on the NDP's housing platform.
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 that you…
Vancouver’s cultural parks are almost gone, but some caretakers haven’t given up
The Tyee | | Media coverage
Planner passionate about transit and active modes of transportation
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Jimin is a second-year master’s student at the School of Community and Regional Planning with a passion for transportation planning and civic engagement. Through her program, she focused on researching barriers to e-bike adoption, evaluating the…
Amplifying impact: The legacy of the Becky Tarbotton Memorial Scholarship
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Nevertheless, it was her commitment to activism and making the world a better place that led Becky to become the first female Director of Rainforest Action Network when she was only in her mid-thirties. There, among many major achievements, she…
What can Craigslist tell us about Metro Vancouver’s rental housing market?
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Renters seeking affordable housing in Metro Vancouver are finding it in larger shared homes, not one- or two-bedroom condos, suggests an analysis by the Housing Research Collaborative at the University of British Columbia's School of Community…
UBC Applied Science researchers named among world's top scientists
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More than 100 researchers affiliated with the UBC Faculty of Applied Science are among the 100,000 most-cited scientists across all scientific fields, or among the top two per cent of most-cited scientists in their respective subfields, according to…