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Art show links timeless teaching with cutting-edge tech in GPAG exhibition

Coast Reporter | | Media coverage

Kamala Todd, adjunct professor at the School of Community and Regional Planning, curated an exhibition of interdisciplinary artworks that express Indigenous wisdom through traditional and emerging media called We Carry Our Bundles Forward.

Michael Y. Seelig: Real estate must not be compared to Microsoft or Tesla

Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage

Michael Y. Seelig, professor emeritus in the School of Community and Regional Planning, wrote an op-ed on how thinking that real estate in Vancouver represents the wealth of this community is wrong and dangerous.

Co-creating a future beyond the classroom

| Announcement

This article originally appeared on UBC Today.

If cities don’t want homeless encampments they should help people, not punish them

The Conversation | | Media coverage

Professor emeritus Dr. Penny Gurstein from the School of Community and Regional Planning wrote about rethinking policy that's meant to help those experiencing homelessness.

Is Vancouver 'deteriorating'? How public safety is being debated in the lead-up to the election

CTV | | Media coverage

Professor emeritus Dr. Penny Gurstein from the School of Community and Regional Planning, within the Faculty of Applied Science, discussed public safety in Vancouver.

65-plus baby boomers make up almost half of Parksville region population in growing trend: StatCan

Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage

Dr. Penny Gurstein, professor emeritus in UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning, discussed the growing number of 65-plus residents in the top 10 BC cities.

Research Review: Dr. Julia Harten

CiTR | | Media coverage

Dr. Julia Harten, assistant professor in the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning, discussed her research on China’s shared rental market, and her experience with "bed rentals" in urban cities.

Mapping the neighbourhoods of the gut microbiome

The Scientist | | Media coverage

Vancouver proposes huge housing development at north end of Granville Bridge

The Province | | Media coverage

Indigenous-led supportive housing can be transformative

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In any urban centre in Canada, First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) peoples disproportionately experiencing homelessness.

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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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