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Better housing policies needed in a post-COVID world
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UBC report highlights gains but calls for longer-term solutions to improve housing supply COVID-19 proved that governments can respond quickly to improve housing during a health crisis. The next step should be to build on these gains to make long-…
Leonie Sandercock receives YWCA Women of Distinction Award
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Leonie Sandercock, a professor in the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), has received a 2020 YWCA Women of Distinction Award. Now in their 37th year, the Women of Distinction Awards aim to honour extraordinary women leaders while…
Two UBC Applied Science profs inducted into Royal Society of Canada
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Leonie Sandercock, a professor in the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), Canada’s highest honour for artists, scholars and scientists.
What will our cities look like after COVID-19?
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The past few months have been a highly unusual time as people sheltered in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Schools, streets and stadiums fell silent, tourist hot spots became ghost towns, and sidewalk traffic largely consisted of grocery…
Wider pavement markings could make highways safer
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Making pavement markings two to four inches wider can significantly reduce collisions on Canadian highways, new research from the University of British Columbia, the University of Alberta and McMaster University suggests. The study, which…
UBC Applied Science researchers receive Vanier and Banting awards
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Four UBC Applied Science doctoral students have received Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships from the Government of Canada. Awardees are selected based on their leadership skills, research potential and scholarly achievements.
UBC Applied Science research projects awarded nearly $2.25M by federal New Frontiers in Research Fund
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Research projects led or co-led by UBC Applied Science faculty members have received nearly $2.25 million under the Exploration stream of the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF). The Exploration stream aims to promote…
SCARP prof appointed to Council of Canadian Academies expert panel
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Stephanie Chang, a professor in UBC's School of Community and Regional Planning, has been appointed a Member of the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) Expert Panel on Natural Disaster Resilience.
"A city full of life” — and lessons for urban planning
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Le Corbusier, the pioneering architect and city planner, called it “a city full of life … a port open to the past and future.” Cervantes’s Don Quixote said it was “unique in its location and beauty” — not to mention a “fountain of courtesy, shelter…
UBC hosts road safety symposium featuring international experts
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With the number of car crashes resulting in injury or death increasing every year, the need to make our roads safer has never been more urgent. But as traffic worsens, potentially attention-diverting technologies proliferate and substance abuse…