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Critical need for culturally appropriate seniors housing in Vancouver Chinatown: report

Province | | Media coverage

A report co-authored by School of Community and Regional Planning PhD candidate Louisa-May Khoo found that the supply of affordable housing in and around Chinatown is inadequate.

Fact-checking claims about homelessness in Kamloops

The Wren | | Media coverage

UBC School of Community and Regional Planning's report, Pathways to Homelessness, was referenced for its review on the major pathways relevant to three major disproportionately represented groups.

Former Victoria Mayor’s appointment as housing adviser draws mixed reactions – Cranbrook Daily Townsman

Canada Today | | Media coverage

School of Community and Regional Planning professor emeritus Dr. Penny Gurstein commented on the appointment of former Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps as housing adviser for B.C. Premier David Eby.

New Westminster installs 24-hour toilet in the downtown neighbourhood

New Westminster Record | | Media coverage

School of Community and Regional Planning is collaborating with the city of New Westminster on the development of a public washroom strategy that will guide planning for additional public washrooms city-wide.

The fundamental issue – Overshoot

Resilience | | Media coverage

William Rees, Professor Emeritus and former Director of the School of Community and Regional Planning, outlines why most of the challenges facing humanity and the biosphere have a common origin – ecological overshoot.

B.C. real estate assessments show smaller increases after last summer’s cooling market

Globe and Mail | | Media coverage

Dr. Penny Gurstein, professor emeritus from the School of Community and Regional Planning discussed how assessments have not been a real indicator of a home’s market value but have been of use to municipal governments.

Bike-share programs have been quietly polluting for years. Now companies like Lime and Lyft are improving design and operations to deliver on sustainability promises

Fortune | | Media coverage

Dr. Kelly Clifton, professor at the School of Community and Regional Planning, commented on the overall carbon emissions impact of micromobility devices. 

2022 UBC Applied Science Dean’s Faculty Awards for Service

| Announcement

Professor Carol Jaeger, Dr. Mark Stevens and Dr. Sabine Weyand were honoured with Dean's Awards for their exceptional contributions to the UBC Applied Science community.

There will be 8 billion of us, and that’s already too many

CBC Quirks and Quarks | | Media coverage

Professor emeritus Dr. Bill Rees from the School of Community and Regional Planning) discussed the exponential growth of the world's population and how population impacts are inextricably linked with consumption.

Ultra-luxurious home owners in Vancouver pay peanuts in income tax: UBC study

Daily Hive | | Media coverage

Paul Boniface Akaabre, PhD candidate at the School of Community and Regional Planning, and colleagues found that owners of Greater Vancouver’s expensive homes pay a “tiny” amount of income taxes relative to their wealth in…

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