In the Media
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The Globe and Mail (subscription)Vancouver parents raise alarm as school board looks to close schools in growing neighbourhoods
SCARP professor Dr. Michael Hooper said the Vancouver School Board’s plan to close schools ignores the massive housing projects planned for Vancouver.
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The ProvinceHow to really change zoning to increase housing affordability
SALA professor Patrick Condon was quoted in an opinion piece about housing affordability in Vancouver.
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CBC Early EditionEducators discuss the challenges and opportunities of AI
SCARP professor, Dr. Michael Hooper, talks about the challenges and surprising opportunities presented by AI tools like ChatGPT.
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Vancouver SunUBC project looks to bridge the gap between climate worry and action
Taylor Legere, a sustainability scholar and a master’s student in landscape architecture, has been researching better ways to communicate how climate change is affecting the city of Vancouver.
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CTV NewsLaunch Canada gathers future Canadian rocketeers
Members of the UBC Rocket student engineering design team participated in the Launch Canada competition in Ontario where they tested their rockets.
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CBCVancouver's architecture, by design, was never meant to handle extreme heat
Architecture professors Sara Stevens and Patrick Condon said that current construction standards in B.C. are not suitable for extreme heat.
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CastanetDoes the Thompson-Okanagan need light-rail commuter train?
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Gordon Lovegrove pitched a hydrogen powered train that would service the Okanagan.
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CBC NewsCalls for more education, less stigma as report shows toxic drugs the leading cause of death in B.C. youth
Nursing associate professor Dr. Emily Jenkins discussed how to best support children and youth when it comes to substance use education and intervention.
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CBC NewsCommunities in B.C.'s Okanagan grapple with highway disruption caused by rock slide
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Dwayne Tannant said Highway 97 is unlikely to open for the long weekend due to ongoing instability of the nearby slope.
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Global NewsAre self-driving cars safe? A UBC study says British Columbians aren’t too sure
Civil engineering professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi and PhD student Gurdiljot Singh Gill conducted a study which found that more than 40 per cent of British Columbians believe pedestrians will be less safe with self-driving cars on roadways.