In the Limelight

Student helps First Nations bring parenting values to life By: Jean Kavanagh Aftab Erfan was intrigued when she learned that a Vancouver Island First Nation band had approached UBC’s School of Community &...

congratulations to AFTAB ERFAN, finalist in SSHRC storytelling competition

SSHRC has just released the names of the top 25 storytellers among SSHRC scholarship holders. This was a competition that SSHRC ran on "Research for a Better Life: the top storytellers" asking scholarship holders to report in story form on the...

Public transit: lessons from the great cities of the world

The world’s largest cities are resorting to tough love to reduce traffic congestion and pollution, according to UBC urban planning and transportation expert Jinhua Zhao.Zhao points to Shanghai which auctions off only about 10,000 car registrations...

PhD Student approaches Aboriginal health from community planning perspective

Lyana Patrick thought she wanted to be a doctor so she could help people with health issues. However, that was prior to meeting Dr. Leonie Sandercock, a UBC School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) professor, who encouraged her to pursue a...

Congratulations, Leonie Sandercock was awarded Honorary Doctorate by Roskilde University

Leonie Sandercock, Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Roskilde University in Denmark on September 21, 2012. During her visit to Roskilde, Prof. Sandercock delivered the Honorary Doctorate...

Congratulations Bill Rees and Mathis Wackernagel, a SCARP PhD graduate, for winning the prestigious Blue Planet Award for Sustainability

Please join us in congratulating Bill Rees and Mathis Wackernagel, a SCARP PhD graduate, for winning the prestigious Blue Planet Award for Sustainability AND the Kenneth E. Boulding Award from the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE...