In the Media
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CTV NewsMeet a UBC student trying to make Vancouver more sustainable and accessible
Electrical engineering student Stephanie Quon has spearheaded dozens of projects and raised thousands of dollars in funding for community programs.
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Yahoo NewsScientists develop unreal solution to get toxic microplastics out of our drinking water: ‘[They] pose a growing threat’
Dr. Orlando Rojas, Director of UBC’s BioProducts Institute, developed a device that uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water with forestry and chemical and biological engineering researchers.
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CBCNo more soft plastics as Yukon recyclers brace for major changes
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Mohammad Arjmand is leading research on how to manipulate the properties of recycled plastics, making them more resistant to heat or corrosion, or conductive to electricity.
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Elko Daily Free PressTackling tailings with microbes
Chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Vikramaditya Yadav discussed using microbes to clean up tailings water, a by-product of mining.
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Architectural ReviewIn practice: Architects Against Housing Alienation on building an equitable housing system
SALA faculty Sara Stevens, Matthew Soules and Tijana Vujosevic write about how to decommodify and decolonize housing in Canada.
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The Globe and MailResearchers simulating wildfire evacuations for five Western Canadian communities
Civil engineering professor Dr. Amy Kim is part of a study that will survey residents in the Alberta communities of Canmore and Whitecourt and the B.C. towns of Quesnel, Salmon Arm and Nelson on evacuations and decisions in disasters.
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NBC MiamiHow is the Miami River cleaned? New technologies to eradicate microplastics
Media mentioned a device developed by forestry and chemical and biological engineering researchers that uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water.
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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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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.