
Transit funding will drive Canadian cities into the future
The Canadian experience is fast becoming focused on glass and concrete. Continue reading Transit funding will drive Canadian cities into the future
The Canadian experience is fast becoming focused on glass and concrete. Continue reading Transit funding will drive Canadian cities into the future
A new report from the City of Vancouver and UBC recommends “unlocking economic potential” with a rail-based rapid transit system to serve the rapidly growing region. Continue reading Rapid transit key to unlocking potential of UBC/Broadway corridor: study
The University of British Columbia has been named Canada’s first “Fair Trade Campus” – and will get its very own blend of ethically sourced coffee – as a result of its national leadership on Fair Trade purchasing. Continue reading UBC named Canada’s first Fair Trade Campus
If you build it, they will come. But if you build a green building—one that aims to be environmentally responsible and resource-efficient—but people aren’t comfortable living or working in it, you risk falling short of your green goals. Continue reading The human touch: UBC to study green building inhabitants
(Le texte français suit) Call for Papers: Beyond the Culture of Nature: Rethinking Canadian and Environmental Studies Location: The University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus (http://www.canadianstudies.ubc.ca/) Date: 29-30 September, 2012 Canadian and Environmental Studies are two fields in transformation. Initiated in part as emancipatory projects in the 1970s, seeking to define subjects and articulate their […] Continue reading Beyond the Culture of Nature: Rethinking Canadian and Environmental Studies
Teams are competing in a 5 part challenge centered around building a District Energy System for the imaginary town of Sustainaville as part of the FortisBC Community Energy Challenge. Continue reading Team Hot, Cold – FortisBC Community Energy Challenge Community Consultation