News and Updates

Musqueam community members connect to cedar, as grant expand to Musqueam

A new partnership with the Vancouver Foundation has allowed Campus + Community Planning to expand the UTown@ UBC Community Grants program off campus to the Musqueam community.

A UBC first: A buffet of recovered food

On Wednesday April 5, two dozen 4th year Faculty of Land and Food System students sat down for a delicious buffet of food cooked for them by chefs from Student Housing and Hospitality Services.

Annual waste audit counts our sorting habits

For the fourth year in a row, student volunteers led a waste audit at the AMS Nest to highlight the amount of material that is thrown into the garbage instead of being recycled. During a 12 hour period on March 15, 2017, 60 volunteers collected 387 kg of waste from the AMS Nest.

A monument to reconciliation

It’s nearly five pm on Saturday April 1, 2017, and a crowd of more than three thousand people has gathered on Main Mall at UBC to help raise the Reconciliation Pole, a monument to the survivors of Canada’s residential schools.

Showcasing biodiversity

Biodiversity is the foundation of life, and one of the most valuable resource on our planet.

Lights on Lee Square

A little light and magic is illuminating the nights on the UBC Vancouver campus this month.

Campus and Community Planning is excited to bring the new lighting project to the Money and Raymond M.C. Lee Square across from the UBC Bookstore.

Reconciliation Pole to be raised on April 1, 2017

Honouring a Time Before, During and After Canada’s Indian Residential Schools.

UBC has partnered with a private donor to commission the carving of a totem pole that recognizes the complex aspects of reconciliation related to Canadian Indian residential schools.

Barcelona’s bold move to reclaim public space

Watch Salvador Rueda's talk on Barcelona's plan to create superilles (superblocks) to reduce traffic, noise, and pollution.

Dialing It Down To Help The Planet

Before UBC staff and faculty left for the winter break, they set up the campus to save big on energy and greenhouse gas emissions.

Q&A with Michael White - January 2017

This month we sat down with Campus and Community Planning’s Associate Vice President, Michael White, to take a look back at campus planning in 2016 and ask him about what we can look forward to in 2017.