Marijuana legalization and housing affordability are on the agenda this week at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver. UBC experts are available to comment on these priority issues:
Marijuana legalization
Rielle Capler
Faculty of Arts
Tel: 604-818-4082
Email: rielle@telus.net
- marijuana, medical marijuana
*unavailable Tuesday afternoon
M-J Milloy
Faculty of Medicine
Please arrange interview via Kevin Hollett, communications lead for BC Centre on Substance Use, 604-416-1533 or 778-848-3420 or khollett@cfenet.ubc.ca
- epidemiology, illicit drug use, marijuana, medical marijuana, HIV/AIDS
*available Tuesday, before noon on Wednesday
Zach Walsh
Department of Psychology, Okanagan campus
Email: zachary.walsh@ubc.ca
- addiction, marijuana
*available Tuesday 9:30-11 a.m., noon-1:30 p.m. and after 2 p.m.; Wednesday before 10 a.m., noon-1 p.m. and after 4 p.m.
Housing affordability
Thomas Davidoff
UBC Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-822-8325
Email: thomas.davidoff@sauder.ubc.ca
- housing, real estate
*available Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday morning, Thursday afternoon
Penny Gurstein
School of Community and Regional Planning, Faculty of Applied Science
Tel: 604-329-0242
Email: penny.gurstein@ubc.ca
- Urban planning, affordable housing, community planning and development
*available Tuesday and Wednesday from 8-9 a.m., Tuesday 1-3 p.m., Wednesday after 4 p.m.
Nathanael Lauster
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Tel: 604-827-3083
Email: nlauster@mail.ubc.ca
- real estate, housing, urban studies
*available Tuesday after 2 p.m., Wednesday before 2 p.m.
Tsur Somerville
UBC Sauder School of Business
Cel: 604-329-4585
Email: tsur.somerville@sauder.ubc.ca
- housing, real estate development, mortgages, urban economics