B.C. municipal elections are to be held on Oct. 15. UBC experts are available to comment on various municipal election issues.
Climate change
Professor, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Email: kaichan@ires.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Climate, sustainability, biodiversity
Prof. Patrick Condon
Professor, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Tel: 604-788-0747
Interview language(s): English
- Housing affordability, transit, city planning, urban design, climate change and city design
Dr. Kevin Hanna
Associate Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, UBC Okanagan
Tel: 250-807-9265
Email: kevin.hanna@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Climate change risk and vulnerabilities (infrastructure), land use planning, climate adaptation
Dr. Kathryn Harrison
Professor, Department of Political Science
Tel: 604-822-4922
Email: kathryn.harrison@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Climate change, climate change policy
Housing and planning
Prof. Patrick Condon
Professor, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Tel: 604-788-0747
Interview language(s): English
- Housing affordability, transit, city planning, urban design, climate change and city design
Dr. Alexandra Flynn
Associate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Cell: 647-801-9810
Email: flynn@allard.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Homelessness
Dr. Penny Gurstein
Professor Emeritus, School of Community and Regional Planning
Tel: 604-327-1971
Email: penny.gurstein@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Affordable housing
*unavailable Wednesday and Friday mornings
Dr. Nathanael Lauster
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Tel: 604-827-3083
Email: nathan.lauster@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Housing, planning, taxes, politics
Dr. Tsur Somerville
Associate Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business
Email: tsur.somerville@sauder.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Housing issues
*unavailable Oct. 5, 10 or 17
Taxes
Dr. Nathanael Lauster
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Tel: 604-827-3083
Email: nathan.lauster@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Housing, planning, taxes, politics