Canada’s population is expected to reach 40 million by Friday. UBC experts are available to comment.
Dr. Werner Antweiler
Associate Professor, Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-822-8484
Email: werner.antweiler@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English, German
- Evolving demographic trends and what that means for evolving demand for housing, health care, transportation, and other public services, differential population trends across provinces and repercussions on the political landscape
Dr. Nemy Banthia
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Senior Canada Research Chair in Infrastructure Rehabilitation
Email: banthia@civil.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English, Hindi, French
- Population growth and infrastructure
Dr. Kai Chan (he/him)
Professor, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability and the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Canada Research Chair, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Email: kaichan@ires.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Population growth and sustainability
Dr. Thomas Davidoff
Associate Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business
Tel: 778-384-1489
Email: thomas.davidoff@sauder.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Housing
Dr. Suzanne Huot (she/her/elle)
Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Tel: 778-877-6127
Email: suzanne.huot@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English, French
- Immigration, integration of immigrants
*available weekday afternoons only
Dr. Nathanael Lauster (he/him)
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Email: nathan.lauster@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Population, demography, migration, housing
Dr. William Rees
Professor Emeritus, School of Community and Regional Planning
Email: wrees@mail.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Ecological footprint analysis
- Population and overshoot
Dr. Carlos Teixeira
Professor, Department of Geography (Okanagan campus)
Tel: 250-762-6389
Email: carlos.teixeira@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English, French and Portuguese
- Immigration, immigrants in Canada, neighbourhood change