The costs of future climate change to the Canadian economy and society are likely to be very large. Meltwater from glaciers is an important source of freshwater throughout Western Canada, while freshwater carried by rivers to oceans plays a critical role in the global climate system. The overall goal of this project is to improve […]

Provinces have been mandated to consult with First Nations on a broad spectrum of planning issues in the last decade. First Nations engaging in these processes should be empowered with an array of communication tools that (a) enable their decision-making, and (b) enhance their capacity to communicate their values, suggestions or concerns. The purpose of […]

As part of ongoing collaboration with Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, the intern will engage in a 5-year dune restoration effort at Wickaninnish Beach near Ucluelet, B.C. Invasive beach grass (Ammophila spp.) was introduced to stabilize the dunes in the 1940s and has since colonized the foredunes, reduced active windblown sediment transport, and lowered species […]

Canada is currently experiencing a cat overpopulation crisis, fed in large part by the uncontrolled breeding of domestic animals. While homeless and feral cats may add to the problem, much of the population explosion is being driven by unsterilized cats, whose owners have chosen to leave them intact. A single unaltered female cat and her […]

Long-term monitoring and modeling energy consumption behaviors is a daunting task for decades. This project aims to achieve efficient energy consumption data collection and processing using wireless sensors and cloud platform together, focusing on large scale enterprises that consume large amount of energy, e.g., electricity, gas. By tackling the challenges through algorithm design and system […]

Mitigating climate change is arguably one of the most pressing issues facing humanity; changing development patterns is a key part of the solution. While alternatives to the traditional automobile suburb exist, they have not become a part of mainstream practice. In part, this is due to lack of clarity on what the alternative options exist. […]

The main objective of this research project is to synthesize and evaluate the published and grey literatures on consumer perceptions of green real estate development and sustainable community design features. Current research on homebuyers perceptions, priorities, motivations, and willingness-to-pay has yet to be consolidated. The complex nature of these topics scatters research across several disciplinary […]

Approximately 1.7 million people sustain head injuries each year in the United States alone with associated costs exceeding $60 billion. One of the most common symptoms of a head injury is decreased postural control that may be associated with changes in heart rate and blood pressure which may lead to syncope (fainting) , pre-syncope, or […]

This project will consider how impacts on Aboriginal and Treaty rights have been addressed in Environmental Impact Assessments and other regulatory processes in BC and Alberta. The impacts being assessed include destruction of areas important for hunting, fishing, trapping, or spiritual purposes, as well as prohibitions to accessing these and other types of important areas. […]

At the moment, BC has no comprehensive climate change curriculum in high schools, and educators lack coordinated materials to support its teaching. In an effort to narrow this gap, the Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning (CALP) at the Faculty of Forestry, UBC partnered with the Delta School District, to develop an educational and compelling videogame […]

Traditionally, the forest management practice in the Dawson City area (YT) has been clear-cut management, in which all trees of a given area are harvested. As the local First Nation (the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Nation) seek to become more involved in the management of the local resources, the opportunity has arisen to transition to an alternative […]

The proposed project contributes to the development of a product for use in public spaces to provide LED lighting which is made interactive through sound responsiveness. This sound responsiveness is made possible through the use of modern micro-computers which can be programmed to use sounds in the environment to create different lighting effects. Unfortunately, this […]