Jessica Jin | Master Graduate (2016)
Jessica Jin is a master’s student at the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC. Her focus area is Ecological and Natural Resources Planning. She completed her Bachelor of Landscape Architecture at Tongji University, Shanghai, and her Master of Landscape Architecture at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), where she developed a strong interest […]
Leanna Leib-Milburn | Master Graduate (2016)
Leanna is a master’s candidate at the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at UBC. She comes from a communication research background, and her past research has explored uses of technology for grassroots empowerment and community development. She currently works in the capacity of community planning and policy development at Kwikwetlem First Nation. She […]
Xiaodong Meng | Visiting PhD Student
Xiaodong Meng is a PhD candidate majoring in Landscape Architecture by College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China. She completed a Master of Landscape Architecture at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, focusing on landscape planning and heritage preservation. Her current research focuses on stormwater and flood management within Blue Infrastructure Ecosystem […]
Brittany Morris | Masters Graduate (2019)
Brittany is a graduate student in the Master of Community and Regional Planning program. Over the course of completing a B.A. in Geography and International Relations at UBC she became fascinated by human relationships with their natural and built environments. Following graduation, Brittany gained hands on experience in sustainable development, participatory planning, and citizen-led design in Canada and internationally. […]
Lily Raphael | Master Graduate (2019)
Lily is pursuing her master’s in Community and Regional Planning at SCARP, with an interest in public participation, stakeholder engagement, natural resource management, and ecological planning. Before beginning her Master’s, she served as Program Manager for UpSpring, a non-profit in Cincinnati, Ohio that creates educational programming for children experiencing homelessness. In this position Lily designed […]
Oscar Zapata | Postdoctoral Researcher (2017-2019)
Oscar is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Field Experiments and Public Engagement in the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP). He completed a PhD and a master’s degree in economics at the University of Calgary, and a master’s degree in Sustainable International Development at Brandeis University (MA, USA). His fields of specialization include environmental and […]
Camille Lefrancois | Master Graduate (2016)
Camille is a master’s student at the School of Community and Regional Planning with a particular interest in urban design and ecological planning. Through her schooling and work experience, she worked on projects ranging from climate change research and sea-level rise adaptation to cycling infrastructure and protected areas management. Her current research focuses on the […]
Claudio Pareja | Master Graduate (2017)
Claudio joined the Master of Community and Regional Planning on 2015 looking for a program that gave me more tools to tackle social problems from a bottom-up perspective. Before coming to SCARP he worked as a Mathematical Engineer at the subway company: Metro de Santiago, in Chile. His is planning to focus on how natural […]
Daniel Ward | Master Graduate (2016)
Daniel is a master’s student at the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at UBC, specializing in Ecological and Natural Resource Planning. He grew up in Vancouver, and became fascinated by the rapidly changing landscapes in the neighbourhoods he lived in. These dynamics sparked his interest in urban regions and he looked to various forms […]
Christopher Carter | Master Graduate (2015)
Christopher Carter is a master’s student at the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC in Vancouver Canada. Christopher is interested in land and water use planning amidst natural resource development, multi-stakeholder governance and coastal and remote community planning amidst global change. He completed an interdisciplinary bachelor of science in geography, social anthropology and […]