leading cities: a global review of city leadership

Part 5: UBC’s Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute pushes the boundaries of today’s knowledge to develop benefits of tomorrow.Part 4: Five students whose research could impact critical challenges.Part 3: Making the connection - UBC’s Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, a global centre for trail-blazing brain research, treatments.Part 1: Pure genius - Acuva partners with UBC to launch breakthrough clean-tech company.

The BRDF uses waste wood - sawdust and bark, for instance - to provide heat for the university. About five years ago, the Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Facility (BRDF) was deployed under the Campus as a Living Laboratory initiative, connecting the university’s operations to the research capacity on campus.

The negative implications are numerous, from air pollution to climate change to ill health among populations cloistered together in fast-growing, sprawling urban landscapes expanding to accommodate more people migrating from the countryside to the city.Īt UBC, what has been a source of air pollution and climate change, is being turned into a sustainable energy initiative. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.

Leading cities: a global review of city leadership