The Campus Resident June 2010

Published monthly by the University Neighbourhoods Association

after MLA Blair Lekstrom resigned as minister of energy, mines and petroleum resources in opposition to the contentious harmonized sale tax (HST) scheduled to start July 1.A vacancy occurred in the post of

minister of community and rural development when MLA Bill Ben-nett was appointed to become ener-gy minister, and Mr. Stewart—who was previously minister of citizens’ services—moved into the post va-cated by Mr. Bennett who had only been in it for a month.

The growing number of households at the University of British Columbia signed on to a composting program its organizers call unique to Metro Vancou-ver has topped the 1,000 mark.A total of about 3,100 apartments and

town-houses stand on the UBC campus, and this means 34% of them are partici-pating in the composting program jointly organized by UBC and the University Neighbourhoods Association (UNA).It also means a significant reduction in

the amount of organic waste going from residential neighbourhoods at UBC to landfill sites in Metro Vancouver. Ralph Wells, sustainability manager for the UNA, says this reduction has amounted to “nearly 50,000 kilograms of organics in the past year alone,” The flourishing composting program for

campus residents began in about 2005. A composting program for UBC insti-tutional buildings had started--and was proving successful.

UBC-UNA program is leading way; organics are diverted from landfill

Ben Stewart, the new minister with oversight for land using planning and governance at the University of British Columbia, has at least one solid UBC connection.A cabinet shuffle June 11 led to

Mr. Stewart being named minister of community and rural develop-ment in the Liberal government of Premier Gordon Campbell. MLA for Westside-Kelowna, Mr.

Stewart served on the presidents’ community advisory council at UBC Okanagan when this new uni-versity was started five years ago.The recent cabinet shuffle arose MINISTER cont’d page 5

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Ben Stewart is Westside-Kelowna MLA and new minister of community and rural development

Bylaw is historic first at UBC; noise in neighbourhoods is targeted

The first bylaw crafted by the Uni-versity Neighbourhoods Association (UNA) in eight years of municipal-like government at UBC has gone to the University for approval, and if approved, it should reduce the amount of noise in residential neigh-bourhoods on campus.A unanimous board of directors at

their meeting at the Old Barn Com-munity Centre May 11th ruled that since wording of the UNA ‘Noise Control Bylaw’ required no sub-stantive revisions, it should be sent to UBC for approval in its current form.A UNA committee began the work

of drafting a noise control bylaw ear-ly in 2009. Two public consultation periods and numerous refinements to wording of the bylaw followed.The historic emergence of a bylaw

affecting community life for 7,500 campus residents received UNA board approval with the following provisions:1. That the UNA Board of Directors

commit to studying and resolving the ongoing issue of the use of power landscaping equipment by anyone within the UNA neighbourhoods;2. That the UNA Board of Directors

commit to publishing, in multiple languages and by multiple media, a simple ‘users guide’ that explains the UNA Noise Bylaw to residents.

The 2008 Neighbours Agreement between UBC and the UNA required a UNA bylaw development commit-tee review comments from the two public consultations and advise UNA directors whether the language of a proposed bylaw should be revised substantively on the basis of these comments. The first public consultation began on

October 8, 2009 and was advertised in the UNA weekly email to residents. It ran for a period of 30 days and ended on November 9, 2009. Based upon the comments received and a review of the language by the UNA directors, the board revised the draft of the by-law to further clarify it. After the directors felt UBC resi-

dents should have further opportu-nity for comment, a second public consultation was held from January 21 to March 5, 2010. It also was ad-vertised in the UNA weekly email to residents.The results of both these consultation

periods were circulated and reviewed by the noise bylaw development com-mittee. The committee met on May 6, 2010 with Prod Laquian, chair of the UNA standing committee on gover-nance (which oversees the develop-ment of UNA bylaws), Mike Feeley, UNA chair, and UNA staff.

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Fines of Up to $10KFace Noise Offenders

Bylaw is clearly written; legal wording is forcefulThe new Noise Control Bylaw crafted

by the University Neighborhoods Asso-ciation and due to be approved by UBC shortly spells out in clear and force-ful language both transgressions and the applicable penalties offenders can face for being ruled noisy in residential neighbourhoods on campus.A section of the bylaw—the first by-

law ever developed for those areas of campus where governance is provided by the UNA—refers to ‘Applicable Penalties under the Noise Bylaw’.This section reads in part that someone

the UNA rules guilty of a noise offence becomes liable for fines as follows:(a) not more than $1,000.00 nor less

than $100.00 for a first offence,(b) not more than $3,000.00 nor less

than $1,000.00 for a second offence,(c) not more than $5,000.00 nor less

than $3,000.00 for a third offence,(d) not more than $10,000.00 nor less

than $5,000.00 for a fourth offence, or for any offence past a fourth offence.The same section also reads in part that

a person may dispute any ticket, fine or other penalty issued by an enforcement officer for a contravention of this bylaw pursuant to the process set out in UNA enforcement and appeals regulations.A guide to be distributed shortly by

the UNA will explain to UBC resi-dents the full workings of the new bylaw. In the meantime, residents will find the bylaw available for reading at www.myuna.ca (Go to May, 2010 UNA board package.)

UBC manager of municipal services, Darren Duff and sustainability manager, Ralph Wells outside The Old Barn Community Centre with compost bins.

UNA Board Backs Noise Control Bylaw

Composting TallyTops Thousand Households

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The standing committee identified three concerns to be addressed by the UNA board:1. The use of power landscaping

equipment especially leaf blowers,2. The use of construction power

equipment,3. The uncertainty by residents on

how to ‘measure noise’.After considerable discussion, the

noise bylaw development committee determined the proposed noise bylaw should be implemented without de-lay, and recommended that the draft noise bylaw be approved by the UNA board of directors with the provision that the board commit to resolving the concerns of residents related to the use of power landscaping equipment and making the bylaw accessible to residents in multiple languages and in multiple media, thereby allowing residents easy interpretation of a by-law that is necessarily written in very ‘legal’ terms. A UNA spokesperson said the noise

bylaw development committee is expected to submit a report to the UNA board of directors shortly. In the meantime, to allow the timely passage of the noise bylaw, the com-mittee recommended approval of the UNA draft noise bylaw at the May 11 UNA board meeting.Mike Feeley, chair of the UNA sin-

cerely thanked the noise bylaw devel-opment committee for its “outstand-ing commitment to the development of the UNA’s first bylaw.” Mr. Feeley said, “The lessons learned from this process will assist the UNA in devel-oping further bylaws.”

NOISE BYLAW from page 1

Public Plays Big Role In Shaping Bylaw

The residential community at UBC has played a big role in drafting the language of a historic first bylaw cov-ering residential neighbourhoods on campus.A roster of residents campus-wide re-

sponded to requests by the University Neighbourhoods Association to review drafts of the proposed UNA Noise Control Bylaw and comment on its wording.Jan Fialkowski, UNA executive direc-

tor, called the response “encouraging.”The large volume of commentary

would more than fill the space avail-able here, so, a selection of comments only follows:

Chancellor Place Resident

I reside in the Chancellor area and am an owner who lives on the fifth floor of my strata building. All summer (of 2009), I have been aggravated by the use of the loud and continuing use of the leaf blowers. They are overused and exceptionally irritating. When I am reading or entertaining on

the sundeck, it is unbearable. When I am indoors, the noise that is emitted is so loud that I need to close the doors and windows while the lengthy process of cleaning the sidewalks occurs. On some weeks the blowers are used

almost every day as there are several strata buildings being serviced in close proximity. It is exceptionally irritating

to anyone at home for a great deal of the time. Fortunately, I am not one of those, but I do empathize with them. Nevertheless, there are enough occa-sions when I am at home when I find the machines to be most disagreeable. I would love to have ALL leaf blow-

ers banned. I find that the landscap-ing companies utilize these machines for work that can be conducted with a broom. Needless to say this is the low tech method but it is far more condu-cive to quiet living. I suspect there are other acceptable methods of getting the job done. As it exists now, the use of these machines are environmentally abusive and are an assault on my right to a peaceful neighbourhood.

Hawthorn Place Resident

The draft noise bylaw looks very good and our Strata Council is eagerly awaiting their implementation. We do have our own noise bylaws but we es-pecially like the UNA bylaw...makes things much clearer for residents as to when quiet hours are expected.


The Noise Rule seems like a very good idea. My suggestion would be to find ways to further restrict the use of power tools for garden care. First of all, sprinklers are noisy in the wee hours

of summer mornings. Over-water-ing causes lawn & shrubs to grow too quickly hence require more frequent cuttings. So perhaps, watering could be reduced hence leading to saving water, money and decreasing noise.

Hampton Place Resident

The proposed by-law does nothing to enjoin the use of noisy motorcycles. They are one of the greatest malefac-tors for those of us who live near 16th Avenue.

Chancellor Place Resident

In summary, although well-intended and well-structured, the bylaw as draft-ed appears to be spineless in combating noise that really matters when it matters - namely the immediate silencing of noisy parties in nearby buildings or loud music played late at night on commer-cial premises. Here are some specifics: The whole bylaw is tilted in favor of

the University (i.e. only applies to noise emanating from a market residence). An equally significant problem at night is noise emanating from student resi-dences, and the noise and disturbances emanating from Fraternity Row.Equally egregious is the bylaw section

which says the University can permit any noise they like for “special events”, provided they end at 9PM.

Two consultations periods are held; board is influenced by comments

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Good Goes by Name ‘Quiet’

The vast majority of residents in neighbourhoods located at the Univer-sity of British Columbia do not expect to live in the midst of absolute quiet. A measure of noise echoes through all communities, especially new commu-nities still in part under construction, and especially communities where young and healthy students abound.However, campus residents do ex-

pect to live where quiet is the norm, where the right to quiet is respected, where noise pollution is not accept-able, and thanks to a noise control by-law passed recently by the University Neighbourhoods Association, they now have reason to believe their ex-pectations will be met.The historic UNA Noise Control

Bylaw—historic in that it is the first municipal-like bylaw passed at UBC since the first days of residential de-velopment on campus in 1995—brings residents the comfort of knowing their community will stand behind them in the event they are besieged by an ob-jectionable level of noise coming into their homes from sources outside it.A lot of noises qualify as objection-

able under the new bylaw, which is applicable only to residential neigh-bourhoods on campus; witness the

following three examples:•The noise resulting from a group

of people talking in the street where the voice or voices of one or more of them is raised beyond the level of or-dinary conversation;•The noise from vehicle-mounted car-

pet cleaning equipment made before 8 AM and after 6 PM on any weekday, before noon and after 5 PM on a Sat-urday, or at any time on a Sunday or holiday;•The operation of a leaf blower at

any time unless the leaf blower has attached to it a manufacturer’s decal certifying that the leaf blower meets a certain standard (details of which are available from the UNA).The bylaw cites almost two dozen

sources of objectionable noise for which polluters may be prosecuted with fines up to $10,000.The firm but fair implementation

of this bylaw by noise enforcement officers should make UBC a qui-eter place to live at. A measure of noise will remain, but with proper enforcement, the new bylaw should reduce it to the point where every single resident on campus will have the opportunity to enjoy the quiet of their home.

Historic bylaw controlling noise is passed

Market Housing Helps UBC Child Care Services1,500 children are on wait list; $900,000 funding committed by UNA

There is a critical shortage of child care services in Canada and it is particularly severe on university campuses. At UBC, some 1,500 children are on the waiting list for access to child care services. The main question that can be raised

about the presence of 7,500 or so residents in the UNA neighbourhoods is: will the commercial housing residents be compet-ing for child care spaces with the families of students, faculty and staff? At present, UBC Child Care Services

provides 460 spaces for children whose ages range from four months to 12 years. It runs 13 centres mainly funded by UBC, the Alma Mater Society (AMS) and fees. It requires subsidies of about $1,500 per child per year. UBC Child Care Services charges accord-

ing to whether the child is: (a) the child of a UBC student; (b) of a UBC employee; or (c) non-UBC affiliated family. Thus, for an infant aged four to 18 months, fees are: $1,055 for UBC student; $1,156 for

UBC employee; and $1,556 for non-UBC affiliated family.Many of the children of UNA member

families are classified non-UBC affiliat-ed. This raises the question: what are the child care needs of these UNA member families?A 2008 survey of UNA residents shows

about 63.1% of the families had no chil-dren living with them and 36.9% had children. Of the number of children in the neighbourhoods, 8.0% were under the age of 5 and needed child care services. Of the children that were provided with child care services, 5% were with UBC Child Care Services and 4% had “private care.” Projecting the child care needs in the

UNA neighbourhoods, it was estimated that within the next five years, the de-mand for slots in UBC Child Care Servic-es from UNA respondents would rise to about 11% and private care would expand another 2%.Interviewed about their future child care

services they would need, the UNA house-hold respondents answered as follows: (1) Very interested in before school age child care services – 9%; (2) Very interested in after school hours child care services – 11%; (3) Very interested in drop-in pre school child care services – 7%.In 2009, the UNA had discussions with

UBC Child Care Services about opening more slots for children of UNA residents. There was an agreement in principle that if UNA would provide funds for an addi-tional building, UBC Child Care Servic-es would open up more slots. So, it was agreed that UNA would donate more than $900,000 for the construction of one ad-ditional building for child care. In return, UBC Day Care Services would make available 48 additional child care slots, 24 of these to go for children of UBC staff and faculty affiliated with UNA and 24 to non-UBC connected UNA residents.The unique situation existing on the UBC

campus, therefore, makes possible the fol-

lowing generalizations:(a) Opening up commercial housing on

lands owned by UBC has provided the university a sustainable source of income that can support university programs, in-cluding child care services;(b) The types of families attracted to the

commercial housing at the university tend to have fewer children. Most of the fami-lies do not compete for child care services with students and UBC staff families.(c) The subsidized housing provided by

UBC to its faculty and staff is the one that is attractive to younger families with chil-dren and these children are the ones who need child care services.(d) The “profits” from the commer-

cial housing units can be used to “cross subsidize” the child care needs of UBC employees and staff as well as UBC stu-dents. Aprodicio Laquian is a director of the

University Neighbourhoods Associa-tion (UNA).

Dear Sir:I write regarding your report of the dis-

cussion at the May 12 meeting of the Board of Metro Vancouver concerning Bill 20, the effect of which is to transfer planning authority for our neighbour-hoods from Metro Vancouver to the Provincial Government’s appropriate Ministries. I was particularly interested in the com-

ments attributed to Mayor Corrigan. These comments, and those of other Metro Vancouver directors, appear to in-dicate that the Metro Board opposed this transfer of planning authority. That is surprising because it is exactly the result they publicly said they wanted. At the November 2009 joint meeting of Metro Directors and UBC Governors concern-ing our area, Corrigan was at one time both arrogant and bullying in lecturing those of us in attendance that Metro Van-couver was no longer prepared to deal with planning issues in relation to our neighbourhoods. I think for a number of people, including the neighbours, UBC and ultimately the Province, Corrigan’s remarks and tone were a significant rea-son for concluding that the relationship between our community and Metro Van-couver had been rendered dysfunctional by Metro Vancouver’s attitude. The effect of the Provincial Govern-

ment’s action is to make us almost in all ways structurally like the UEL. The UEL has from the beginning been gov-erned by a body of residents selected

for this purpose by UEL residents. The residents discuss with the Province community issues and work to resolve them. Their relationship with the Prov-ince features a large degree of sensitivi-ty to residents’ concerns by the Province – something that was not a feature of our relationship with Metro Vancouver. The UEL system is not perfect but it has worked. There is, accordingly, nothing unusual about what the Province has done. In any event, on the merits, from the

point of view of UNA residents the rela-tionship with Metro Vancouver has been dreadful and harmful to our residential life. Metro interfered in routine local decisions so as to reduce the amount of student housing made available to our university student neighbours. Metro refused to assist our residents concern-ing the unfair imposition on us of a sec-ond police tax – we pay more for polic-ing than any other unorganized area in the Province. When the UEL circulated for comment its own official commu-nity plan which, amongst other things, expressly states that the UEL did not in-tend to pay for any community services (such as parks and recreation, commu-nity centre, etc.), including those that I and my neighbours provide and pay for, but instead use these services without paying for them, Metro Vancouver, de-spite our submissions to it, showed no interest.At the recent May 12 Director’s meet-

ing, I am told Corrigan described our vibrant and inclusive community as like a “rotary club”. It is hard to know how someone, speaking for Metro Vancouver on this issue, who has such contempt for our successful efforts to increasingly de-velop competent, fair, responsive, repre-sentative governance arrangements for our community, could ever be missed in the development of our community life. In my opinion, the Provincial initiative

is a positive step in the continuing de-velopment of a strong and independent governance model here at UBC. We have a way to go, to be sure, but this ini-tiative will help us get there. Yours truly,Jim TaylorHampton Place, Vancouver, B.C.

Letter to The EditorResident Rebuffs Corrigan Remarks

APRODICIO LAQUIANProfessor Emeritus, UBC

Jim Taylor, campus resident

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Drug Centre Supplants Wesbrook Parking LotDesign & construction are to be ‘fast-tracked’; problem of ‘severe

and worsening’ shortage of pharmacists in B.C. is addressed

The next big construction project at UBC will take place along Wesbrook Mall where an old surface parking lot is being replaced with a new $155 million centre for drug research and development (CDRD), part of the faculty of pharmaceutical sciences.A meeting of the UBC board of gov-

ernors June 9 in Kelowna approved the project going ahead on a ‘fast-track’ basis so as to significantly ad -dress provincial ministry of health projections of “severe and worsening provincial pharmacist shortages for the foreseeable future.”Stephen Toope, UBC president, rec-

ommended the governors approve the project after receiving advice from UBC faculty and staff, including Robert Sindelar, dean of pharmaceu-tical sciences.The dire shortage of spaces for phar-

macy students at UBC has become a major embarrassment for the Lib-eral government of Premier Gordon Campbell. A UBC staff report to the governors recalls that while consis-tently ranked among the top pharma-cy faculties in North America, includ-ing No. 1 in research in Canada last year, UBC’s faculty of pharmaceuti-cal sciences is currently underserved in terms of the number of pharmacists per capita. The hospital vacancy rate for budgeted clinical pharmacists, for

example, is nearly twice that of most other provinces.The continuing need for pharmacists

in British Columbia and the sustained growth in the fields of pharmaceuti -cal sciences and drug research has presented UBC, according to senior management, with an important op-portunity to solidify its role as a lead-er in these fields and upgrade existing obsolete facilities. A total of 152 undergraduate places a

year for each of the four year course currently exist at UBC for pharmacy students, and development of CDRD will allow for this number to be ex-panded by 72 a year (288 for four years) as well as doubling the num-ber of graduate students. “These in-creases will significantly address BC Ministry of Health projections of se-vere and worsening provincial phar-macists shortage for the foreseeable future.”The compressed schedule of a fast-

track’ project at UBC calls for a unique alignment of design and con-struction phases in order for the proj-ect to be complete by its August, 2012 deadline. A routinely-paced develop-ment will consist of separate phases with design preceding construction. In a fast-track project such as CDRD, however, both phases take place si-multaneously.

Artistic rendering of Drug Centre planned for Wesbrook Mall.


the Stewart family’s tradition of grow-ing fruit. Having worked in the green-houses of Lord Guinness in Ireland, Richard was drawn towards a series of greenhouses on Gellatly Bay prior to starting Stewart Brothers’ Nurseries Ltd. in 1911 with his brother, Bill. As a pioneering horticulturist, Richard was instrumental in establishing the family passion for agriculture as well as its strong dedication and commitment to the Okanagan Valley.Inspired by Richard, his son Dick

ventured out on his own in 1956 and purchased the site on the slopes of Mt. Boucherie, Kelowna, which is now the home of Quails’ Gate Winery. Dick planted the first vines on this site in 1961 and later built the family home to share with his wife Rosemary and their four children: Ben, Cynthia, Andrea and Tony. Initially, the site was dominated by orchards of cher-ries, peaches, apples, pears and vineyards of table grapes. How-ever, as the years went by Dick realized that these lands were des-tined to become some of the most sought af-ter vinifera vineyards in North America.As Dick neared re-

tirement, he called on his eldest son Ben to come home to the fam-ily farm. Together over the next decade Ben and Dick transformed

The cabinet shuffle follows a dramatic move in the legislation April 19 when the Campbell government introduced Bill 20, removing oversight for land use planning and governance at UBC from Metro Vancouver to itself.Mr. Stewart was elected as MLA for

Westside-Kelowna on May 12, 2009. An entrepreneur, Minister Stewart founded and built Quails’ Gate into one of Canada’s leading estate wineries. He has 30 years of extensive experi-

ence serving the community and is a founding director of a venture capital fund for local business development. He was on the board of the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation and has been active in the fundraising and es-tablishment of the Brookhaven Extend-ed Care Facility Campaign, Southern Interior Cancer Centre Campaign, and the Rotary Centre for the Arts. Mr. Stewart was chair of the BC Grape

Marketing Board where he successfully negotiated with provincial and federal governments on agricultural stabiliza-tion. Additionally, he was chairman of the Regional Transportation Advisory Committee for the Thompson Okana-gan, as well as a member of the presi-dents community advisory council at UBC Okanagan.“UBC Okanagan will help us to see

ourselves as one region,” Mr. Stewart said in 2002 when a member of the the presidents’ community advisory coun-cil at UBC Okanagan.A history of the Stewart family posted

on the internet shows its long and pro-ductive relationship with the Okana-gan.Arriving in the Okanagan Valley in

1908 from County Kildare, Ireland, Richard Stewart Sr., affectionately known as Poppa, was the first to begin

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Theology School Seeks Playground PermitProposed site is revealed; not everyone is in favour

The proposed site of a play-ground the Vancouver School of Theology (VST) would install for children living in its neigh-bourhood at the University of British Columbia has drawn sup-port and opposition in varying amounts from local residents. A group of residents says the

playground is a community amenity much needed and long overdue while possibly a smaller group says the noise of children playing at this site will prevent them enjoying the quiet of their nearby homes. A spokesperson for UBC said

the University has recorded the comments of residents on both sides of the issue and, in decid-ing what to do about this appli-cation by the school of theology to build the playground, it would seek to achieve “a balance “be-tween them.The proposed playground

would stand in Iona Green, a grassy common immediately behind the Iona Building, home of the VST in the north part of campus formerly referred to as the ‘theological precinct’. An agreement in principle al-

lows for the VST and St. Andrews, another theological college in the area, to build a play structure—con-sisting of a slide and climbing appa-ratus, swings, and digger in a sandbox that is handicap accessible—on Iona Green. In a presentation to the Uni-versity Neighbourhoods Association, Paul Becker of the VST, estimated a budget for the playground of between $40,000 and $60,000.The growing number of children liv-

ing in the Chancellor Place neighbour-hood warrants erection of the play-ground, say those in favour of it. A resident who attended the June 7 Open House, organized by the UBC plan-ning department, reported that several children had been born in his building since he began living in it. The UBC theological neighbourhood

plan, which was passed in October, 2001 and is the basis on which the Chancellor Place residential neigh-bourhood was built, requires children be provided with a playground at the proposed site on Iona Green.The lush common behind the Iona

Building would lose some of its grass if the playground is erected, according to plans presented at the Open House. A swath of mulch would replace it. The climbing apparatus and swings would stand in the middle of it.The detailed comments of campus res-

idents both for and against the project will help form the basis of a campus and community planning decision ex-pected shortly. A VST source indicated erection of the equipment would take only weeks if a development permit is granted. “The equipment is ready at the supply company,” he said.

Ben Stewart, new minister with oversight responsibilities for The University of British Columbia and University Endowment Lands.

the family estate from its diverse crops to the high density premium vinifera that currently make up the Quails’ Gate vineyards. This move made it possible for both Dick and Ben to transform the family business from grape grower to wine producer. From the early 1990’s to today, Ben and his brother Tony have changed Quails’ Gate from a farm gate winery to one of the country’s leading estate wineries. The history of Quails’ Gate is still short, but Ben and Tony, along with their sisters continue to carry forward the pursuit of excellence and hard work that their family has been committed to for over a century.

Child plays with mother in sand box while father sits on Iona Green behind Iona Building in Chancellor Place. Some neighbours want playground for children erected between sandbox and Iona Building; others are not so sure because of the noise of children playing.


Wesbrook Designs Draw Honours at Trade Show

Two works by UBC Properties and one by Adera are awarded ‘Gold Nuggets’

The annual Gold Nuggets award cer-emony for excellence in home-build-ing took place in San Fransisco dur-ing a prime trade show June 10, and projects from Wesbrook Place at the University of British Columbia won Grand Awards in three categories.A pair of Wesbrook Place projects by

UBC Properties Trust, real estate de-velopment arm of UBC, won Grand Awards at the Academy Awards-like ceremony and a project by Adera De-velopment won a Grand Award.Spokespersons for each company

expressed excitement at having had their projects honoured in a com-petition that attracted almost 500 submissions from around the world though most came from 14 western U.S. states.The Grand Award-winning entries

from UBC came in the following cat-egories:

Best Community Site Plan, 20 acres or more:Wesbrook Place, a 100-acre devel-

opment south of 16th Avenue at the University of British Columbia•Land Planner: UBC Campus &

Community Planning•Developer: UBC Properties Trust•Judges’ Statement: “This 100-acre

sustainable neighbourhood where residents can live, work, study and play is nestled next to 1,900 acres of gorgeous forest, trails and beaches. It has transformed the university from a commuter campus into a vibrant, sustainable, live-work community that is both socially and economically suc-cessful. Over 5,000 students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and general pub-lic will call the neighbourhood home in a mix of 2,300 rental and market hous-ing units. The village combines the conveniences of an urban center with the charm and intimacy of a small town village.”Best Multi-Family Housing Project

4-6 stories (market housing):

Pacific at 5928 Birney Avenue (in Wesbrook Place)•Builder/Developer: Adera Devel-

opment•Architect: Rositch Hemphill and

Associates•Judges’ Statement: “Ninety one ur-

ban homes located in an idyllic loca-tion – next to the forest but in the vil-lage, centered in a major metropolis, featuring West Coast Modern architec-ture that captures ocean proximity with terraced reflecting pools and cascad -ing waterfall in the breezeway. Large rooftop outdoor rooms, high walkabil-ity, green appliances, GOLD certified under the Residential Environmental Assessment Program (REAP) man-aged by the University on site. Mindful design made elegantly urban with sus-tainability baked into the DNA of the product, people and community.”

Residential Community of the Year: Wesbrook Place•Architect: Raymond Letkeman Ar-

chitects + Paul Merrick Architects•Builder: VanMar Constructors•Developer: UBC Properties Trust•Judges’ Statement: “The project

comprises two buildings. The first is a four story building with a 33,664 sq. ft. super market at the grade and three stories of apartment and townhomes above. The second building is three stories with a 4,106 sq. ft. restaurant at grade and 9,684 sq. ft. of office space on the second and third floors. Key sustainable features include allowing a growing community of over 16,000 university residents the opportunity to shop and eat locally. While the grocery story has a variety of refrigeration and freezer units which generate heat that would typically be discharged through exterior vents, this waste heat is instead used for heating the domestic water for the residences above, and the apart-ments in the nearby mixed use build-ing.”

Award-winning layout of Wesbrook Place in South Campus at UBC.

Mr. Wells said that “thanks to the vision of UBC staff and volunteers on the UNA Sustainability Committee.”, a pilot pro-gram for residential apartment buildings got underway even though no models for a residential program were available to draw upon. With the success of the pilot program,

the joint UBC-UNA service has not only become fully operational—it is in the process of expanding to the entire cam-pus community.A decision by UBC Properties Trust

(real estate arm of UBC) to bring the composting service to all UNA rental buildings demonstrated that the program could scale up to the community level, Mr. Wells said. Rental buildings contain nearly half the households currently in the program.Meanwhile, some strata title buildings

are also embracing the program. Mr. Wells said, “Most recently, West

Hampstead Strata Council in the Hamp-ton Place neighbourhood approved a resolution to adopt a composting pro-gram for all its residents to augment its recycling efforts.”He applauded the composting efforts of

West Hampstead and other stratas par-ticipating in the program, saying, “These early adopters serve as a model for resi-dents’ efforts to achieve environmental sustainability in the community.”

The joint UBC-UNA pro-gram has emerged as the first in Metro Vancouver to bring composting service to neighbourhoods of multi-family dwellings. An im-portant development outside UBC has ensued. Mr. Wells said that partly as a result of success of the UBC- UNA program, other Metro juris-dictions are now consider-ing composting programs

for multi-unit buildings.The popular UBC-UNA program works

on a non-profit basis as follows: the UNA provides kitchen bins to residents at $10 each on a voluntary basis; the residents transfer organics accumulated in the kitchen and elsewhere at home into a collection bin in the garbage room on a daily basis; UBC Plant Operations emp-ties these collection bins on a weekly basis at the rate of $17 per pick up and delivers the organics to an in-vessel com-poster facility located on the UBC cam-pus— this vessel the first of its kind at a Canadian University campus.While a 34% rate participation in the

residential composting program gives Mr. Wells cause to feel pleased, he does not see the mission of he and his UBC partners complete yet. “Our ultimate goal is 100%,” he said.Darren Duff, manager, municipal servic-

es, UBC Building Operations, “We are delighted to be working with the UNA to help bring the residential neighbour-hoods onto the organics program. “The composter has so far been a very

successful demonstration project, and we believe working with the UNA will not only help increase the Universities long term diversion rates but also provide a much needed sustainable alternative to many residents while improving the quality and consistency of our compost on campus for the benefit of all.

COMPOST from page 1

In-vessel composter on UBC Campus


Designs Deliver ‘Nuggets’ to Campus

Award-winning Wesbrook Place building housing Save-on-Foods Supermarket in Wesbrook Place.

Award-winning Pacific condominium complex by Adera Development in Wesbrook Place.


UNA Search for Directors Starts Up

The annual meeting of the University Neighbourhoods Association beckons, and the call goes out for candidates to run for the two positions of director which will become vacant at the meet-ing. A good response to this call would bode well for the UNA for it would show community spirit is alive and well at UBC. We encourage all residents over the age of 18—you don’t have to be a Canadian citizen—to at least think about running for the position of UNA director since the more thought mem-bers of the community put into this pro-cess, the more likely a long list of good candidates seeking to represent them will emerge.The responsible post of UNA director

does not pay as well as, say, the position of alderman in the City of Vancouver, but this year, successful candidates may expect to enjoy at least a token mea-sure of financial consideration for their efforts—$5,000 for a resident who is elected to serve as director, and $7,500 for whoever the four elected resident-directors vote in as UNA chair (the po-sitions of the two other resident-direc-tors do not expire this year). A system of volunteers acting as UNA directors worked well when the UNA was formed eight years ago, but the time has come to put governance of the growing com-munity at UBC on a more business-like basis. We think the provincial govern-ment, which recently took control of UBC land use planning and governance oversight from Metro Vancouver, will approve of this change in the status quo—having themselves changed the status quo by taking over from Metro.The incoming resident-directors will—

like the other two resident-directors

and three appointed directors on the board—have much to think about in the year ahead. For example, a raft of is-sues arises from the shift of governance oversight to the provincial government in Victoria from the regional govern-ment (Metro) in Burnaby. We point to one issue raised in a May 5th letter to the UNA board from Bill Bennett, minister of community and rural de-velopment, “The Province is prepared to explore the idea of greater local self-government in the area,” Mr. Bennett says in his letter. The hot issue of local governance

needs the cool heads of a UNA board blessed with community-minded resi-dent-directors, including the two new directors to be elected at the UNA an-nual meeting in September. Another significant issue facing these directors pertains to the passage of appropriate bylaws enhancing governance in the residential neighbouhoods where 7,500 people now live. We draw attention to recent UNA board approval of a first bylaw (the UNA Noise Control Bylaw) as proof of the growing maturity of governance at UBC.The vast majority of UBC residents

will pass up on the opportunity of run-ning for the post of UNA director for good reasons: pressures of work and responsibilities at home chief among them. However, a resilient few will give it serious consideration. We thank in advance those good folks who do in fact step up to become candidates, and we look forward to hearing what they have to say through the summer months about how they think the UNA should be managed in the years ahead.

St. Anselm’s Anglican Church 5210 University Blvd., P: 604-242-1410 www.stanselms.ca Sunday service: 8:30 AM (traditional service), 10:30 am (main service with Sunday School)

St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish (Catholic)5935 Iona Drive, P: 604-822-4463, ext. 103www.stignatiusofantiochparish.caMases: Saturday - 5:00 PM, Sunday 9:30 AMConfessions: Saturday - 4 to 4:30 PM

St. Mark’s Chapel and University Campus Ministry (Catholic)5935 Iona Drive, P:604-822-4463, ext. 130www.stmarkscollege.caMasses: Sunday - 11:00 AM, Monday to Friday - 12.10 PMExposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Saturday - 2:00 to 4:00 PM

United Baptist Church at UBC1815 Wesbrook MallEmail: [email protected] Service: 9:30 AM (Mandarin), 11:15 AM (English)

University Chapel5375 University Blvd., P: 604-222-0800www.universitychapel.orgFor service schedule, email [email protected].

Vancouver School of Theology Chapel of the Epiphany (United Church of Christ)6030 Chancellor Blvd., P:604-8220638www.unhil.netSunday Mass: 10:30 AM

Local Church Services

Monthly prize is a $25 gift certificate; annual prize is ‘significant’

If you have a practical tip on how each of us can contribute to sustainability, kindly forward it to the UNA Sustainability Contest at [email protected] or [email protected]. The tip selected as the best monthly suggestion will receive a $25.00 gift certificate for use in our local Save-On Supermarket and at the end of the year there will be a significant prize for the year’s winner. At the end of the year we will calculate a total to show the contribution our community would make to sustainability if each tip were followed. People connected to the Sustainability Committee in any way should assume that while their suggestions may be found to have great merit, and be published, they will not lead to a prize.

If your car engine idles for more than 10 seconds the amount of energy consumed is greater than if you turn off your engine and restart it.

This contest is the responsibility of the UNA Sustainability Committee. We acknowledge the participation and support of one of our community’s

Partners in Sustainability, Wesbrook Place’s Save-On Supermarket.

Eligibility Requirements:

To be eligible for nomination a person must be a resident of a “local area” (those areas currently identified for non-institutional development in the Comprehensive Community Plan and Hampton Place) and otherwise meet the requirements of our By-laws.The UNA Constitution and By-laws requires that no more than three (3) directors may come from a single area and at least one (1) director must be elected from the Faculty / Staff or Co-Development housing. To read the UNA Constitution and By-laws please see the UNA website www.myuna.ca. Directors to be elected this September will initially hold office for two (2) years. Directors may be re-elected (subject to being eligible) for up to two (2) more terms. Nominees for the UNA Board of Directors may contact the UNA office by phone, fax or email to be sent nomination forms or may print a copy from the UNA website www.myuna.ca. To be eligible, nominations require the support of 10 members of the UNA. Nominees are requested to submit a 1 page biographical sketch and photo with the completed nomination form to the UNA office. Biographical information will be posted on the UNA website and/or in the UNA publication The Campus Resident.

Deadline for Nominations:

The deadline for nominations under the UNA Constitution is 4:30 pm on Monday, August 23, 2010. Completed nomination forms should be mailed or delivered to the UNA office, 6308 Thunderbird Blvd, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4. The names of persons nominated for election as Resident Directors shall be published in a ballot and delivered to the membership with the notice of meeting.

University Neighbourhoods AssociationAnnual General Meeting

A meeting for members of the UNA and residents of the “Local Areas” as defined in the Comprehensive Community Plan including Hampton Place, Hawthorn Place,

Chancellor Place, East Campus, and Wesbrook Place Wednesday, September 22nd, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at the Old Barn Community Centre

6308 Thunderbird Blvd, UBC

In accordance with the UNA Constitution, there will be an Election for UNA Resident Directors to take place at the UNA Annual General Meeting.

Should you have any further questions, please contact Cathie Cleveland UNA Administrative Manager 604.827.5540 or email [email protected].


Children’s Choir Concludes Third Joyful Season

Choir is made up of 50 children; most are residents of UBC communityThe University Community Chil-

dren’s Choir wrapped up its third season May 30th with a concert enti-tled Songs of Joy. Songs ranged from classical pieces such as the Papage-no-Papagena Duet from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, to Oscar Peterson’s Hymn to Freedom, to Abba’s Danc-ing Queen.The choir is often joined by guest

musicians and soloists at its concerts. At its latest concert, the choir was joined by a wonderful singer from the UBC Opera School, Lindsay Ma-ria McIntyre. Lindsay sang a beautiful aria from

The Magic Flute and choreographed a scene for two choir members to help them learn how Opera com-bines music with theatrics. Choris-ters Emma Chapman and Sebastien Pentland-Hyde gave a charming performance in which they enacted the roles of Papageno and Papagena. Senior chorister Michelle Feng, who has been increasingly taking a lead-ership role in the choir, directed a small ensemble of choristers singing her own arrangement of a traditional Tibetan song.Behind the scenes, parent volunteers

and volunteers from University Cha-

pel work together to ensure that con-certs are beautiful events that honour the talent and hard work of the cho-risters.The choir is made up of 50 children,

most of whom who live in the UBC community. Many of the choristers are children of international students and faculty at the University of Brit-ish Columbia. Just as the choir itself is culturally diverse, so is its music, which ranges from classical to up-beat African and aboriginal pieces. The University Community Chil-dren’s Choir is dedicated to pursuing musical excellence. Admission to the choir is by audition, and choristers learn and perform challenging rep-ertoire in a number of different lan-guages.The Junior Choir is composed of

children aged 7-10, and the Interme-diate choir is composed of children aged 10-15. For some concerts, cho-risters who are especially keen to challenge themselves meet outside of regular rehearsal time to learn “chal-lenge” pieces which they perform as chamber ensembles.University Chapel provides rehears-

al space, and contributes toward choir scholarships and bursaries. In

the coming year, the junior and inter-mediate choirs will both be rehears-ing on Thursday evening.Charissa Bagan, the choir’s director,

is currently completing her Master of Music degree at UBC, and plans to continue her studies at the doctoral level. Her husband, Chris Bagan, is the choir’s pianist. He is completing his Doctorate in Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance at UBC. In its first year, the choir won first in

its class at the 2008 Kiwanis Music Festival in Vancouver, and was run-ner-up at the provincial level. The choir also performed in a multi-choir choral festival at the Chan Centre during its first year. Highlights of the choir’s second year included a week-end trip to Whistler for a children’s choral festival, and the opportunity for several older choristers to sing for a movie soundtrack.Third season highlights included a

concert with the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, and a perfor-mance in front of 500 doctors at the opening ceremonies of the Canadian Paediatric Society conference.This July, the intermediate choir

will participate in Kathaumixw, a 5-day international choral festival held

every second year in Powell River. Choristers will participate in choral clinics, and will perform with choirs from countries around the world, including Uganda, Jamaica, Aus-tralia, United States, New Zealand, Taiwan, the Philippines, and several European countries. The festival will culminate in a gala concert in which UCCC choristers will sing with the 1,000-voice mass choir.The choir has exciting plans for its

2010-2011 season. For example, the choir will participate, along with some other Vancouver-area choirs, in a workshop with Stephen Hatfield, a composer and clinician who is in demand throughout the world. He inspires singers with workshop tech-niques that include the use of tai chi and science toys. His music is quirky, high energy, thought-provoking, and inspiring.Children who are interested in join-

ing the choir next year are welcome to book an audition. Contact informa-tion may be found on the choir’s web-site: ucchoir.com. (This article was written almost ex-

clusively by Acadia Park resident and choir parent, Vaughan Marshall.)

University Community Children’s Choir, on stage, rehearsing with Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra.


PUBLIC ROLE from page 2So much for “quiet enjoyment” during

dinner hour! The noise levels - typi-cally from Thunderbird Stadium and McInnes Field (although there may be others e.g. the new athletic fields im-pacting Hampton Place) - need to be regulated. I realize that vehicle-mounted leaf

blowers, street sweeping vehicles and all the University vehicles with beep-ers are not in your mandate from the Board of Governors. Yet the Board needs to hear the frustrations of resi-dents about noise, including noise from University operations. If the University wants to be leader in envi-ronmental stewardship - as the Cam-pus Plan indicates - then it needs to start managing a vital component of the environment: noise. Ten years ago, the University chose to

sell its soul to the Condominium Devil that’s us) and now that the Univer-sity has generated the revenue, I get the feeling it wants to regulate us as students (or less). The problem is that people come with a set of expectations that go beyond the appliances in the condos. One of those expectations is that of a reasonable living environ-ment. This noise bylaw is a productive first step, but much more is required.

Hampton Place Resident

I read your proposed new Noise Con-trol Bylaw with great interest, hoping that it will create an effective legal framework for minimizing noise pol-lution in our residential areas. Unfor-tunately I found the proposed bylaw

disappointing if not generally flawed. I find it deeply surprising that the cre-ation of the draft bylaw was not pre-ceded by a wider public discussion of its premises and goals. As many residents I am deeply con-

cerned about noise pollution in my area (one of the noisiest locations I ever lived in, whether in Europe, USA or Canada), and I doubt the proposed bylaw will change the situation for the better. In fact, the opposite might be more likely.

Two Hawthorn Place Residents

It is unacceptable that noise levels in a commercial premises be in excess of 70 dBC for amplified equipment or 90 dBC for recorded or live music. You are granting the Board (UNA) or the Board of Governors of the University the right to ignore the bylaw for events that they authorize. This does not show any respect for the residents of the neighbourhoods as well as ignoring the right to reasonable quiet that resi-dents of any community should have. An example was the 12 hour concert at Thunderbird Stadium in August 2009. Many thanks for developing this By-

law. The Noise Control Bylaw is very important to the neighbourhood. It must show respect for the needs of its residents.


I believe the UNA Draft Noise Rule is definitely a step in the right direc-tion. We have been living in the neigh-

bourhood for a couple of years now, and honestly, I can’t remember when the last time was that we had a peace-ful weekend night. The noise from drunken students Friday and Saturday evening is unacceptable, the sound of broken bottles, toppled mail boxes and continuous uttering of 4 letter words is just too much. We are unfortunate in that our unit is facing the intersection of Larkin and Thunderbird, frequently, we cannot hear each other talk or the TV if we have the windows slightly open. Needless to say, this is very stressful and is affecting the quality of our lives. I am determined to make sure that this issue is resolved ASAP. My concern is how will this be policed and how will it be implemented, par-ticularly, the evening problems. I can go on with many other complaints but I will stop here. I really appreciate the fact that someone is doing something about this.

Wesbrook Place Resident

I’ve just read through the draft noise rule document, and I have a question. How did the committee decide what reasonable decibel limits should be for any given activity? Did they con-sult published research and if so could I please have a list of references con-sulted?

Wesbrook Place Resident

I have read over the draft by-law on noise control. I do have comments that I hope the committee will take

into consideration. First, what exactly has prompted some UNA residents to pursue such a by-law? The draft seems excessive to deal with something I (at least) never found to be a problem.The only exceptions are the leaf-blow-

ers and other lawn equipment (which seem to be exempt from the by-law) and the drunken students walking to and from the dorms. Rather than create a blanket by-law to deal with the pos-sibility of excessive noises, I would prefer specific measures to deal with specific, known problems. Furthermore, I would reinforce the

point that, in fact, the leaf-blowers, lawn mowers, and other gardening equipment are the biggest sources of disturbances. We could reduce noise considerably by rethinking the land-scape architecture in the neighbour-hood. I appreciate the concerns bringing this

draft bylaw forward, I nevertheless, think that it is overkill and unenforce-able.I think a wiser course of action is to identify specific noise problems and deal with them in specific ways. Creating an overarching by-law intro-duces too many complications. Most importantly, it could become a source of conflict between UNA residents as people will inevitably disagree as to whether some noise exceeds the maxi-mum limit on a sound meter that no one can see. Both sides will feel over-ly-defensive given the weight of the by-law (and the fines) hanging over their heads. This by-law could eas-ily become the equivalent of firing a canon at a fly.

UNA Garden Gives Youngsters Grounds for Spring Plant SalesSales held Saturdays 11 AM -1 PM; $ raised for community projects

The youngest residents of UBC not only grow fruit and vegetables in small market gardens in their campus neighbourhoods, they also sell this produce at the Old Barn Community Centre on Saturdays 11 AM to 1 PM.A typical Saturday children’s plant

sale at the Old Barn will see lettuce, onions, spinach, peas, carrots, beans,

cucumbers and many other vegeta-bles on offer.The youngsters, who belong to a

Plant Stewards program run by the University Neighbourhoods Associa-tion (UNA), also maintain plantings of blueberries, apples, raspberries, rhubarb, strawberries and other fruit for sale.

Patrick Moore, chair of the UNA committtee which runs the program, noted, “The community members who take part in the Plant Stewards program maintain gardens and oth-er plantings for the benefit of other community members. “The children’s garden by the com-

munity centre provides opportunities

for children of all ages to learn about different plants and how they grow. Many parents come with their children to the gar-dens to look at the plants that are growing there.” Mr. Moore said that this year

the Plant Stewards expanded the garden and added hanging baskets and planters with flow-ers for hummingbirds around the building. “We were fortunate to receive

a truck load of UBC compost this spring, which has returned to the soil some of the nutrients captured by our community composting program. We also receive a generous supply of coffee grounds from the Bean Around the World coffee shop located in the Old Barn, which we share with the plants in the garden.”

Children have raised money for a picnic table for the community centre from their sales and Mr. Moore says, “They are anxiously awaiting its com-pletion.” He encourages families and commu-

nity members and the public in general to visit the Saturday plant sales and “buy some fantastic produce to take home fresh from the garden.”

Four of the youngest residents of campus sell the produce of their labours in a plant stewardship program run by the UNA.


Full House in Café Hears Talk of Heartbeats‘Bad cells’ in heart are castigated; vital research work is detailed

The passionate dislike of Christopher Ahern for ‘bad cells’ came across clearly during the third session of the UBC Café Scientifique May 25th. A full house of 50 invited members of

the public attending this casual presenta-tion of medical research in the real-life Café Perugia on campus heard Chris, a principal investigator with the Life Sci-ences Institute, describe how bad cells in a heart can interfere with its production of proper heartbeats.Chris called the heartbeat “an electrical

symphony,” and explained how even a single bad cell can turn this masterpiece of bodily music into arrhythmia, a con-dition of irregular heartbeats.The dire prospect of someone develop-

ing arrhythmia increases with age, and so the aging population of Canada makes arrhythmia a condition about which the medical profession is growing more and more concerned. Chris said 250,000 Ca-nadians suffer from various forms of ar-rhythmia. He estimated the number will double over the next fifty years.The grim news about heart complaints

gets grimmer with talk of statistics un-fortunately. A third of all deaths in Can-ada now come from ‘events’ having to do with the heart with $25 billion a year spent on medical responses to these car-diac events. Chris said 400,000 patients in Canada suffer from some kind of heart problem with the number growing by 50,000 patients a year.At least the bad news on the public

health side seems counterbalanced by good news on the research side. A grow-ing assault on cardiac diseases by world-class researchers such as the UBC cardio-vascular group—under the aegis of the Life Sciences Institute—has cast more and more light on their causes. His re-search, said Chris, focuses on “the basis for electrical signaling in the body.”The so-called ‘cardiac cycle’ (a term re-

ferring to what happens in the heart from the beginning of one heartbeat to the be-ginning of the next), is coordinated by a series of electrical impulses that are pro-duced by specialized heart cells, Chris said. A person of average longevity (say, 80 years) will experience 2.5 billion cardiac cycles in his or her lifetime. In studying the cardiac cycle, Chris Ahern and his team focus on “channels” as a way of regulating the movement of ions (electrical particles) into, and out of, the cells of nerve and muscle. The second speaker of the evening Se-

bastian Brauchi, spoke of work done at the Laboratory of Sensory Physiology Instituto de Fisiologia, at the Facultad de Medicina Universidad Austral de Chile. A ‘Visiting Scholar’ award from the Life Sciences Institute has allowed Sebastian to come to UBC to teach and do research for the next six weeks. Those wishing to register for a session

of the Café Scientifique, sponsored by the Life Sciences Institute ay UBC, should contact Theresa Lung at [email protected] or 604-827-4781 if they wish to get an invitation to attend.Coupled with intellectual substance,

the casual format of the Café Scienti-fique idea has led to its rapid growth and acceptance around the world. A good portion of a Café session such as the ones at the Café Perugia goes to information-rich discussion between highly-qualified presenters and mem-bers of the public—sandwiches, cook-ies and coffee for free. The Life Sci-ences Institute, which co-ordinates the work of 850 researchers from a number of faculties, supports the Café Scienti-fique technique of disseminating infor-mation about medical research at UBC as a means both of reaching out to peo-ple eager for knowledge and promoting the high quality of research work done by its researchers.

Christopher Ahern, a principal investigator with the Life Sciences Institute at UBC and presenter at recent Café Scientifique.

Café Scientifique in session at real-life Café Perugia in Life Sciences Centre on UBC campus


Big Garage Sale Sends Shoppers Home Happy

Crowds turn out for University Neighbourhoods Association community garage sale at St. Anselm’s Church on a Saturday in early June.

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