Student stories
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May 24, 2023UBC architecture activists cast global spotlight on Canadian housing crisis
Canada’s dire lack of affordable housing is front and center for a global audience in Italy this week, thanks to a collective of architects, researchers, activists and students focused on solutions. Architects Against Housing Alienation, or AAHA, launched its “mobilizing change” campaign at the…
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April 6, 2021Parsa Shani: Designing strong cities, smashing silos and staying optimistic
Growing up in Vancouver, Parsa Shani always had a “lingering notion” that there was a lot more world out there. When he and his family, originally from Iran, moved back for a while during his middle and high school years, Shani experienced a country very different from Canada. The “massive, hectic,…