UBC Municipal Elections Experts

Media Advisory

October 5, 2022 | for more information contact Erik Rolfsen

British Columbia’s municipal elections are scheduled for October 15. UBC experts are available to comment on a variety of municipal election issues.

Climate change

Prof. Patrick Condon
Professor, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Tel: 604-788-0747
Interview language(s): English

• Housing affordability, public transit, urban planning, urban design, climate change and city design

Dr Kevin Hanna
Associate Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, UBC Okanagan
Tel: 250-807-9265
Email: kevin.hanna@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English

• Risks and vulnerabilities related to climate change (infrastructure), land use planning, climate adaptation

Dr. Kathryn Harrison
Professor, Department of Political Science
Tel: 604-822-4922
Email: kathryn.harrison@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English

• Climate change, climate change policy

Housing and development

Prof. Patrick Condon
Professor, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Tel: 604-788-0747
Interview language(s): English

• Housing affordability, public transit, urban planning, urban design, climate change and city design

Dr. Alexandra Flynn
Associate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Cell: 647-801-9810
Email: flynn@allard.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English

Dr Penny Gurstein
Professor Emeritus, School of Community and Regional Planning
Tel: 604-327-1971
Email: penny.gurstein@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English

*unavailable Wednesday and Friday morning

Dr Nathanael Lauster
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Tel: 604-827-3083
Email: nathan.lauster@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English

• Housing, town planning, taxes, politics

Dr Tsur Somerville
Associate Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business
Email: tsur.somerville@sauder.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English

*unavailable on Oct 5, 10 or 17.

Taxes

Dr Nathanael Lauster
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Tel: 604-827-3083
Email: nathan.lauster@ubc.ca

Interview language(s): English

• Housing, town planning, taxes, politics