Andy Yan

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SFU awards professors for powerful media communication

Natalie Cooke March 15, 2023

Editor’s Note: The article was updated on March 24, 2023 to correct that Sharon Mah is not a professor, she is a staff member with the faculty of health sciences. The SFU Newsmaker Award recognizes achievements and excellence in media and communications. This year, there were five winners of the award: Darren Byler, John Clague, Andy Yan, Lara Aknin, and Sharon Mah. The Peak interviewed the award winners to learn more about their impacts in the media. “The award provides an encouragement to academic experts to develop relationships with media and to speak out authoritatively on societally important issues.” As…

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Moving Towards a More Equitable Housing System reimagines the rights and lives of renters

Emma Jean February 6, 2021

A group of statisticians, advocates, urban planners, real estate developers and a journalist walk into a Zoom meeting and ask each other what’s wrong with the housing market. Turns out, a whole lot.  Moving Towards a More Equitable Housing System:…

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Vancouver city council votes on new zoning by-law for Chinatown

Kitty Cheung July 25, 2018

Vancouver’s city council voted on zoning changes to the Chinatown neighbourhood in a 10–1 decision on the afternoon of July 10. The new zoning by-law puts limits on development which include width restrictions on storefronts and maximum height limits on…

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SFU researchers weigh in on the Vancouver housing market

Nathaniel Tok February 2, 2018

The rising housing prices in the Greater Vancouver region continues to be a hot local topic early in 2018, and SFU researchers are weighing in with their own analysis of the data. Andy Yan, director of the City Program at…

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Metro Vancouver is neglecting its senior population, says SFU lecturer

Elise Burgert January 24, 2018

  Metro Vancouver’s senior population (aged 65+) has experienced a drastic rise and Vancouver was not built with the new demographic in mind, revealed Andy Yan, director of the City Program at SFU, in a special lecture on January 8…

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