Andy Yan
SFU awards professors for powerful media communication
March 15, 2023By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer 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…
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Moving Towards a More Equitable Housing System reimagines the rights and lives of renters
February 6, 2021Written by: Emma Jean, Staff Writer 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…
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Vancouver city council votes on new zoning by-law for Chinatown
July 25, 2018By: Kitty Cheung, Peak Associate 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…
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SFU researchers weigh in on the Vancouver housing market
February 2, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok 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…
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Metro Vancouver is neglecting its senior population, says SFU lecturer
January 24, 2018By: Elise Burgert 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…
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