Team and Governance
Program management
The UBC Sustainability Hub manages the Campus as a Living Lab initiative. We develop opportunities for new living lab projects and collaborations, support existing programs and projects, facilitate partnerships and capacity building, and expand knowledge mobilization and dissemination.
Team
Angelique Pilon
Angelique is the Acting Senior Director for the Sustainability Hub. With a background in architecture and 14 years of experience at UBC, she brings a design approach and broad institutional knowledge to the creation and innovation of sustainability and climate action at the university.
Previously, Angelique was the Director of Urban Innovation Research, leading a portfolio of programs to catalyze and advance innovative research and interdisciplinary collaborations on and off-campus. In this role, she been actively involved in a number of strategic projects including the research and knowledge mobilization program for Brock Commons Tallwood House which led to the changes in mass timber building policy, and the development of the annual Campus as a Living Lab Fund Competition at both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.
Angelique holds a Master of Architecture from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Michigan, and has professional experience in firms in both Canada and the United States. She is a certified Project Management Professional and a LEED Accredited Professional with a specialization in Building Design and Construction. She is active in educational and professional organizations, including the Canada Green Building Council and the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats.
Miranda Hart
Miranda Hart is a Professor in Biology at UBC Okanagan. Her research focus is soil biology and conservation of microbial communities. In addition to her research, she acts as Editor in Chief of Current Research in Microbial Science and as Director of the Plant Growth Facility. She is also Special Advisor to the VPRI Okanagan.
Anthony An
Anthony is the Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) Research Manager at the UBC Sustainability Hub, contributing to diverse initiatives, programs, and projects that leverage university infrastructure for research, learning and knowledge transfer
Anthony holds a Ph.D. and MASc in Mechanical Engineering from UBC and he is a registered professional engineer. Prior to joining the hub, he managed a UBC industry partnership program, driving strategy, execution, and stakeholder relationships to foster technological innovations on sustainability. Anthony's background includes roles as a senior engineer and project manager at FPInnovations, where the team successfully delivered several key smart manufacturing R&D projects in forestry. Anthony is a passionate sports enthusiast and a firm believer of lifelong learning, staying curious and embracing challenges in work and life.
Alina Debyser
Alina recently completed a Bachelor of Arts in Human Geography and Geographic Information Science at UBC. She has wide-ranging interests in climate justice, geographies of waste, and cartography, and is keen to support the Campus as a Living Lab initiatives as a Program Assistant. In her free time, she enjoys biking around Vancouver and snowboarding.
CLL Steering Committee
The CLL Steering Committees at both UBC Vancouver and Okanagan provides governance and oversight to the CLL initiatives on their respective campuses, facilitating and supporting individual projects and activities
Committee membership:
Steering Committee (UBC Vancouver)
- John Metras, Associated Vice President, Facilities (co-chair)
- Iain Begg, Managing Director, Innovation Partnerships (co-chair)
- Rachel Fernandez, Associate Vice President, Research & Innovation
- Michael White, Associate Vice President, Campus & Community Planning
- Brian Jones, Director Parking, Student Housing & Hospitality Services
- John Madden, Director Sustainability and Engineering, Campus & Community Planning
- Clayton Mullen, Senior Manager of Thermal Utilities, Energy & Water Services
- Tara Ivanochko, Academic Director, Sustainability Hub
- Derek Gladwin, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
- James Huemoeller, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Applied Science
- Juli Carrillo, Associate Professor, Faculty of Land & Food Systems
- Melissa Mchale, Associate Professor, Faculty of Forestry
Steering Committee (UBC Okanagan)
- Miranda hart, Professor, VPRI Special Advisor (Chair)
- Alyse Kiesser, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
- Thomas Heilke, Professor, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Sabre Cherkowski, Professor, Okanagan School of Education
- Edward Hornibrook, Associate Dean Research, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
- Shelley Kayfish, Director, Campus Operations and Risk Management
- Benjamin Johnson, Director, Campus Planning
- Natalie Walliser, Director, Infrastructure Development