Events

Innovations in Energy Transition: the Question of Storage

Innovations in Energy Transition: the Question of Storage

January 16th from 3:00-4:00pm | Alternatives to fossil fuels are needed and innovations in wind, solar and other renewable energies are progressing. However, the question of storage remains a challenge. Join UBC researchers Robert Godin (UBCO Chemistry) and Werner Antweiler (UBCV Business) in a discussion around the question of energy storage.

February 22, 2024: No Seminar This Week

February 22, 2024: No Seminar This Week

There is no IRES Seminar on February 22 due to the Midterm Break (Feb 19 to 23, 2024).

Geomatics career conversations – Panel and small group discussions, hear directly from GIS professionals | Register before January 19th

Geomatics career conversations – Panel and small group discussions, hear directly from GIS professionals | Register before January 19th

Masters of Geomatics for Environmental Management invites you to a panel discussion followed by small-group conversations. Hear directly from GIS professionals as they share advice on building a career in Geomatics. Then, meet and chat with the experts about career-building, networking, and the geomatics working world. All graduate students are welcome. Coffee, tea, and light refreshments will be provided.

Zoom Event – Settler Ecologies: The Nature Conservation Regime in Palestine-Israel

Zoom Event – Settler Ecologies: The Nature Conservation Regime in Palestine-Israel

Irus Braverman will discuss her latest book, Settling Nature: The Conservation Regime in Palestine-Israel (2023, University of Minnesota Press).

February 15, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Ta Phurisamban and Jade Radke

February 15, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Ta Phurisamban and Jade Radke

Talk titles: 1. When Indigenous and Western sciences collide: re-storying/restoring Mekong expertise through community-engaged research

2. The role of happiness in pro-environmental action

February 1, 2024: Professional Development Seminar with Elder Jim Leyden

February 1, 2024: Professional Development Seminar with Elder Jim Leyden

Kwekwecnewtxw Watch House Elder Jim Leyden will tell his personal stories working at the frontline, and share his perspectives on community-engaged research, and how to do it well.

January 25, 2024: Faculty Seminar with Jessica Dempsey and Audrey Irvine-Broque

January 25, 2024: Faculty Seminar with Jessica Dempsey and Audrey Irvine-Broque

This talk will explore – through six case studies of extractivism in the Global South – how the organization of the international financial system influences state policy towards extractive land use change

January 11, 2024: Policy Panel with Jimmy Zammar, Jessica Woolliams, and Jason Hsieh

January 11, 2024: Policy Panel with Jimmy Zammar, Jessica Woolliams, and Jason Hsieh

This seminar features a panel of three speakers from local policy sectors. They will discuss current policy priorities in Vancouver and BC, research needs, and perspectives on how research can inform policy.

March 21, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Joanne Fitzgibbons and Imranul Laskar

March 21, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Joanne Fitzgibbons and Imranul Laskar

Talk titles: 1. Rewilding as a Plural Boundary Object: Implications for Research and Practice 2. Characterizing uncertainties in the decarbonization of maritime shipping: an expert elicitation study

January 18, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Kushank Bajaj on Zoom only

January 18, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Kushank Bajaj on Zoom only

Talk Title
Transboundary climate risks of Canada’s fruit and vegetable supply