February 14, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Nathan Bennett
Nathan Bennett is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Institute for Oceans and Fisheries at UBC. His research focuses on research projects that interrogate various aspects of the complex relationship between the marine environment and human society.
February 7, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Noella Gray
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are playing an increasingly significant role in global ocean conservation governance. In just the past ten years, total ocean area under protected status has increased more than fivefold. Drawing on literature from political ecology, political geography, and Science and Technology Studies, this talk will examine how science and other kinds of knowledge are produced for, and integrated into, MPA policies.
January 31, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Michelle Daigle
Michelle Daigle is Mushkegowuk (Cree), a member of Constance Lake First Nation in Treaty 9 in northern Ontario Canada, and of French ancestry. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia, located on the unceded and ancestral territories of the Musqueam nation.
January 24, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Margery Fee
Margery Fee is an Emeritus Professor of English at UBC and discusses “Polarizing Bears” and the Climate Change Debate in this week’s seminar series.
January 17, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Nadja Kunz
Join us for a talk by Nadja Kunz, Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Norman B Keevil Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia.
January 10, 2019: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Panel Discussion
Join IRES on Thursday, Jan 10th for our first seminar of the term, “Effecting change through community research and non-research projects” featuring panelists Dr. Terre Satterfield, Dr. Hadi Dowlatabadi, and Dr. Nathan Bennett.
Congratulations to the IRES 2018 Graduates!
Congratulations to our RES & RMES November Graduates! We wish you all the best in your future endeavors and can’t wait to see what amazing things you’ll go on to do. Click to see full list of students.
November 15, 2018: IRES Faculty Seminar with Sheryl Lightfoot
Join IRES on Thursday, Nov. 15 for Sheryl Lightfoot’s presentation on “Global Indigenous Rights and Politics: A Subtle Revolution.”
Reflections from Mayor Gregor Robertson, City of Vancouver
Join us for an informal conversation reflecting on Gregor Robertson’s decade as Mayor of Vancouver. This event is hosted by Professor David Boyd (SPPGA and IRES) and is part of SPPGA’s Policy in Practice series.
November 30, 2017: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Wade Davis
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