Seminar Series

April 4, 2024: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Dr. Mark Drever

April 4, 2024: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Dr. Mark Drever

Dr. Mark Drever will speak about his ongoing research on Western Sandpipers and their reliance on essential nutrients available on intertidal biofilm

April 11, 2024: IRES Faculty Seminar with Michael Brauer

April 11, 2024: IRES Faculty Seminar with Michael Brauer

What management policies are necessary for the global health impacts from environmental risks? Dr. Michael Brauer discusses this and more.

April 18, 2024: IRES Student Symposium with Lindah Ddamba, Remzi Xhemalce, Dayna Rachkowski  (Last Seminar in Term 2)

April 18, 2024: IRES Student Symposium with Lindah Ddamba, Remzi Xhemalce, Dayna Rachkowski (Last Seminar in Term 2)

Talk titles at Student Symposium:

1. Energy Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of the Factors Inhibiting Accelerated Progress

2. IMAGINING POSSIBLE ROLES FOR GREEN HYDROGEN IN MEXICO. Between Hype and a Leapfrogging Opportunity

3. Coming soon

March 14, 2024: No Seminar this Week

March 14, 2024: No Seminar this Week

There is no IRES Seminar on March 14, 2024.

Portrait photo of Claire  Ewing

March 7, 2024: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Claire Ewing

Curious about moving from academia to policy work? Claire Ewing shares her journey after graduating from IRES and what she’s learned so far from her current, amazing job at Metro Vancouver.

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).

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.