Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Problem Focused. Curiosity Driven. CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): UBC REQUIRES MASKS TO BE WORN IN INDOOR PUBLIC SETTINGS to prevent COVID-19 transmission. To ensure persons in all AERL workspaces remain as safe as possible, it is required that all persons follow the COVID-19 Campus Rules. IRES must operate under the AERL building Safety Plan. 1- complete the COVID-19 Safety Planning Training mandatory online module, 2- AND complete a daily self-assessment for symptoms of COVID-19. With exemptions provided for those who are vaccinated against COVID-19, UBC requires COVID-19 testing for all students, faculty and staff. UBC has implemented a process for confidential self-disclosure of vaccination status here. Click the button below to register for your vaccine if you have not already done so. Vaccine Registration
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a problem-focused and curiosity-driven interdisciplinary research institute and graduate program, with interest and expertise in a wide range of topics under the realm of environment and sustainability.
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Institution-led Social Reform and Justice: Modernizing Gender Expression on Government-Issued ID
The current policies for gender expression on BC government-issued ID are an example of a decade long effort in behavioural, intellectual and social change management. Join SPPGA Adjunct Professor Natasha Thambirajah, Dr. Daniel L Metzger, and Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity Grace Lore for an inside view on the evidence-based, change management, and stakeholder engagement practices used to gradually shift the BC health sector and provincial government towards recognizing the criticality of recognizing rights of people who are transgender or gender non-conforming to express their gender identity with minimal or no state or medical intervention.
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How have Environmentally Friendly Activities Changed over the Past 10 Years?
Dr. Jiaying Zhao (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability; department of psychology) discussed how activities that benefit the environment have evolved.
How Images of Turtles and Dolphins Helped One Vancouver Office Building Reduce Plastic Waste
A UBC psychology experiment found that pictures of marine animals helped one office building in Downtown Vancouver reduce plastic waste by 17 per cent. Psychology professor and the experiment's senior author Dr. Jiaying Zhao was quoted.
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