Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability

Problem Focused. Curiosity Driven.

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WE ARE...

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.

Graduate Program

Research Themes

Ecosystems, People & Resilience

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Perceptions, Culture, Values & Behaviour

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Land, Food, Water & Waste

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Energy, Pollution & Climate Change

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Infrastructure, Emerging Technology & Development

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Governance, Policy, Law & Justice

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News and Events

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June 11: The Water and Environment Student Talks Conference

The Water and Environment Student Talks, also known as WEST, is an interdisciplinary conference organized by students for students and young professionals whose work relates to the water sphere. Dr. David Boyd will be a keynote speaker at WEST2021 on Friday, June 11th.

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June 29, 2021: UBC Advanced Research Computing Workshop

UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) invites you to a webinar workshop on June 29! They offer tools that are useful to many IRES researchers, even those that don’t identify as High Performance Computing users. If your research involves computationally intensive tasks, you could benefit from using and consulting with ARC.

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