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RES PhD Candidate Simon Harding and IRES Faculty Milind Kandlikar have a new publication

RES PhD Candidate Simon Harding and IRES Faculty Milind Kandlikar have a new publication

Taxi apps, regulation, and the market for taxi journeys Co-Authors: Simon Hardinga, Milind Kandlikara, Sumeet Gulatib a Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 2202 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada b Food and Resource Economics, Land and Food Systems, MacMillan 341, 2357 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, […]

IRES Postdoctoral Fellow Nathan Bennett co-organized an event regarding large marine protected areas

IRES Postdoctoral Fellow Nathan Bennett co-organized an event regarding large marine protected areas

In February 2016 at an event co-organized Professor Patrick Christie from the University of Washington’s School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and Postdoctoral Fellow Nathan Bennett from UBC Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, more than 100 participants met for the first-ever major discussion of challenges associated with how people interact with large marine protected […]

IRES Faculty Mark Johnson Featured on CBC News

IRES Faculty Mark Johnson Featured on CBC News

The CBC News website recently featured Mark Johnson.  Mark discussed how the Fraser River can be a possible future water source for Metro Vancouver in addition to our current reservoirs. Click here to view the news article.   Photo credit: Julian S. Yates

RES PhD Student Sameer Shah Featured in UBC’s “A Quick Study”

RES PhD Student Sameer Shah Featured in UBC’s “A Quick Study”

(Photo credit: wfelden from flickr/Creative Commons )   A Quick Study is a UBC ongoing series aimed at getting to know what motivates and inspires UBC students about their learning — inside and outside the classroom. RES PhD student Sameer Shah is featured in UBC’s A Quick Study.  Click here to view the interview.   […]

RES PhD Candidate Michael Lathuillière’s Research in Brazil  Featured on Mitacs Blog

RES PhD Candidate Michael Lathuillière’s Research in Brazil
Featured on Mitacs Blog

Below is a short description of research RES PhD Candidate Michael Lathuillière is doing in Brazil posted on the Mitacs Blog: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/impact/postcard-brazil-ubc-phd-student-travels-southern-amazonia-find-water-footprint-local-farms   For more information on Mitacs, click here.   Photo credit: Michael Lathuillière

RES PhD Candidate Michael J. Lathuillière and IRES Faculty Mark S. Johnson have a new publication

RES PhD Candidate Michael J. Lathuillière and IRES Faculty Mark S. Johnson have a new publication

A review of green- and blue-water resources and their trade-offs for future agricultural production in the Amazon Basin: what could irrigated agriculture mean for Amazonia? Co-Authors: Michael J. Lathuillière1, Michael T. Coe2, and Mark S. Johnson1,3 1Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, 2202, Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4, Canada 2Woods […]

Congratulations to our May 2016 RMES Graduates!

Congratulations to our May 2016 RMES Graduates!

Johnnie Manson – MA (Supervisors: Terre Satterfield and Hannah Wittman)   Kelly Sharp – MA (Supervisors: Hisham Zerriffi and Philipe Le Billon)   Yaron Cohen – MSc (Supervisor: Milind Kandlikar)   Arvind Saraswat – PhD (Supervisor: Milind Kandlikar)   Lisa Westerhoff – PhD (Supervisor: John Robinson)   Thor Jensen – Joint PhD [UBC — UVSQ] […]

Congratulations RES PhD student Sameer Shah!

Congratulations RES PhD student Sameer Shah!

RES PhD student Sameer Shah was recently awarded the prestigious Governor General’s Gold Medal at the Master’s level for UBC. Sameer is also the recipient of the UBC Faculty of Science Graduate Prize.  This award recognizes the science student whose record, in the opinion of the Faculty, is the best in the graduating class for […]

RES PhD student Daniel Klein  Exploring Vancouver’s water data
New social vulnerability publication by RES PhD student Graham McDowell

New social vulnerability publication by RES PhD student Graham McDowell

[Photo Credit: Graham McDowell] McDowell, G., Ford. J., Jones. J. (2016) 25 years of community-level climate change vulnerability research: Trends, progress, and future directions. Environmental Research Letters. 11:033001