Volunteer opportunity with IRES
IRES is seeking enthusiastic and outgoing volunteers to engage and interact with international students attending its Vancouver Summer Program (VSP) courses.
Damage from flooding doesn’t have to be inevitable
Op-ed by Alexa Tanner and Scott McKenzie in The Conversation.
Hummingbirds ‘sing’ with their tail feathers to impress the females
Emily Mistick discusses her research on Costa’s hummingbirds and their unique dive trajectory during courtship with CBC Radio.
UBC G+PS Supervisor Appreciation Week, May 7-13
Coming up in May, G+PS will be presenting the second annual Supervisor Appreciation Week! From May 7-13, UBC graduate students are invited to tell the world about their great supervisors through social media and an online submission form. Graduate students can offer kudos using #GreatSupervisor #UBC on Twitter and Facebook. Don’t forget to tag @IRES_UBC in your […]
Evan Bowness named finalist in SSHRC 2018 Storytellers Challenge
Evan Bowness, an RES doctoral student, is among the 25 finalists of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)’s 2018 Storytellers challenge. SSHRC’s annual contest challenges postsecondary students from across the country to tell the story—in three minutes or 300 words—of how SSHRC-funded research is making a difference in the lives of Canadians. The Top 25 Storytellers represent […]
Contact among healthcare workers in the hospital setting: developing the evidence base for innovative approaches to infection control
Congrats to Krista English, an IRES PhD Candidate, for her new publication! Contact among healthcare workers in the hospital setting: developing the evidence base for innovative approaches to infection control See link to view the article: https://rdcu.be/LQux “This research examined movements and contact patterns among health care workers within heath care facilities to understand the transmission pathways and potential […]
Toward zero waste events: Reducing contamination in waste streams with volunteer assistance
Jiaying Zhao (IRES Professor) and Ivana Zelenika (PhD Candidate) have recently published a paper in the Waste Management journal. Toward zero waste events: Reducing contamination in waste streams with volunteer assistance Jiaying Zhao Assistant Professor, IRES Assistant Professor, Psychology Canada Research Chair (t2, Behavioral Sustainability) Behavioral change, Policy and Decision-making, Resource scarcity,Sustainability Bio What is […]
IRES Alumnus Megan Peloso has new position as B.C. Communications Lead with the Freshwater Alliance
We’d like to congratulate IRES and EDGES Alumnus Megan Peloso (MA) on her new position as B.C. Communications Lead with the Freshwater Alliance, where she develops creative engagement tools to advance freshwater health across BC. Megan is based out of Smithers in the Northwest region of British Columbia. Megan earned an MA at IRES in […]
Two publications with Mark Johnson (IRES Faculty) and Michael Lathuillière (PhD Candidate)
Photo Credit: oatsy40 from flickr/Creative Commons
Gunilla Öberg (IRES Faculty) published in Environmental Science and Policy! Read it here.
Gunilla Öberg, an IRES professor has been published in the Environmental Science and Policy journal! The paper is called: On the limitation of evidence-based policy: Regulatory narratives and land application of biosolids/sewage sludge in BC, Canada and Sweden The paper is free for 50 days via link below. Anyone can access this before May 9th […]