September 10, 2020: IRES Awards Session with Kai Chan (First Seminar in Term 1)
Want to write an application that you’ll be proud of for an NSERC or SSHRC master’s or doctoral award? Nervous about crafting a research proposal that will make your application stand out? Join this Awards Info Session and kick-start the writing process with some great tips and direction for creating a successful application.
After COVID-19, nations can tackle environmental crises by shifting priorities to sustainable development
Nations are focused on “restoring pre-COVID-19 economies rather than building resilient social and ecological systems for thriving sustainability.”
Kai Chan, prof at UBC IRES and UBC IOF, addresses the way forward by discussing several inconvenient truths.
A scientist wanted us to stop flying. Just not like this.
Navin Ramankutty, a UBC professor at the school of public policy and global affairs and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, spoke about being selective about flying and pointed out the focus on flying might put too much attention on individual behavior, deflecting it from the structural problems related to climate change.
Draft National Fisheries Policy seeks big growth but ignores fishers
Sahir Advani, a postdoctoral research fellow at UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, discussed the six dimensions of fisheries sustainability and said there needs to be greater consideration of long-term sustainability and across social, ecological, ethical and institutional dimensions for fisheries to become truly sustainable in India.
Hummingbirds are able to see millions more colours than human
Research co-authored by Harold Eyster, a UBC PhD student at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, shows hummingbirds see an array of combination colours involving UV that humans are blind to.
Graham McDowell Awarded Sumaila-Volvo Graduate Prize in Environmental Sustainability
The Sumaila-Volvo Graduate Prize in Environmental Sustainability is a $3,850 prize has been made available through an endowment established by Dr. Rashid Sumaila upon being named the 2017 Volvo Environment Prize laureate for a Master’s or Ph.D. student whose peer-reviewed publications to date are expected to have the most significant impact on the field of environmental sustainability. […]
Hummingbirds Can See Colors We Can’t Even Imagine, New Research Shows
RES PhD student Harold Eyster finds evidence of the ability to see “non-spectral” colors in hummingbirds.
Recovery of sea otter populations yields more benefits than costs
A study led by UBC professor Edward Gregr, an adjunct professor at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, examined the economic costs and benefits of reintroducing sea otters into the North Pacific region.
Gidiku Vapathu: Going to the Forest
Gidiku Vapathu is an ethnographic research documentary about the Indigenous Kattunayakan (Nayaka) people of India co-directed by Helina Jolly and Priya Thuvassery as a part of Helina’s PhD research. It was supported by the Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability and UBC Public Scholars Initiative.
AERL ROCR (Return to On-Campus Research) Protocols: Phase 1
Dear IRES Community, Apologies for the delay in getting this update out but we’ve been working very hard on getting the protocols for Phase 1 of the AERL ROCR (Return to On-Campus Research) finalized. Note that “In Phase 1, all Science faculty, staff and research personnel who can work off campus must continue to do […]