The Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability is proud to stand in solidarity with UBC’s Black Student Union and all people protesting police violence against Black people in Canada and the United States.
IRES Statement of Solidarity The IRES community categorically denounces the recent events of anti-Black racism and police brutality in North America. We denounce the excessive use of police and military force by the United States government against those protesting police brutality towards Black Americans and people of colour. Black lives matter. The lives of George […]
How Quickly Will Your Business Recover? Lessons Learned From Natural Disasters
Forbes highlighted a study co-written by Stephanie Chang, a professor at UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability and School of Community and Regional Planning, that analyzed patterns of economic recovery following a dramatic natural disaster.
Congratulations 2019 BC Studies Prize Award Recipient: Johnnie Manson
Congratulations to UBC IRES PhD student, Johnnie Manson, for being the 2019 BC Studies Prize award recipient.
COMMENTARY: The pandemic has taught us the importance of preparation. Let’s apply that lesson
The COVID-19 crisis shows that over-preparing is the right thing to do. UBC professor Kai Chan says we should learn from that experience and act to prevent climate change.
Congratulations to the 2019/2020 Freda Pagani Award Winners!
Congratulations to the 2019/2020 recipients of the Freda Pagani Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis and the Freda Pagani Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation! Freda Pagani Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis Emily Mistick Supervised by: Mark Johnson Forest harvest and water treatability : analysis of dissolved organic carbon in headwater streams of contrasting forest harvest […]
Sandeep Pai on Ensuring a ‘Just Transition’ for Fossil Fuel Workers
Sandeep Pai, a PhD candidate at UBC’s Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability, says the government needs to do more to help transition fossil fuel employees into the green economy, especially during COVID-19.
Graham McDowell
PhD with Leila Harris and Michele Koppes, 2020 (Vanier Scholar); Director of Science and Knowledge, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
What If We Responded to Climate Change Like We Have to Coronavirus?
Jiaying Zhao, a professor in UBC’s psychology department and in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, shared why it’s hard for us to respond to climate change with the same urgency of COVID-19.
B.C. farmers retool their offerings to sell more locally
Hannah Wittman, a professor and academic director of the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, says we need to build a resilient, regional food system and the government needs to provide economic support to farmers and to make sure they have access to their labour in times of crisis.
Vancouver experiences reduced air pollution amid COVID-19 pandemic
Kai Chan, a professor at UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, commented on the substantial improvement in air quality and predicted that it’ll go back to the way it was upon recovery of economic activity.