September 26, 2024: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Rebecca Dirnfeld

September 26, 2024: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Rebecca Dirnfeld

Rebecca Dirnfeld is a Career Educator with the UBC Career Centre – come learn her career planning strategies!

November 7, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Jerry Achar and Aaron Aguirre

November 7, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Jerry Achar and Aaron Aguirre

Two talks on:
1. Conservative Consensus QSAR prediction of rat acute oral toxicity of chemicals: implication for decision-making under conditions of uncertainty, and,
2. The Twilight Zoning: Influences of Urban Land Use on Bat Activity in the Metro Vancouver Region

September 5, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Rudri Bhatt and Glory Apantaku (First Seminar of Term 1)

September 5, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Rudri Bhatt and Glory Apantaku (First Seminar of Term 1)

Two BC-focused talks from two stellar grad students, covering climate action plans and air pollution emissions inventories!

Guillaume Peterson St-Laurent

Guillaume Peterson St-Laurent

Adjunct Professor, IRESSenior Policy Advisor at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Contact Details Bio Dr. Guillaume Peterson St-Laurent is an adjunct professor at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia and a Senior Policy Advisor at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). At ECCC, Guillaume plays a leading role in […]

October 10, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Ming Cao

October 10, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Ming Cao

Our grad student Ming Cao will share her talk titled– Soil matters: evaluating soil water dynamics and soil greenhouse gas emissions under climate-smart agriculture

UBC Micro-certificate in Climate Action Planning: Foundations, Finance and Implementation

UBC Micro-certificate in Climate Action Planning: Foundations, Finance and Implementation

This course is for local policy makers, planners, industry players and anyone interested in learning the foundation and practicalities of climate action planning—the goal of the program is to build capacity in different sectors to advance climate action. A background in climate change is not required!

Ming Cao

Ming Cao

MSc with Mark Johnson, 2024

Yuqing Cheng

Yuqing Cheng

MSc with Stephanie Chang, 2024

Portrait photo of Sameer Shah
Jamie Donatuto carries on knowledge from IRES and Swinomish communities