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Call for Applications – Director, Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability
Dr. Milind Kandlikar will finish his term as Director of the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) on June 30, 2022. A search committee has been formed to conduct a search for the next Director of IRES.
Launch of CoSphere: a platform for changing our systems for a more sustainable planet
CoSphere, a project by Dr. Kai Chan and partners like the David Suzuki Foundation, unites a diverse community and equips them with the tools to effect system change. On March 14th, join CoSphere at www.cosphere.net/why-join-cosphere!
March 10, 2022: The Human Right to a Non-Toxic Environment
IRES/SPPGA professor and UN Special Rapporteur Dr. David Boyd is set to present his report (https://undocs.org/A/HRC/49/53, 6th in a series shown above) on the right to a nontoxic environment to the UN Human Rights Council on March 10th.
Bringing Out the Best in Wild Birds on Farms
Feb 23, 2022 | Natural Habitat Maximizes the Benefits of Birds for Farmers, Food Safety and Conservation | Dr. Claire Kremen and colleagues published a new study in the Journal of Applied Ecology, which was conducted at 21 strawberry fields along California’s Central Coast. | http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14124
International land use scientists urge policymakers to adopt new approaches to addressing climate change, biodiversity and other global crises
February 7, 2022 | A new study, co-authored by Dr. Navin Ramankutty, IDs “10 Facts” about global land use and details opportunities for a more sustainable and equitable approach
Milk without the cow: Cellular agriculture could be the future of farming, but dairy farmers need help
January 12, 2022: Sarah-Louise Ruder, IRES PhD Student, and IRES alum Dr. Evan Bowness draw attention to the social impacts of cellular agriculture for the dairy sector in BC, advocating for food system transitions that prioritize sustainability and justice.
IRES’s Dr. Kai Chan is now a T1 CRC in Rewilding and Social-Ecological Transformation!
Congratulations to Kai and his research community! Learn more about Kai’s projects, visit his lab’s blog and check out cosphere.net by clicking on the title above the graphic.
IRES faculty members Dr. Mark Johnson, Dr. Jiaying Zhao and Dr. Leila Harris are 2021 Killam Scholars
Please join us in congratulating our faculty for their outstanding contributions to mentoring and research! Dr. Leila Harris was recognized with the Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring. A Professor in Resources, Environment and Sustainability and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, Dr. Harris exemplifies a uniquely empowering and inclusive mentorship style […]
January 27, 2022: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Alex Walls and Nivi Thatra
Researchers, how you communicate about your work impacts the reach and therefore the real-world applicability of your scholarship. For this workshop Alex Walls from UBC Media Relations and Nivi Thatra from IRES invite you to come with a research topic or paper in hand.
Dr. Hannah Wittman named as 2021 AASHE Sustainability Award Finalist
January 2022: The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) announced Dr. Hannah Wittman as a winner of the AASHE Campus Sustainability Research Award. November 2021: AASHE announced Dr. Hannah Wittman as a finalist for a 2021 AASHE Sustainability Award in the campus sustainability research category, recognizing outstanding scholarship in higher education. […]