Courage, Contributions and Compliance – Global Climate Law and Governance Commitments Under Fire? | March 7 12:30pm
In these turbulent times for global collaboration to tackle climate change, Prof Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, inaugural Chair in Sustainable Development Law and Policy at Lucy Cavendish College in the University of Cambridge, is calling for awareness, education and action to secure climate justice on all levels, worldwide.
John P. Bell Global Indigenous Rights Lecture presents Dr. Dolly Kikon | March 13 5:30pm
The Woman who Became a Deer: Sacrifice and Salvation in the Indigenous World
In this talk, I present the Naga world through stories and focus on the web of connections about sacrifice and salvation. I invite you to meditate on knowledge, culture, and sustainability that are grounded in everyday lives of the Naga world. Far from romanticising Indigenous cultures as timeless, I draw attention to ongoing challenges such as extractive regime, structural violence, and inequality. Drawing from my ongoing engagements on repatriation, reconciliation, and redistribution, I offer some reflections about working together to humanize and care for one another, and dwell on Indigenous values as possible pathways of holding on to hope and healing during uncertain times.
-Dr. Dolly Kikon
March 20, 2025: IRES Student Seminar with Sam Gorle and Verena Rossa-Roccor
Talk 1: Simulating the Impacts of Hedgerow Restoration on Metapopulation Capacity in Southern Ontario.
Talk 2: Academics as activists: exploring and building political knowledge mobilization capacities to influence climate policy
April 3, 2025: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Angela Danyluk
So you want to save the planet? Join Angela Danyluk, Manager of Climate Adaptation and Equity at the City of Vancouver, for stories about working in local government on climate action and environmental policy.
Food Systems Sustainability: Understanding the Global Challenge and Taking Local Action | Feb 13 2pm
Short presentations and panel discussion followed by Q&A with Navin Ramankutty (Director, IRES; Professor, IRES and SPPGA), David Speight (UBC Food Services Executive Chef ), and Liska Richer (SEEDS Sustainability Manager).
March 27, 2025: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Carly Ziter
Carly’s talk is centered in the growing field of urban landscape ecology. With her students, she employs citizen science, environmental sensors, field observations, and social-science methodologies to explore how the landscape structure of our cities influences biodiversity, ecosystem services, and their interaction over space and time.
March 6, 2025: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Jeffrey Qi
Transition from UBC to Policy Advisor
March 13, 2025: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Jemima Baada
Drawing from migrations within Ghana, this presentation shares the voices of rural dwellers regarding their experiences of ‘adaptive’ climate migration.
February 27, 2025: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Tarun Khanna
Join Dr. Khanna’s talk, titled “Evidence Based Climate Policy: What works, for whom and when?”
April 10, 2025: IRES Student Symposium with Nikki Kaechele, Momodou Barry and Ilke Geladi
Join us for the last seminar in Term 2! Three of our students will present their research.