November 16, 2023: IRES Faculty Seminar with James Connolly
How do land-use-based climate strategies reorder the local geography of risk for urban residents? In this talk, Connolly argues that the answer to this question is more complicated than the one commonly presented in public discourse.
Seminar Cancelled — November 9, 2023: IRES Student Seminar with Lindah Ddamba and Tatiana Chamorro-Vargas
Talk titles: 1. Energy Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of the Factors Inhibiting Accelerated Progress, and;
2. Revealing the pathways to scale up agricultural transformation: Factors influencing adoption of Silvo pastoral systems in Colombia
November 2, 2023: IRES Faculty Seminar with Jonathan Foley
Dr. Jonathan Foley is the Executive Director of Project Drawdown, and next Thursday he’ll show us how the Drawdown Roadmap charts a path to accelerate climate solutions before it’s too late.
January 26, 2023: IRES Faculty Seminar with Astrida Neimanis and Jennifer Hamilton
Join Dr. Astrida Neimanis and Dr. Jennifer Hamilton as they talk about the feminist concept of weathering.
October 26, 2023: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Tom Green
We’re joined by the Senior Climate Policy Adviser for the David Suzuki Foundation, Tom Green! His talk will cover how the ecological economics perspective can inform education, advocacy and policy.
TEDx Surrey Featuring Dr. Kai Chan
IRES’s Dr. Kai Chan is speaking at TEDx Surrey on January 21st – join him and other compelling speakers for the event!
January 12, 2023: IRES Faculty Seminar with Patrick Meyfroidt (First Seminar of Term 2)
Join Dr. Patrick Meyfroidt for his presentation about improving the sustainability of commodity supply chains!
January 19, 2023: IRES Student Seminar with Vincent Chireh and James Wu
Join IRES PhD Candidate Vincent Chireh for his talk on water conservation in BC and MSc Student James Wu’s presentation about influence of framing on solutions to environmental and social problems!
Seminar Cancelled — October 19, 2023: IRES Faculty Seminar with Tabitha Robin (speaker is sick)
Cree Elders understand food to be a sacred healer, despite colonial policies and prejudices against their food and cultural systems.
Please join us for Dr. Tabitha Robin’s talk about a qualitative study, grounded in Indigenous research methodologies, on the role of food in Cree culture.
February 2, 2023: IRES Professional Development Seminar Series with Nivretta Thatra
Join Nivi for this workshop about science communication – on writing lay abstracts and creating a professional online presence.