March 16, 2023: IRES Faculty Seminar with David Boyd
This week’s IRES Seminar Series features Dr. David Boyd, who will talk about rights-based approaches to climate and environmental action
March 9, 2023: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Derek Gladwin
Join Dr. Derek Gladwin for his talk about digital presence as a process of professionalization.
February 23, 2023: No Seminar This Week
There is no IRES Seminar on November 10 due to the Midterm Break (Feb 20 to 24, 2023).
Feb 27 – Mar 2 | CPCIL 2023 Research eSummit
The 2023 Virtual Research Summit brings together “Knowers” (scholars/knowledge keepers), “Doers” (practitioners), and “Learners” (students, new hires) to make meaningful connections and build a network of interested individuals in the parks and protected areas field.
February 9, 2023: IRES Faculty Seminar with Sumeet Gulati
Join Dr. Sumeet Gulati to learn about his research on the relationship between forest clearing and fatal human elephant conflict in India.
TED@Destination Canada featuring Dr. Jiaying Zhao
Huge congratulations to Dr. Jiaying Zhao for being chosen to give a TED talk!
The event in NYC will feature 14 of the brightest speakers and biggest changemakers connected to Canada, associated with the theme O P E N.
Feb 9, 5pm – 6:30pm | Sue Big Oil: A Made in BC Climate Campaign
IRES PhD student Manvi Bhalla will be speaking at Sue Big Oil: A Made-in-BC Climate Campaign!
In July 2022, Vancouver city councillors voted in favour of funding lawsuit against Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies. Check out this event to learn more about this movement!
Planning a Sustainable Campus: Balancing Growth and Climate Action at UBC
Join IRES’s Dr. Simon Donner for a presentation and moderated Q&A session on how UBC can balance growth with climate action on the Vancouver campus. The Q&A session will be moderated by IRES PhD student Zana Mody
February 16, 2023: IRES Student Seminar with Erika Gavenus and Shuoqi Ren
Join IRES PhD Candidate Erika Gavenus for her talk comparing historical and contemporary salmon harvest rates and MSc Student Shuoqi Ren’s presentation about urban environmental justice!
December 7, 2023: IRES Student Seminar with Evelyn Arriagada Oyarzún and Jumi Gogoi (Last seminar in Term 1)
Talk titles:
1. Women+ counter-mapping hydrosocial territories: activists’ practices of knowledge co-production in the Chiloé archipelago (southern Chile) and,
2. Developing a field-scale crop yield prediction model using satellite and environmental data