January 16, 2025: IRES Student Seminar with Caleb Sinn and Yoshi Tanaka
Talk 1: Aquatic ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry as indicators of stream health in the Deadman River watershed near Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Talk 2: Reawakening Traditional Ecological Practices to Revitalize Satoyama Stewardship in Japan: finding adaptive capacity of Japanese village ecology, culture and spirituality
January 9, 2025: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Adrian Lu
Join IRES Adrian Lu for a talk titled “Trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services along landscape and local complexity gradients in the “Salad Bowl of the World””.
November 28 2024: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Terry Sunderland
Curious about optimal ways forward for conservation that break away from the dichotomous view that pits people against nature and instead embraces the importance of this symbiotic relationship? Join Dr. Terry Sunderland for his talk on conservation, access, and food security
November 21, 2024: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Dr. Karl Zimmermann
Dr. Karl Zimmermann shares a 3-step process to empower participation in water management discussing recommendations from 400 water leaders on four continents.
Nuclear is Not the Solution
Join UBC SPPGA and IRES for this book launch and conversation with its author, M.V. Ramana, and panelists Allison Macfarlane and David Boyd!
December 5, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Ted Scott (Last Seminar of Term 1)
Two talks on: 1. Estimating climate change impact in financing to vulnerable smallholder farmers via microfinance financial resiliency
2. What is happening to summer? A global and multi-scale analysis of the changing summer season length under global warming
November 14, 2024: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Jonathan Proctor
In this talk, learn how Dr. Jonathan Proctor leverages the rich and diverse information within satellite imagery to predict local climate vulnerability in the U.S. and globally.
IBioS Seminar Invitation
The Interdisciplinary Biodiversity Solutions Collaboratory (IBioS) just launched a Graduate Student Seminar series for students interested in social, ethical, and ecological issues and dilemmas surrounding biodiversity conservation, restoration, management, and governance.
Please join and enjoy the planned series while meeting like-minded people (and enjoying some free food).
Sustainability Scholars Conference | Advancing Urban Sustainability 2024 | Oct 2 1pm-5pm
What happens when you give students real-world sustainability problems to solve? UBC Sustainability Scholars are helping to generate real change in the world. Join us on Wednesday, October 2 to learn more about the ways in which these students are supporting our local governments and institutions to future-proof our people, our cities, and our urban spaces. This afternoon of engaged discussion will cover a diverse range of applied sustainability projects produced by UBC graduate students under the mentorship of community partners including the City of Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, TransLink, local health authorities, local governments, various NGOs and more. Scholars will present their projects in […]
October 24, 2024: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Helen Brown
Join us to learn more about UBC Library services and tips and tricks for finding environmental research and information that will save you time and energy from UBC’s Librarian, Helen Brown!