September 6, 2018: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Charlie Wilson
(First Seminar for Term 1)
Charlie Wilson, an IRES alum, and a current research in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research will be speaking on “Transforming Energy Demand to Meet the 1.5°C Climate Target and Sustainable Development Goals Without Negative Emission Technologies”. Photo Credit: Madison Stevens, IRES PhD Student
Hummingbirds ‘sing’ with their tail feathers to impress the females
Emily Mistick discusses her research on Costa’s hummingbirds and their unique dive trajectory during courtship with CBC Radio.
February 1, 2018: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Steve Conrad
Photo Credit: Stewart Butterfield from flickr/ Creative Commons
March 1, 2018: IRES Faculty Seminar
Hope in the Anthropocene Series
Speakers: Johannes Urpelainen and Rustam Sengupta
Roundtable on Social Science in the field: Working on Development with NGOs and Social Enterprises Johannes Urpelainen and Rustam Sengupta IRES Seminar Series Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm (every Thursday) Location: AERL Theatre (room 120), 2202 Main Mall *************************************************************************** Abstract: Social scientists are increasingly collaborating with partners in the field (NGOs, Social Enterprises and in […]
March 15, 2018: IRES Student Seminar
Understanding perceptions of species and the Phylo game (Megan Callahan)
Household energy transition in India (Poushali Maji)
Photo Credit: Cognitive Foundations for Visual Analytics from flickr/ Creative Commons
March 22, 2018: IRES Faculty Seminar
Hope in the Anthropocene Series
Speaker: Jonathan Foley
Photo Credit: John Westrock from flickr/ Creative Commons
January 11, 2018: IRES Student Seminar
Speakers: Nicolas Talloni and Alida O’Connor
Photo Credit: Jimmy Thomas from flickr/ Creative Commons
April 12, 2018: IRES Student Symposium Symposium
Photo Credit: Colgate University from flickr/ Creative Commons
IRES Faculty Kai Chan has been named a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists!
November 28 2017 Congratulations Kai Chan for being named a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists! Six UBC faculty have been named as members of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Those named to the College represent the emerging generation […]
October 19, 2017: IRES Faculty Seminar
Hope in the Anthropocene Series
Speaker: John Reganold
Photo Credit: from flickr/ Creative Commons