Seminar Series Videos 2024/2025

March 27, 2025: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Carly Ziter

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.

April 10, 2025: IRES Student Symposium with Nikki Kaechele, Barry Momodou and Ilke Geladi

April 10, 2025: IRES Student Symposium with Nikki Kaechele, Barry Momodou and Ilke Geladi

Join us for the last seminar in Term 2! Three of our students will present their research.

Portrait photo of Simon Donner

January 23, 2025: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Simon Donner

Join Dr. Simon Donner as he discusses his role as co-chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body.

January 16, 2025: IRES Student Seminar with Caleb Sinn and Yoshi Tanaka

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

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

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

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.

December 5, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Ted Scott (Last Seminar of Term 1)

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

October 31, 2024: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Liv Yoon

October 31, 2024: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Liv Yoon

In cities around the world, the uneven impacts of climate change-induced extreme events such as heatwaves and wildfires are acutely felt indoors. In this talk, I present preliminary findings from a study exploring indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in low-income housing.

October 3, 2024: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Qingshi Tu

October 3, 2024: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Qingshi Tu

Dr. Tu is particularly interested in developing decarbonization strategies that focus on the nexus between socio-economic behaviors and technological advancement.