Gunilla Öberg (IRES Faculty) published in Environmental Science and Policy! Read it here.
Gunilla Öberg, an IRES professor has been published in the Environmental Science and Policy journal! The paper is called: On the limitation of evidence-based policy: Regulatory narratives and land application of biosolids/sewage sludge in BC, Canada and Sweden The paper is free for 50 days via link below. Anyone can access this before May 9th […]
Zia Mehrabi (IRES Postdoc) has correspondence published in Nature!
Zia Mehrabi, an IRES Postdoc has a correspondence published in Nature! To view the correspondence click here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02566-1 Zia Mehrabi Bio Zia Mehrabi is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at IRES, with adjunct positions in The Liu institute for Global Studies & The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems. He obtained an undergraduate degree in […]
Congratulations to Dean of Science Excellence in Service Award recipient Gillian Harris (IRES Manager)!
Congratulations to Gillian Harris for winning the Dean of Science, Excellence in Service Award! Gillian is a truly integral and irreplaceable member of the IRES community, and so deserving of this recognition. The award is for recognizing staff, students and faculty whose service contributions have had a significant positive impact in achieving UBC Science’s mission. […]
Two new IRES Faculty Associates: Nadja Kunz and Sumeet Gulati!
IRES would like to welcome Nadja Kunz and Sumeet Gulati as new IRES Faculty Associate members! Nadja Kunz Assistant Professor, Liu Institute for Global Issues and Norman B. Keevil Mining Engineering https://liu.arts.ubc.ca/profile/nadja-kunz/ Nadja Kunz is an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Norman B Keevil Mining Engineering at […]
IRES Faculty Leila Harris and previous IRES Postdoc Crystal Tremblay published a new article
February 21 2018 Faculty member Leila Harris and previous IRES Postdoc Crystal Tremblay published a new article. Click on the link to read the full article: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1WaOP3pILM2z4 This URL has a 50 day free access to the article. Until April 8 2018 this link will be taken directly to the final version of the article […]
Scott McKenzie (RES PhD Candidate) writes a piece in The Conversation
Scott McKenzie has written an article in The Conversation, an independent source of news and views, from the academic and research community, delivered direct to the public. His article is Scientific information is the key to democracy. Click on link below to read. https://theconversation.com/scientific-information-is-the-key-to-democracy-88620 Photo credit: Andrea Booher/ FEMA Bio: Scott is a PhD student in […]
David Boyd, IRES Associate Professor, in the news
David Boyd, an Associate Professor at IRES on Law, Policy and Sustainability, has been in several recent news articles around Vancouver on the the needs for nature to have legal rights in Canada. You can find the articles in the links below. Metro News: http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2017/12/07/nature-needs-legal-rights-b-c-law-prof.html Vancouver Sun: http://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/david-boyd-recognizing-land-as-a-legal-person-could-help-solve-native-land-claims The Star: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2017/10/08/tragic-consequences-of-having-of-more-starbucks-than-cheetahs.html Time colonist: http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-should-b-c-s-killer-whales-have-legal-rights-1.23089015 Bio […]
IRES welcomes two Visiting Professors – Bradley Eyre and Chris Barrington-Leigh!
IRES would like to announce that we will have two visiting professors with us! Bradley Eyre Professor Bradley Eyre is a biogeochemist and the foundation Director of the Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry at Southern Cross University, Australia. His publications include topics such as whole ecosystem carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus budgets, net ecosystem metabolism estimates, benthic […]
Ada Smith (RES MA) recipient of the Elizabeth Henry Scholarship!
Congratulations to Ada Smith being one of the two recipients for the 2017 Elizabeth Henry Scholarship! On behalf of the Fraser Basin Council and the Elizabeth Henry Scholarship Committee, we are excited to announce that the Elizabeth Henry Scholarship for Communities and Environmental Health 2017 recipients are Ada Smith and Kim-Ly Thompson. Here is what Ada had to […]
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 […]