Seminar Series 2018/2019

April 11, 2019: IRES Student Symposium Speakers: various RES Master and PhD students

April 11, 2019: IRES Student Symposium Speakers: various RES Master and PhD students

The IRES Student Symposium showcases research done by our Masters and PhD students. Presenters include John Driscoll, Naya Arriagada Oyarzún, Krista Cawley, Victor Lam, Steve Williams and Connor Robinson.
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April 4, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Navin Ramankutty

April 4, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Navin Ramankutty

Navin Ramankutty is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change and Food Security at the Liu Institute for Global Issues and the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia.
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March 21, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Ron Stewart (University of Manitoba)

March 21, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Ron Stewart (University of Manitoba)

Dr. Ron Stewart from University of Manitoba will be presenting on climate/ weather extremes in a changing climate. While focusing on the physics aspect, Ron will also include societal impacts and adaptation measures.

March 14, 2019: IRES Student Seminar with Marco Vázquez Pérez and Alejandra Echeverri

March 14, 2019: IRES Student Seminar with Marco Vázquez Pérez and Alejandra Echeverri

We will be hearing presentations from Marco Vázquez Pérez, MSc student, and Alejandra Echeverri, PhD student. More talk info coming soon .
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Photo Credit: Rocio Lopez, IRES PhD Student

March 7, 2019: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Nafiza Ali

March 7, 2019: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Nafiza Ali

Join Nafiza Ali from UBC Wellness to learn about stress and mental health.

February 28, 2019: IRES Student Seminar with Sahir Advani & Sean Smillie

February 28, 2019: IRES Student Seminar with Sahir Advani & Sean Smillie

We will be hearing presentations from Sahir Advani, PhD student, and Sean Smillie, MSc student.

February 14, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Nathan Bennett

February 14, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Nathan Bennett

Nathan Bennett is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Institute for Oceans and Fisheries at UBC. His research focuses on research projects that interrogate various aspects of the complex relationship between the marine environment and human society.

February 7, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Noella Gray

February 7, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Noella Gray

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are playing an increasingly significant role in global ocean conservation governance. In just the past ten years, total ocean area under protected status has increased more than fivefold. Drawing on literature from political ecology, political geography, and Science and Technology Studies, this talk will examine how science and other kinds of knowledge are produced for, and integrated into, MPA policies.

January 31, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Michelle Daigle

January 31, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Michelle Daigle

Michelle Daigle is Mushkegowuk (Cree), a member of Constance Lake First Nation in Treaty 9 in northern Ontario Canada, and of French ancestry. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia, located on the unceded and ancestral territories of the Musqueam nation.

January 24, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Margery Fee

January 24, 2019: IRES Faculty Seminar with Dr. Margery Fee

Margery Fee is an Emeritus Professor of English at UBC and discusses “Polarizing Bears” and the Climate Change Debate in this week’s seminar series.