April 21: Take Nature as the Measure: The Search for Sustainability
Join us for a conversation with Wes Jackson, author Robert Jensen, Dr. Hannah Wittman, and Dr. M.V. Ramana about the ideas to advance sustainable agriculture and the other changes necessary to effectively address climate change.
April 3: Women x Climate Studio: An Art-Sharing Event
As part of the RES510 project with Dr. Leila Harris, the Women x Climate Studio: An Art-Sharing Event is a virtual art exhibit and art-sharing space, where RES students will provide a platform for women and non-binary artists to share their art related to climate change.
April 20: Global Goals for Nature, Climate & People
This Earth Week, join Dr. David Boyd and 18 other speakers from around the world for a new TV program, Global Goals for Nature, Climate & People, airing April 20th on EarthX, to explore how can we build an equitable, carbon neutral, and nature positive future.
April 16: Infrastructures of Inequality: Justice and Democracy at the Margins
Join us for the Richard Murphy Memorial Lecture with Dr. Leila M. Harris about a decade of work on everyday processes and politics related to water (and sanitation) infrastructure, conditions and access in underserved communities of Accra, Ghana and Cape Town, South Africa.
March 31: WEBINAR 4: Plant Health for One Health
Dr. Navin Ramankutty will be one of six panelists examining plant health and agriculture from a “One Health” approach—a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary perspective that recognizes the health of people, animals, plants and their environments as all closely connected.
March 12: Las Fuentes de agua tienen cara de mujer: Tierra, territorio y Medio ambiente en América Central @ 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council
Women play a key role in defending the right to water but often face specific risks when doing so. English / Spanish event
March 11: Leila Harris presents at Climate Hack: Water
This interdisciplinary conference is the first unique one-of-a-kind event for academic scholars and societal & business activists with a deep and profound interest in pushing climate action. Organised by Aalborg University Copenhagen, Department of Planning.
March 4: Integrating Ecosystems Services
March 4, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific | Integrating Ecosystem Services w/ former IRES postdoc Dr. Matthew Mitchell | Canada has committed to protecting 30% of its land by 2030 for conservation, but can it do this and protect the benefits nature provides to people at the same time?
March 9-21: Parks and Protected Areas Research Network Virtual Research Summit
Hosted by Canadian Parks Collective for Innovation and Leadership (CPCIL), the Virtual Research Summit will bring together “Knowers” (scholars/knowledge keepers), “Doers” (practitioners), and “Learners” (students, new hires) from across the country to make personal connections and build a network of passionate individuals in the parks and protected areas field.
Feb 26: CIC YPN: In Conversation with UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment
To help us understand the issues around global climate action, the CIC Young Professionals Network is being joined by Dr. Boyd who will speak to attendees on the connections between combatting climate change and human rights.