Sameer Shah and Scott McKenzie (RES PhD Candidates) published an article in Macleans
An article by two of our RES PhD candidates has been republished in Maclean’s: What Colin Kaepernick can teach us about citizenship Opinion: Kaepernick’s protest, about what and who makes a team and a nation, can also be connected to environmental justice You can read the article here: http://www.macleans.ca/society/what-colin-kaepernick-can-teach-us-about-citizenship/?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email&iid=9e7e6933bc9044b28ee6768c4bc9aba2&uid=331810806&nid=244+272699400 Sameer Shah Sameer Shah […]
New faculty member Amanda Giang starting in IRES in January 2018!
We are so pleased to announce that Amanda Giang will join us as a new faculty member in IRES starting January 2018! Amanda Giang https://ires.ubc.ca/person/amanda-giang/ Assistant Professor, IRES and Department of Mechanical Engineering Bio Amanda Giang’s research addresses challenges at the interface of environmental modelling and policy through an interdisciplinary lens, with a focus on air […]
New IRES Adjuct Professor – Rustam Sengupta
We are please to welcome Rustam Sengupta as a new IRES Adjunct Professor! BIO: Rustam Sengupta is a renewable energy entrepreneur, impact investor and subject matter expert with extensive research experience of over a decade in sustainable social enterprise design, rooftop solar and renewable energy access. He has an expertise in identifying, designing and analysing strategies that […]
Mark Johnson and Kai Chan win 2017 UBC Faculty Research Awards
IRES faculty members Mark Johnson and Kai Chan are recipients of 2017 UBC Faculty Research Awards! UBC water sustainability expert Mark Johnson has been awarded the university’s Charles A. McDowell award for excellence in pure or applied scientific research by a young faculty member. Kai Chan was selected for a UBC Killam Research Fellowship. Winners of Faculty […]
Marie Auger-Méthé (Assistant Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and Department of Statistics) becomes an IRES Faculty Associate!
We are happy to announce that Marie Auger-Méthé (Assistant Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and Department of Statistics) is a new IRES Faculty Associate! For more information on Marie please visit the following links: https://ires.ubc.ca/person/marie-auger-methe/ http://oceans.ubc.ca/marie-auger-methe/?login https://www.stat.ubc.ca/users/marie-auger-methe http://statisticalecology.weebly.com/
Our RES Graduate Program application is open!
Deadline to apply is January 15, 2018.
The UBC online application system for RES September 2018 admissions is now open. The September 2018 RES admissions deadline is January 15, 2018. References are due January 25, 2018. Note: We do not have January admissions. _______________________________________________________________________________ The 2018 RES application procedure, admission requirements and required documents are detailed in the below link: https://ires.ubc.ca/graduate-program/prospective-students/how-to-apply/ For the […]
March 19 2018: Liu Lobby Gallery exhibit “The Colours of Food Security” Reception with TED Speaker Dr. Jonathan Foley
The Colours of Food Security – Public Reception with TED Speaker Jon Foley Monday, March 19, 2018 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Lobby Gallery – Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 Please RSVP. The Colours of Food Security is a series of bold and striking maps that paint […]
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 […]