Updates

Ada Smith (RES MA) recipient of the Elizabeth Henry Scholarship!

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!

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 […]

Congratulations to our November 2017 RMES/RES Graduates!

Congratulations to our November 2017 RMES/RES Graduates!

(in order of the photos from left to right)   Daniel Klein, ­ RES MSc. Supervisor: Gunilla Öberg   Emma Luker, RMES MSc. Supervisors: Leila Harris and Mark Johnson   Elizabeth Williams, RMES MSc. Supervisor: Kai Chan   Santiago De La Puente Jeri, ­ RMES MSc. Supervisor: Villy Christensen      

Congratulations to our November 2017 RMES/RES Graduates!

Congratulations to our November 2017 RMES/RES Graduates!

(in order of the photos from left to right)   Xuesi Shen, ­ RES MSc. Supervisor: Hadi Dowlatabadi   Jeffrey Scott, RMES MSc. Supervisors: Tony Pitcher and Mimi Lam   Maryam Rezaei, RMES PhD. Supervisor: Hadi Dowlatabadi    

Congratulations to our November 2017 RMES/RES Graduates!

Congratulations to our November 2017 RMES/RES Graduates!

(in order of the photos from left to right)   Abdul Ben Hasan, RMES MSc. Supervisor: Villy Christensen   Alicia Speratti, RMES PhD. Supervisor: Mark Johnson   Jason Brown, RES PhD. Supervisor: Terre Satterfield   Holly Andrews RMES MSc. Supervisor: Terre Satterfield and Mike Meitner  

RES PhD Candidate Michael Lathuillière’s recent publication in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies!

RES PhD Candidate Michael Lathuillière’s recent publication in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies!

November 23 2017 Congratulations to RES PhD Candidate Michael Lathuillière for his recent publication set to go out in print in December! You can check out the book chapter at the following link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124095489100612

New Adjunct Professor- Babak Pourbohloul!

New Adjunct Professor- Babak Pourbohloul!

We’re happy to announce that Babak Pourbohloul has become an Adjunct Professor at IRES! Bio Babak Pourbohloul is trained as a theoretical physicist (PhD in complex systems and chaos theory) and has been a faculty member at the University of British Columbia since 2004. He was the founding Director of the Division of Mathematical Modeling at […]

Lisa Powell (IRES Postdoctoral Fellow) – “Farm to school in British Columbia: mobilizing food literacy for food sovereignty” article published

Lisa Powell (IRES Postdoctoral Fellow) – “Farm to school in British Columbia: mobilizing food literacy for food sovereignty” article published

Lisa Powell, an IRES Postdoctoral Fellow has released another article, “Farm to school in British Columbia: mobilizing food literacy for food sovereignty.”   You can find the article here: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10460-017-9815-7 Photo Credit: Darren Birgenheler from flickr/ Creative Commons 

New Graham McDowell (PhD student) and Michele Koppes (IRES Faculty Associate) Publication

New Graham McDowell (PhD student) and Michele Koppes (IRES Faculty Associate) Publication

Graham McDowell and Michele Koppes have a recent publication. To read it click here. _________________________________________________________________________ For McDowell’s bio: https://ires.ubc.ca/person/graham-mcdowell-2/ For Koppes’ bio: https://ires.ubc.ca/person/michele-koppes/   Photo Credit: Graham Mcdowell from http://grahammcdowellresearch.com/visual/ 

RES PhD Candidate Lucy Rodina lead author of a new published article!

RES PhD Candidate Lucy Rodina lead author of a new published article!

Lucy Rodina (RES PhD Candidate) along with co-author Leila Harris (IRES Faculty) have recently published a new article. Click link below to view article: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343517301884     Lucy Rodina: https://ires.ubc.ca/person/lucy-rodina/ Lelia Harris: https://ires.ubc.ca/person/leila-harris/