Events Archive 2017

January 5, 2017: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Zia Mehrabi (first seminar for Term 2)


The first IRES Seminar for Term 2. Photo credit: Jill Guerra. Read More

January 9, 2017: Dr. Edward Gregr’s Bliss Talk


Photo credit: Tony Hisgett from flickr/Creative Commons Read More

January 12, 2017: IRES Student Seminar
Speaker: Holly Andrews


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January 19, 2017: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Milind Kandlikar


IRES Faculty Milind Kandlikar will be presenting. Photo credit: Global Panorama from flickr/Creative Commons Read More

January 23 to February 3, 2017 – Invitation to Sustainability in an Imaginary World


Photo credit: John McSporran from flickr/Creative Commons Read More

January 26, 2017: IRES Professional Development Seminar
Speaker: Eileen Delehanty Pearkes


Eileen Delehanty Pearkes has a new book out - A River Captured: the Columbia River Treaty and Catastrophic Change. Photo credit: Eileen Delehanty Pearkes. Read More

January 27, 2017: IOF Seminar Series – Fish Wars
Speaker: Philippe Le Billon


Philippe Le Billon is an IRES Faculty Associate. Photo credit: Peter Corbett from flickr/Creative Commons. Read More

February 2, 2017: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Simon Donner


Simon Donner is a Faculty Associate in IRES. Photo credit: Graham McDowell. Read More

February 9, 2017: IRES Student Seminar
Speakers: Anna Schuhbauer and Guillaume Peterson St-Laurent


Two RES PhD Candidates will be presenting. Photo credit: Laura Blankenship from flickr/Creative Commons Read More

February 16, 2017: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Amanda Rodewald, Cornell University


This is joint event with UBC IRES and UBC Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. Photo credit: Amanda Rodewald. Read More

February 16, 2017: Heating up and cooling down a Petrostate: Norway
Speaker: Berit Kristoffersen, University of Tromsø, Norway


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February 20-24, 2017: Reading Week
No IRES Seminar


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March 2, 2017: IRES Professional Development Seminar
Speakers: Tara Stephens-Kyte, Leonora Crema and Kai Chan


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March 3, 2017: New Climate Economy: the business case for municipal and citizen climate change action


Please see the following for details: http://pics.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/j/FAAF72669EFF6F31/722B1B1AB60AF923C4DA2C823DDA3384 Read More

Two upcoming events on March 7 and March 8


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March 9, 2017: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Karen Seto, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies


Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies is located in New Haven, Connecticut. Photo credit: faeryhedgehog from flickr/Creative Commons. Read More

March 9, 2017: Nature Vancouver Marine Biology Section: Exploring Indonesian Seas


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March 10, 2017: IOF Seminar Series: Recreational fisheries: Complex interactions between anglers and fish


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March 10, 2017: Careers with the UN: Making the World a Better Place!
Speaker: Satya S. Tripathi


Mr. Tripathi will offer insights on a rewarding career with the UN, and the exciting opportunities that await young graduates that seek both financial and philanthropic rewards while contributing to society in a meaningful manner. Photo credit: sanjitbakshi from flickr/Creative Commons Read More

March 13, 2017: Towards a Circular Economy: The Case of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area
Speaker: Jaqueline Cramer


March 7, 2017 The fb link is: https://www.facebook.com/events/1429933463704130/ Event link: http://lowcarbonfuture.ubc.ca/events/event/towards-a-circular-economy-the-case-of-the-amsterdam-metropolitan-area/ Read More

March 15, 2017: Human(e) Interactions with the Environment


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March 16, 2017: IRES Student Seminar
Speakers: Sophia Murphy and Mollie Chapman


Two RES PhD Candidates will be presenting. Photo credit: Edna Winti from flickr/Creative Commons Read More

March 16, 2017: Managing Marine Wildlife: The Extinction of Fauna in the Ocean
Speaker: Doug McCauley, University of California, Santa Barbara


urrent ocean trends, coupled with terrestrial lessons, suggest that marine defaunation rates will rapidly intensify as human use of the oceans industrializes. Dr. McCauley will discuss management strategies and ways forward to preserve marine wildlife. Photo credit: Frontierofficial from flickr/Creative Commons Read More

March 17, 2017: Insights from Chicago’s Restaurant Opportunities Centers United and University of Guelph’s research on temporary migrant workers in Canada


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March 20, 2017: Troubling Time/s and Ecologies of Nothingness


Speaker: Karen Barad “Troubling Time/s and Ecologies of Nothingness: Re-turning, Re-membering, and Facing the Incalculable” World Art Centre 20 March 2017 at 6 pm Free and open to the public Reception to follow  In this public talk, Karen Barad diffractively reads insights from quantum theory and Kyoko Hayashi’s first-hand accounts of Nagasaki bombing through one […] Read More

March 21, 2017: Invitation to Individualization of War
Speaker: Jennifer M. Welsh


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March 23, 2017: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Bejoy Thomas


This is a joint event with UBC IRES and UBC Farm. Photo credit: Photo credit: ACCUWa project team Read More

March 23, 2017: Record of shale gas wastewater disposal in lake sediments of Pennsylvania
Speaker: Dr. William Burgos, Pennsylvania State University


Photo credit: Andrew Skudder from flickr/Creative Commons Read More

March 23, 2017: Anecdotal Evidence – Stories About Science
Proceeds go to Inland Refugee Society


Make sure to get your tickets early! We sold out our last three shows. Online tickets are selling for $7.50 a piece in advance: https://www.picatic.com/event14890100312783 We will be terminating online sales at noon Thursday. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door for $10 on a first come first served basis. Invite your friends […] Read More

March 29, 2017: What is this thing called organic? How organic farming is codified in regulations
Speaker: Dr. Verena Seufert


Organic farming is one of the fastest growing sectors of world agriculture. Although it represents only one per cent of world agricultural area, organic is one of the most recognized food labels and most people in developed countries consume some amount of organic food today. Photo credit: LID from flickr/Creative Commons Read More