January 5, 2017: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Zia Mehrabi (first seminar for Term 2)
January 9, 2017: Dr. Edward Gregr’s Bliss Talk
January 12, 2017: IRES Student Seminar
Speaker: Holly Andrews
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
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
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
February 20-24, 2017: Reading Week
No IRES Seminar
March 2, 2017: IRES Professional Development Seminar
Speakers: Tara Stephens-Kyte, Leonora Crema and Kai Chan
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
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
March 10, 2017: IOF Seminar Series: Recreational fisheries: Complex interactions between anglers and fish
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
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
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
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
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