Events Archive 2018

November 8 2017 Lind Initiative: The Unravelling of the Liberal Order The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies presents our January-March 2018 speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The world is undergoing a wrenching process of geopolitical transformation. Will the liberal order hold, or is its disassembling inevitable? What kinds of global order(s) does the future […] Read More

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Lind Initiative: The Unravelling of the Liberal Order The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies presents our January-March 2018 speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The world is undergoing a wrenching process of geopolitical transformation. Will the liberal order hold, or is its disassembling inevitable? What kinds of global order(s) does the future hold? The Lind Initiative’s […] Read More

January 12 2018 Getting North Korea Right: Canadian Options and Roles Time: 12PM – 2PM Date: Monday, January 15 Location: Room 120, C.K. Choi Building 1855 West Mall Event Poster | RSVP IAR PUBLIC FORM: The situation on the Korean peninsula looms as a major threat to global peace and stability in the coming year.  On the eve of the […] Read More

“Women in Geoscience:  Power, Behaviour, and the Scientific Division of Labour at a Canadian Geoscience Conference” Tuesday, January 16 12:30 pm GEOG room 229   The study of the earth is a human endeavour, shaped by human habits, values, and institutions. Science is often presented as an emancipatory project for humanity, speaking truth to power, […] Read More

Location: Coach House, UBC Green College  Address: 6201 Cecil Green Park Road Date: Wednesday, January 17th 2018 Time: 5pm Participatory Science, Public Discourse, and Hope for Solving Wicked Environmental Problems Thomas D. Sisk, Landscape Conservation Initiative, Northern Arizona University, and Wendy J. Palen, Earth to Ocean Research Group, Simon Fraser University   Abstract:  Hope for the […] Read More

This month, it’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) at UBC   Through this month-long series of events, everyone is encouraged to join the conversation that’s happening in the media, in our communities, and around the world. The goal of SAAM is to raise awareness and understanding about sexual assault and what we can do to […] Read More

Under pressure: Vulnerability and resilience of marine ecosystems and fisheries to multiple stressors   Dr. Fiorenza Micheli David and Lucile Packard Professor of Marine Science Co-Director, Center for Ocean Solutions Hopkins Marine Station Stanford University   Friday, January 19, 2018 11:00 am AERL Theatre (120)   Marine and coastal ecosystems and human communities around the […] Read More

Ocean Matters Lecture | Uncharted Perspectives on Our Oceans and Climate Change What: Lecture Series (every 4th Tuesday of the month) exploring how all aspects of modern society affects, and is affected by, climate change and our oceans. We concentrate on significant, but under-reported aspects of sustainability and climate change, exploring the social, cultural, political […] Read More

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Lind Initiative: The Unravelling of the Liberal Order The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies presents our January-March 2018 speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The world is undergoing a wrenching process of geopolitical transformation. Will the liberal order hold, or is its disassembling inevitable? What kinds of global order(s) does the future hold? The Lind Initiative’s […] Read More

Chasing Coral Screening   Thursday, January 25, 2018 5:30pm AERL 120 – Auditorium   Join us for a screening of Chasing Coral, a Netflix Original documentary that follows a team of divers, photographers, and scientists as they set out to document and understand the disappearance of the world’s coral reefs.   The screening will be […] Read More

Construction of advanced techniques to detect seafood fraud and adulteration   Dr. Xiaonan Lu Associate Professor, Food Science UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems   Friday, January 26, 2018 11:00 am AERL Theatre (120)   Seafood is a global commodity traded worldwide that follows a long, non-transparent and complicated supply chain. Seafood fraud and […] Read More

You are invited to the UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series: a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts from across UBC and North America to engage audiences with the Global Food System. Dr. Gastón Gordillo, UBC Anthropology “The Imperial Metropolis: the Infrastructure of the Soy Supply Chain in South America” Wednesday, January 31, 2018 12:30 […] Read More

Managing human-dominated systems for nature and people: the importance of landscape structure This term’s sixth Biodiversity Legendary Internal Seminar Series (BLISS) speaker: Dr. Matthew Mitchell Dr. Matthew Mitchell is an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at UBC. Prior to this he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Queensland, Australia. Matt completed his PhD at […] Read More

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Lind Initiative: The Unravelling of the Liberal Order The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies presents our January-March 2018 speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The world is undergoing a wrenching process of geopolitical transformation. Will the liberal order hold, or is its disassembling inevitable? What kinds of global order(s) does the future hold? The Lind Initiative’s […] Read More

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Our Phil Lind Initiative talk with Misha Glenny on Feb. 8 will now be held at a larger venue at The Frederic Wood Theatre so we’ve reopened registrations. Please feel free to share our invitation with your students, alumni, and colleagues. Thank you!   The Phil Lind Initiative presents: Misha Glenny on The Unravelling of […] Read More

Occupational and Environmental Seminar Series Friday February 9 2018 12:30-1:30pm School of Population and Public Health Building 2206 East Mall Room B151 http://www.spph.ubc.ca/oeh-seminars/?login   Mitigating climate change: greatest public health opportunity of the 21st Century?   The global climate crisis poses large risks to public health through many exposure pathways, from heat waves and air […] Read More

IOF is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the Vancouver site for this year’s Fishackathon!   Taking place on February 10-11, 2018, this event brings together code developers from all walks of life, with researchers in ocean and fisheries science, to work on sustainability related challenges.   Background In April 2017, the U.S. Department of […] Read More

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Lind Initiative: The Unravelling of the Liberal Order The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies presents our January-March 2018 speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The world is undergoing a wrenching process of geopolitical transformation. Will the liberal order hold, or is its disassembling inevitable? What kinds of global order(s) does the future hold? The Lind Initiative’s […] Read More

The IOF Student Society will be hosting a Post-Valentine’s Day Bake Sale on Thursday, Feb 15! Come eat your sorrows away with tasty treats and scrumptious snacks! Read More

Reshaping societal expectations: Four reasons why mature economies should converge on zero economic growth Friday, February 16, 2018 11:00 am AERL Theatre (Rm. 120) The fundamental principle of economic growth is the central paradigm of western society and economics, and is rarely questioned outside of academic circles. In this presentation Dr. Rosenfeld will consider the […] Read More

Event: Rise Above Plastics Education Night Date: Tuesday 20th February Time: 7.30pm (doors 7pm) Location: The Vancouver Aquarium Description: Learn about the life-cycle of plastic and its implications to the ecosystem and human health. Discover how The Ocean Legacy Foundation has teamed up with LUSH to turn plastic pollution into recycled packaging and find out […] Read More

It is with great pleasure that we reach out to you and announce that PhDs Go Public returns this year! This year, the trademark Research Talk Series of the Public Scholars Initiative features 6 distinct events where 36 scholars will talk about their research and how they hope to change the world. We would like […] Read More

Lind Initiative: The Unravelling of the Liberal Order The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies presents our January-March 2018 speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The world is undergoing a wrenching process of geopolitical transformation. Will the liberal order hold, or is its disassembling inevitable? What kinds of global order(s) does the future hold? The Lind Initiative’s […] Read More

Centre for Food, Resource and Environmental Economics (CFREE) Seminar Series Speaker: Jennifer Alix-Garcia Date/Time: Friday, 2 March 2018, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Venue: MacMillan (MCML) 350   Professor Jennifer Alix-Garcia will be presenting her paper, “Locational fundamentals, trade, and the changing urban landscape of Mexico”   More details   Photo credit: Lui Piquee from flickr/ Creative Commons   Read More

Science in the service of conservation of Canadian freshwater fish species-at-risk Friday, March 2, 2018 11:00 am AERL Theatre (Rm. 120)   Canada has a rich, often under-appreciated, diversity of freshwater fishes. Such diversity is increasingly under threat from myriad and vexing changes to aquatic and surrounding terrestrial habitats. For the protection of biodiversity alone, […] Read More