Zoom Event – Settler Ecologies: The Nature Conservation Regime in Palestine-Israel
Irus Braverman will discuss her latest book, Settling Nature: The Conservation Regime in Palestine-Israel (2023, University of Minnesota Press).
Geomatics career conversations – Panel and small group discussions, hear directly from GIS professionals | Register before January 19th
Masters of Geomatics for Environmental Management invites you to a panel discussion followed by small-group conversations. Hear directly from GIS professionals as they share advice on building a career in Geomatics. Then, meet and chat with the experts about career-building, networking, and the geomatics working world. All graduate students are welcome. Coffee, tea, and light refreshments will be provided.
Labour organizing and climate justice: intersections, challenges, and political opportunities panel | IRES co-sponsored event | March 12, 5-6:30 PM | CIRS, BC Hydro Theatre (1st floor)
This panel will address two entwined questions: What can the climate movement learn from contemporary and historic labour strategy for building durable power? And, how can the climate and labour movements mutually strengthen one another?
Toolkit launch: Ethical data governance for agriculture | Thursday, March 28, 2024
How do we benefit from the power of big data in agriculture while protecting data ownership and farmer privacy? On March 28th at 9am, join a Zoom session to learn about a new toolkit that answers this question! Project research group: Dr. Sarah-Louise Ruder, Dr. Hannah Wittman, Shauna MacKinnon, Dr. Kelly Bronson, Dr. Dana James, Dr. John Janmaat, Zoé Mangin, Jonathon McIntyre, Dr. Isabelle Piot-Lepetit, Gregory Rekken, and Dr. Sean Smukler Project assistant: Catalina Garcia
Dr. David Boyd & UBC Scholars Talk about the Wrongfully Convicted and Imprisoned Niloufar Bayani
Please attend a talk by Dr. David Boyd & UBC Scholars at Risk students to learn about Niloufar Bayani, an Iranian wildlife conservationist who was wrongfully convicted and is currently imprisoned.
Interdisciplinary biannual North American conference (NACCB) | Society for Conservation Biology | UBC | June 24-28, 2024 (Early bird rates until April 12)
The Society for Conservation Biology is holding their interdisciplinary biannual North American conference (NACCB) at UBC June 24-28, 2024. It will be a dynamic program with science, art, and nature-based activities.
Vancouver Kick Off Event: Climate Solutions Research Collective September 27th
Join a discussion of "Big Ideas" with respect to climate solutions research! IRES’s Dr. Amanda Giang will join other faculty in-person on September 27 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm to discuss "Big Ideas" with respect to climate solutions research.
Nuclear is Not the Solution
Join UBC SPPGA and IRES for this book launch and conversation with its author, M.V. Ramana, and panelists Allison Macfarlane and David Boyd!
Food Systems Sustainability: Understanding the Global Challenge and Taking Local Action | Feb 13 2pm
Short presentations and panel discussion followed by Q&A with Navin Ramankutty (Director, IRES; Professor, IRES and SPPGA), David Speight (UBC Food Services Executive Chef ), and Liska Richer (SEEDS Sustainability Manager).
John P. Bell Global Indigenous Rights Lecture presents Dr. Dolly Kikon | March 13 5:30pm
The Woman who Became a Deer: Sacrifice and Salvation in the Indigenous World In this talk, I present the Naga world through stories and focus on the web of connections about sacrifice and salvation. I invite you to meditate on knowledge, culture, and sustainability that are grounded in everyday lives of the Naga world. Far from romanticising Indigenous cultures as timeless, I draw attention to ongoing challenges such as extractive regime, structural violence, and inequality. Drawing from my ongoing engagements on repatriation, reconciliation, and redistribution, I offer some reflections about working together to humanize and care for one another, and dwell on Indigenous values as possible pathways of holding on to hope and healing during uncertain times. -Dr. Dolly Kikon
April 3, 2025: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Angela Danyluk
So you want to save the planet? Join Angela Danyluk, Manager of Climate Adaptation and Equity at the City of Vancouver, for stories about working in local government on climate action and environmental policy.
April 10, 2025: IRES Student Symposium with Nikki Kaechele, Momodou Barry and Ilke Geladi (Last Seminar of Term 2)
Join us for the last seminar in Term 2! Three of our students will present their research.