Seminar Videos

Environmental Change in Cambodia’s Social-Ecological Food Systems Location: TBD No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre. Click here to register for Zoom link. Zoom will be terminated if we encounter tech problems 5 to 10 mins into the seminar. Talk summary: Social-ecological systems are changing at an unprecedented rate. As our environments are revamped, […] Read More

1. Rewilding as a Plural Boundary Object: Implications for Research and Practice 2. Coming Soon! Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm Location: Beaty Museum Theatre, Allan Yap Theatre (Basement, 2212 Main Mall) Please check in at front desk on main floor before going downstairs. No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre. Click here to register for Zoom […] Read More

The challenges and prospects of decarbonizing heavy industry Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm Location: Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre (Basement, 2212 Main Mall) Please check in at the Admissions Desk first before going to the Theatre. No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre. Click here to register for Zoom link. Zoom will be terminated if […] Read More

Location: TBD No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre. Click here to register for Zoom link. Zoom will be terminated if we encounter tech problems 5 to 10 mins into the seminar. Talk summary: Historically and contemporarily, colonial policies and prejudices have deeply affected Indigenous food systems and thus Indigenous bodies. For Cree peoples […] Read More

Talk titles: 1. Women and counter-mapping hydrosocial territories: activists’ practices of knowledge co-production in the Chiloé archipelago (southern Chile) and, 2. Developing a field-scale crop yield prediction model using satellite and environmental data Read More

Tindall describes recent work: This study examines the perceived influence of different actors in Canada's climate change policy network just prior to the signing of the Paris Agreement. In this research, we consider the problem of addressing climate change from a policy network perspective Read More

This presentation will be a frank exploration of careers in environmental consulting. IRES Alumnus Dr. Jackie Lerner has been a consultant to industry and to municipal, Indigenous, provincial, territorial, and federal governments for over twenty-five years. Most of her work has related to the environmental assessment of large resource development projects in Canada: primarily mining and energy projects in British Columbia. Read More

How do land-use-based climate strategies reorder the local geography of risk for urban residents? In this talk, Connolly argues that the answer to this question is more complicated than the one commonly presented in public discourse. Read More

Talk titles: 1. Energy Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of the Factors Inhibiting Accelerated Progress, and; 2. Revealing the pathways to scale up agricultural transformation: Factors influencing adoption of Silvo pastoral systems in Colombia Read More

Dr. Jonathan Foley is the Executive Director of Project Drawdown, and next Thursday he'll show us how the Drawdown Roadmap charts a path to accelerate climate solutions before it’s too late. Read More

We're joined by the Senior Climate Policy Adviser for the David Suzuki Foundation, Tom Green! His talk will cover how the ecological economics perspective can inform education, advocacy and policy. Read More

Talk titles: 1. Understanding debates over urban development projects: navigating sustainability, affordability, and livability issues in Vancouver’s Broadway Plan 2. Lost in Transition - Dissolved Carbon Evolution along a Pacific Maritime Headwater Stream Network Read More

Researchers like Dr. Rachel Scholes are increasingly worried about the negative impacts of contaminants found in road runoff, like the tire rubber byproduct 6PPD-quinone. But research is showing that urban rain gardens can help! Read More

IRES students ONLY are invited to professional development workshop with Dr. Danielle Barkley, a Career Educator at the UBC Career Centre. Read More

We invite you to a talk by Dr. Lori Daniels, an expert on forest dynamics, disturbance, and wildfire regimes. Read More

Current IRES grad students Grace Schaan and Trisa Ngo are taking the stage this Thursday! Topics: - effects of logging and urban development on water - Saskatchewan politics and Twitter Read More

Two IRES students will present their research this week for the IRES Student Symposium! Read More

Join Dr. Alex Moore to learn about the inclusion of cultural values and community-centered conservation interventions! Read More

Join IRES PhD Candidates Bassam Javed and Sarah-Louise Ruder's presentations: “Clean and affordable transportation” for all Canadians: Heterogeneity in cost of electrifying passenger transportation in Canada; "Farmer Sociotechnical Imaginaries for Canadian Agri-Food Future"! Read More

This week's IRES Seminar Series features Dr. David Boyd, who will talk about rights-based approaches to climate and environmental action Read More