October 19 2017
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October 26 2017: New Environmental Assessment Course at SFU
RES PhD Candidate Michael Lathuillière & IRES Faculty Mark Johnson’s new publication in Environmental Science and Technology
We are excited to announce that RES PhD Candidate Michael Lathuillière and IRES Associate Professor Mark Johnson have published a new article titled “Land use in LCA: including regionally altered precipitation to quantify ecosystem damage” in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. The article can be found below:
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b02311
From left: Michael Lathuillière and Mark Johnson
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IRES Adjunct Professor Colin Levings has a new book out: “Ecology of Salmonids in Estuaries Around the World”
Colin Levings, an IRES Adjunct Professor, has published a new book with UBC Press. “Ecology of Salmonids in Estuaries Around the World- Adaptations, Habitats and Conservation” covers ecology of salmon, trout, and char species, describes physical and chemical aspects of estuaries and their habitats, outlines estuarine salmonid communities in the northern and southern hemispheres, has a major chapter on conservation and an extensive reference list. On line appendices provide supplemental references, data tables and a primer on estuaries and salmonids for citizen scientists. See ubcpress.ca for more details on the book including Table of Contents, sample chapter and endorsement.
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October 24, 2017: Reconciliation: A New Relationship for Investors
October 11 2017
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RES PhD Student Graham McDowell wins the Vanier Scholarship – Congratulations!
A hearty congratulations to Graham McDowell, who was awarded a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for his doctoral studies on adaptation to glacial change in high-mountain social-ecological systems.
November 16 2017: Present at the 3rd Annual Life Science Research Night
October 4 2017
On behalf of Undergraduate Research Opportunities, we would like to invite you to our 3rd annual Life Sciences Research Night, held in collaboration with six other undergraduate life sciences clubs. A mingling session will take place on the evening of Thursday, November 16, 2017 from 7:15 – 8:30pm. We are inviting you to this session to present your research to the attending undergraduate students.
A major component of our event is having graduate students and research professors bring their posters for a mingling session where undergraduate students can explore various types of life sciences research occurring at UBC. We are hoping to extend an open invitation to all active research professors and their graduate students in the Department of Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability.
The 2017 Life Sciences Research Night hopes to promote undergraduate research and showcase the diversity of life science research at UBC. If you are interested in attending this mingling session, we encourage you to bring a research poster and to reply to this email: ubc.lsrn.2016@gmail.com to confirm your presence by midnight October 25. Light dinner will also be provided at the event. We hope to see you there!
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POLIS: Top 5 Water Issues that Will Define BC’s Future
The POLIS Project has just released its new research report “Top 5 Water Challenges that will Define BC’s Future”.
The report is co-authored by IRES alumna Rosie Simms. This is the link to download the full report and media release: http://poliswaterproject.org/topfivechallenges
Top 5 Water Challenges that will Define BC’s Future documents dozens of examples of critical water issues unfolding in the province’s watersheds. Drawing on an extensive review of media, court and tribunal cases, and insights from attending over 100 recent events related to water issues, the study identifies five key water challenges and suggests possible solutions to create water security and sustainability in BC over the coming years.
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November 2 2017: Invitation to Oceans Protection Plan Introductory Dialogue Forum
September 28 2017
We are writing to provide you with information about the Government of Canada Oceans Protection Plan, and invite you to participate in an introductory engagement session.
The Oceans Protection Plan is the largest investment ever made to protect Canada’s coasts and waterways. This national strategy will help establish a worldleading marine safety system that provides economic opportunities for Canadians today, while protecting our coastlines for generations to come. The Oceans Protection Plan has four main priority areas: increasing our capacity to
prevent and improve responses to marine incidents; preserving and restoring marine ecosystems and habitats; strengthening partnerships with Indigenous and coastal communities: and, ensuring Canada’s marine safety system is built on a stronger evidence base, supported by science and local knowledge.
The upcoming engagement session will provide an overview of the Oceans Protection Plan in British Columbia with a focus on the following initiatives:
Enhanced Maritime Situational Awareness
Proactive Vessel Management and Anchorages
Coastal Environmental Baseline Program and Assessment of Marine Shipping
Impacts
Pilotage Act Review
Other initiatives may be added as well. A full-day session is being planned for November 2, 2017, in Vancouver. To register for the session please contact OPPPacreg-PPOPacenreg@tc.gc.ca by October 5th. Space may be limited. Additional details will be available in the coming weeks.
Click here for Oceans Protection Plan
And for more information go to: www.canada.ca/protecting-our-coasts
Click here for the Oceans Protection Plan Information
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RES PhD Candidate Krista English recently presented at an international conference
September 28, 2016
RES PhD Candidate Krista English was invited to present at the 3rd International & Interdisciplinary Workshop on Mathematical Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Health: Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America. The meeting was in Quito, Ecuador from July 18-22, 2016. She presented the results of a Bibliometrics & Network Analysis of Health Policy and Systems Research literature to understand how much research influences policy in this context.
Click here to view the conference poster.
Photo credit: Krista English
March 30, 2017: IRES Special Seminar
Speaker: Claire Kremen
University of California Berkeley
IRES Seminar Series
Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm (every Thursday)
Location: AERL Theatre (room 120), 2202 Main Mall
Joint Event with UBC IRES, UBC Farm and UBC Biodiversity Research Centre
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Through the bees’ eyes: seeking food system sustainability
Abstract:
Using pollinators as a lens for examining agriculture and food system issues, Kremen will discuss how our current food system is not only unhealthy for the planet, but also for pollinators and people. She will describe studies of native bees that reveal how to create environmentally-friendly farming systems that are also highly productive. These studies show that by diversifying crops, adding hedgerow borders, and incorporating natural habitat patches into farming landscapes, we can promote pollinator biodiversity, increase pollination services, while creating other ecosystem service benefits. Structural and policy barriers often prevent broader adoption of these strategies, but many benefits could be realized through policy reforms.
Bio:
Claire Kremen is Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at University of California, Berkeley, and co-directs the Center for Diversified Farming Systems and the Berkeley Food Institute there. She is an ecologist and conservation biologist whose work focuses on understanding and characterizing the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services, and utilizing this information to develop conservation and sustainable management plan. Her current research explores the ecological, social and economic benefits, costs and barriers to adoption of diversified farming systems, and on restoring pollination and pest control services in intensively farmed landscapes. Her work reaches from concept to practice and includes hands-on conservation action such as, for example, the scientific design and establishment of a network of protected areas to protect Madagascar’s endemic flora and fauna. She received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2007, and was elected to the California Academy of Sciences in 2013.
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