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Kick Off Event: Climate Solutions Research Collective

September 27 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Free

This event will launch the Collective’s 2024-2025 year!

Join us for an opportunity to shape the themes and topics the Collective will focus on in upcoming events, centered on innovative interdisciplinary climate solutions research. Attendees will be able to connect with fellow members of the UBC research community through a facilitated discussion of “Big Ideas”.

At this event you will hear from faculty members engaged in climate solutions research at UBC and have an opportunity for table discussions with others engaged in research.

This event will provide attendees with the opportunity to connect with fellow members of the UBC research community and discuss how to foster climate solutions research.

This event is held at the xʷθəθiqətəm / Place of Many Trees

Agenda

12:30 – Check in and networking with light lunch
1:00  –  Welcome and presentations
1:30  –  Facilitated table discussions
2:30  –  Participant Networking
3:00  –  Event Closing

Presenters

Amanda Giang, Assistant Professor
Jointly appointed in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability and the Faculty of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering)
Lab for Environmental Assessment and Policy
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Modelling for Policy

Jonathan Proctor, Assistant Professor
Faculty of Land and Food Systems (Food and Resource Economics)
Environmental Economics and Data Science Lab

Jemima Nomunume Baada, Assistant Professor
Faculty of Arts (Geography)
Interdisciplinary climate-migration scholar, with research and teaching at the intersections of gender, climate change, migration, health and development equity.

Additional presenters added as confirmed

Note: Please register even if you are only able to attend part of the event.  You can share any specific details in the notes section of the registration. Capacity for this event will be limited.  If you are no longer able to attend and would like to cancel your registration, please email us at climate.collective@ubc.ca