Global blue trade its role in sustainable food systems

Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Speaker: Dr. Jessica Gephart, Assistant Professor in Environmental Science at American University. Fish and other aquatic foods (blue food) present an opportunity for more sustainable diets due to its high nutrient content and low average environmental footprint. At the same time, seafood is among the most highly traded foods and is becoming increasingly globalized, with […]

IOF Seminar: Student Presentations!

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Presenters: Yulia Egorova (PhD, EOAS) Global diversity and biomass of mesoeplagic mesozooplankton Supervisor: Evgeny Pakhomov Anna Schuhbauer (PDF, Fisheries Economics Research Unit) Global economic impact of scuba dive tourism Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila Ema Fatima (PhD, OCF) Bottom-trawl fishery is a flourishing industry in India: Who are trawling, who finances these operations and is it economically […]

Pacific Conference on Artificial Intelligence

AMS Nest 6133 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Pacific Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PCA) will be taking place on Sunday, April 2nd of this year at the AMS Nest Great Hall. An unprecedented opportunity bringing together data analytics and business innovation, join us for a variety of engaging activities, including panel discussions, technical & professional development workshops, networking sessions, and keynote addresses […]

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Canada’s Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub (CIEBH) Town Hall

Online/Virtual Event

Canada’s Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub (CIEBH), led by UBC, is one of five national research hubs established through the integrated Canada Biomedical Research Fund (CBRF) and Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund (BRIF) competition. CIEBH is pursuing an integrated program of biomedical research and talent development, along with building associated infrastructure to support the development and manufacturing […]

UBC Department of Surgery Monthly Grand Rounds

Cordula and Gunter Paetzold Health Education Centre 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The UBC Department of Surgery Grand Rounds is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. These rounds are typically scheduled on the second Wednesday every month during the academic year (September to June), from 7 am to 8 am, cover a […]

Queer Worldmaking in Mental Health

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About the Talk Dr. Meera Dhebar will review traditional cis-heteronormative colonialist assumptions embedded within the discourses and professional practice of mental health systems. She will discuss the centering of queer of colour cultural knowledge, queer theory, and queer of colour critiques to move beyond the current models of LGBT competencies and affirming therapy to a practice […]

2023 Michael Smith Distinguished Lecture – Dr. Karen Miga

Life Sciences Centre 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dr. Miga's research program combines innovative computational and experimental approaches to produce the high-resolution sequence maps of human centromeric and pericentromeric DNAs. The Miga lab aims to uncover a new source of genetic and epigenetic variation in the human population, which is useful to investigate novel associations between genotype and phenotype of inherited traits and […]

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Data Science and Health (DASH): AI Meets Ethics Speaker Series “Health Data Foundations and Equitable AI”

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The UBC Data Science and Health (DASH) Research Cluster is excited to launch our new AI Meets Ethics Speaker Series! This series will explore the ethical implications of, and considerations for, implementing AI technologies in healthcare. The first session features DASH Cluster’s EDI Co-Lead, Dr. Charlene Ronquillo. This event is free and open to everyone […]

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Healthy Aging Research Seminar: Dr. Jennifer Cobb

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (CBH) 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Lecture Title: Genome Instability and Aging Speaker Biography: Dr. Jennifer Cobb is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at the University of Victoria. Her research investigates the impact of cellular age on DNA double-strand break repair and nuclear organization. Dr. Cobb moved her research program to the University of Victoria in 2022 and continues […]

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