Community-led oyster farms in Fiji – Can they deliver multiple benefits?
Speaker: Dr. Veronica Lo, IISD The deepening climate change and biodiversity loss crises, intertwined with destructive intensive fishing and aquaculture practices, necessitate new ways of meeting food security and […]
Encounters and Serendipity: A Snapshot of My Career
I finished my PhD in Botany at Duke University in 1985. My challenge is thus summarizing over 40 years of scientific research in 45 minutes. As a PhD student, I […]
Suzuki at 90: In Conversation with Gloria Macarenko
At 90 years old, David Suzuki continues to provoke new thinking and promote more urgent action by all of us concerned about the impact of climate change — and what it portends for […]
Archaeological investigations and ecological modelling into pre-contact (1792 CE) Tsleil-Waututh stewardship of Burrard Inlet, BC, Canada
Speaker: Dr. Meaghan Efford, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Modelling past ecosystem baselines and ecosystem change over time can demonstrate the cumulative effects of anthropogenic impacts to […]
Assessing policy implementation: a case study of global trade in marine fishes
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Foster, Project Seahorse Project Seahorse has developed a novel scheme for analysing policy implementation across four Levels: technical outputs (tools and capacity building); policy outcomes (governance changes); field […]
Slippage: Shaped by Time – Special talk with Michael Cox and Sam Shekut
On Saturday, March 7 at 1:00 pm, photographer Michael Cox joins UBC Geology graduate student Sam Shekut in the museum auditorium for a conversation on erosion, biodiversity, and landscape photography. […]
Movement Strategies of Cetaceans in an Oceanic Island Environment
Speaker: Dr. Marc Fernandez Morron Researcher, MARE Madeira Large marine predators, such as cetaceans, occupy an apex position within marine food webs, playing a vital role in regulating biodiversity and […]
Life-history evolution, climate change, and the future of Arctic marine mammals
Speaker: Dr. Steve Ferguson DFO Arctic Region The Arctic is undergoing unprecedented transformations due to rapid climate warming, fundamentally altering the ecological dynamics of Arctic marine mammals. My early research […]
Relatives of the River: Reimagining Fisheries through Quinault Kinship
Speaker: Ashley Lewis, Fish Futures & Quinault Indian Nation The Quinault Indian Nation secured futures alongside their salmon by following blueprints set out by their natural world. Focusing on Quinault […]
Applications of Ecosystem Modeling for Fisheries Management, Human Impact Assessment, and Conservation in North American Marine Systems
Speaker: Dr. Hem Nalini Morzaria-Luna Marine ecologist. Long Live the Kings, Seattle, WA The management of marine systems is moving towards Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM), a broad approach that recognizes the […]
