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 […]
UBC Reads Sustainability with Kate Marvel | Human Nature
A public lecture using nine emotions to explore the science and stories behind climate change. Live on stage for her first reading and public talk in Canada, Kate Marvel offers […]
Film Screening: YINTAH – A Decade of Wet’suwet’en Resistance
Spanning more than a decade, YINTAH follows Howilhkat Freda Huson and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham as their nation reoccupies and protects their ancestral lands from the Canadian government and several of […]
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 […]
The Climate Brink: On the Brink of Disaster and the Brink of Salvation
Buchanan A | Room 104 Option for livestream (follow event link) While the physics of climate change is well-established, the complexity of its impact on human systems remains our greatest […]
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. […]
UBC VegFest
Mark your calendars for the first and only UBC VegFest! This event, hosted during Sustainability Week, will be a day to enjoy plant-based foods from exciting local brands, learn more […]
