2010
IRES Digest
December 16, 2010
December 7th – Robin Naidoo
Conservation science in practice: Namibia’s Community-Based Natural Resources Management Program
Participatory Decision Making in Water Management
Judit Lienert
Visiting Researcher at IRES from Eawag: The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
November 25th – The Centre For Global Environmental and Natural Resource Law Guest Lecture
Professor Harvey Jacobs, from UW-Madison
Interdisciplinary environmental studies – a primer
Join us for the launch of Gunilla Oberg’s new book on November 23rd.
IRES Seminar November 23rd – Leila Harris
Community Engagement and Feminist Praxis—Current debates and ongoing challenges
Fiona Pelham
“Applying the latest sustainability management and reporting standards to the sport event industry”
IRES Seminar November 9 – Thomas Sisk
Collaborative Science and the Management of Public Grasslands Under Rapid Environmental Change
Dai Qing
China’s water crisis: Beijing’s crippling water shortage and the unfolding tragedy of the Three Gorges Dam
Mark Johnson – October 12 2010
Engaging with society on water resources research: The good, the bad and the ugly
Symposium: Our Campus as a Living Lab
What does it mean to say our campus is a laboratory for sustainability?
In what ways can we all contribute to a sustainable future, on our campus and in the wider world?
On September 27, 2010, please join other UBC students, faculty, staff, and community members at the symposium Our Campus as a Living Lab, hosted by the UBC Sustainability Initiative.
Sept. 21st – You are brilliant and the Earth is hiring*:
Communicating your research beyond the Ivory Tower Sarah Klain
Sept. 7th – Welcome to our new IRES students!
Led by James Murphy, Angela Eykelbosh, Mike Lathuillière. New and current students are welcome
IRES Seminar 28 September
Tim McDaniels and Raffaele Vignola
Two examples of complex roles for researchers in working with stakeholders: Experiences in Vancouver and Costa Rica
IRES Seminar September 14 2010
Welcome to the IRES seminar series which this year will focus on the part of our mission statement where we say that we wish to conduct research and learning in support of decision making. The seminar is as usual on Tuesday at noon. Acting on the feedback we have received, we have returned to the [...]
Student led discussions
These take place on the following days: September 7th September 21st October 5th October 19th November 2nd November 16th November 30th and will be in room 107/108 from 12-1 More information to follow.
IRES Annual Celebration
The annual celebration takes place on September the 10th. Click here to view the program and timetable.
