2011
UBC researchers provide recommendations for $100 billion in annual climate change aid
Read more from Simon Donner, Milind Kandlikar and Hisham Zerriffi here.
November 24th, Dr. Timo P. Karjalainen
will be speaking about Being deliberative and analytic in environmental appraisals.
Part of the IRES Seminar Series.
Sustainability and the Arts: Some insights from Meg O’Shea and David Maggs
November 17th at 1:00pm AERL 419
Engagement in public policy and science-based advocacy with Jordan Tam and Gerald Singh
November 3 at 1:00pm AERL 419
Getting a handle on theory! How to do a good and thorough literature review
October 20 at 1:00pm AERL 419
CFIS/IRES Professional Development Seminar: Preparing for an Interdisciplinary Academic Career
Date: Tuesday, November 29th 2011
Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Location: Room 120, CK Choi Bldg. (1855 West Mall)
Cost: Free!
CFIS/IRES Professional Development Seminar: Career Skill Building for Interdisciplinary Students
Date: Monday, November 21st 2011
Time: 1 – 2:30pm
Location: Room 101, Michael Smith Labs (2185 East Mall)
Cost: Free!
CFIS/IRES Professional Development Seminar: Publishing Interdisciplinary Work
Date: Monday, November 14th 2011
Time: 1:30 – 3:00pm
Location: Room 101, Michael Smith Labs (2185 East Mall)
Cost: Free!
CFIS/IRES Professional Development Seminar: Time Management and Organization for Grad Students
Date: Tuesday, November 1st 2011
Time: 11:00am – 1:30pm (2 hr workshop + lunch!)
Location: Room 120, CK Choi Bldg. (1855 West Mall)
Cost: Free!
CFIS/IRES Professional Development Seminar: Balancing Science, Citizenship and Activism
Date: Monday, October 17th 2011
Time: 1:00 – 2:30pm
Location: Room 120, CK Choi Bldg. (1855 West Mall)
Cost: Free!
Where academia and government meet: Experiences with the Greenest City Scholars program
1 – 2pm October 6th in AERL 419
27 October – Leila Harris
Tracing Environmental Citizenship and Politics at the Edges of Europe: Green lay narratives and possibilities in contemporary Turkey
CFIS/IRES Professional Development Seminar: Pursuing a Career Outside of Academia, Part I
Come and hear from two young professionals who cut loose from academia. Wednesday, October 5th from 1 – 2.30pm.
November 10 – Natasha Affolder
will be speaking about Bargaining for Biodiversity: The Challenge of Multi-Level Lawmaking.
Part of the IRES Seminar Series.
Surviving your first year!
Tips for new students on how to get through your first year, painlessly.
September 22nd 1 – 2pm in AERL 419.
September 29 – David Poole
talking about Computational Models of Complex Decisions.
Part of the IRES Seminar Series.
Costa Rica Field Studies Course Discussion and Planning
Are you interested in taking this course. Come along and find out more.
September 15 – Mary O’Connor
will be starting our seminar series this year talking about Understanding Marine Climate Change Impacts And how we can use theory to strengthen climate change ecology.
1 – 2pm, AERL room 120.
October 13 – X. Tony Bi
Regional biomass utilization for greenhouse gas reduction and local air quality improvement
IRES Welcome Celebration – September 9th
Join us tomorrow from 3pm to welcome the new students to IRES.
NSERC/SSHRC Awards Info Session
Date: Thursday, September 8th 2011 Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm Location: AERL (2202 Main Mall), room 120 Cost: Free Want to write a killer NSERC or SSHRC master’s or doctoral award application? Nervous about crafting a research proposal that will make your app stand out among the rest? Come on out to this Awards Info [...]
Postdoc Research Day, August 26
The UBC Postdoctoral Association is hosting the first annual Postdoc Research Day on Friday August 26, 2011. The afternoon event will comprise 8 talks and a poster session, all on work done by postdocs. We would love to have the support of the graduate student community, and this is a great opportunity to meet many of [...]
December 1st – Jinhua Zhao
China Hype and China Bashing: Contextualize Transportation Research in Fast Urbanizing China. AERL 120, 1 – 2pm.
UBC Greenest City Conversations Project
Enhancing Community Planning – Workshop – May 7, 2011 Saturday, May 7, 2011 10:00am – 3:30pm Rooms 4-5, Creekside Community Centre 1 Athletes Way (Olympic Village) The workshop will explore high-level considerations around Community Plans – their principles, content, methods, timelines and strategies. Community Plans are policy documents that provide guidance and direction on a [...]
5th Annual Film Festival – April 30/May 1
The Ethnographic Film Unit at UBC is pleased to present the programme of the 5th Annual edition of our International Festival of Anthropology Films. Details at: http://anthfilm.anth.ubc.ca/festival_2011.html This year’s festival jury award winning film is Indians Like Us, Director Sylvie Jacquemin. April 30th and May 1st
GPS-MITACS Presentation – Basics of Intellectual Property
Basics of Intellectual Property Thursday, April 28, 2011 9:00 am – Noon Free Admission Graduate Student Centre Facilitators: Dean Palmer and Cynthia Shippam-Brett, PhD This informative session on Intellectual Property comprises two parts. Part One, “IP – What’s in it for you?” is presented by Mr. Dean Palmer from IProperty from 9am-10am. This session introduces [...]
Earth Week celebration: film screening of spOIL
A free screening of spOIL, a film which documents a team of the world’s best conservation photographers in their effort to capture the iconic wildlife of Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest in hopes of protecting it from the Tar Sands Expansion.
