Words by Aylin Turker, Digital Content Creator, Sustainability Hub. The Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology at UBC (MOA) is a cultural and architectural masterpiece that requires modern seismic safety measures to protect against future risks. In this interview, Dr. Tony Yang, a professor in...
Consumer behavior is crucial when it comes to sustainability, and companies that ignore this can miss out on an opportunity to make a positive impact on the environment. But what are some of the most common misconceptions that companies have about consumer behavior in relation to sustainability,...
How is sustainability powering business solutions and boosting bottom lines in 2025? Find out from an expert who has her finger on the pulse of planet-friendly trends across various industries and markets. How are current policies and technologies...
Join us for a public talk on the new wildfire reality facing urban BC with best-selling author and writer John Vaillant, Koerner Chair for the Centre for Wildfire Coexistence and UBC Faculty of Forestry Professor Lori Daniels. The conversation will...
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
What is the role of businesses in working towards climate justice? This expert panel will discuss the opportunities, constraints and responsibilities that corporations have in adapting their business practices to address the unequal impacts of...
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
Speakers: Adam Bent, Strategic Advisor and Interim Director, Fisheries and Seafood, and Samantha Renshaw, Science lead, Ocean Wise This seminar explores how market-based solutions, technology, and AI are driving innovation in ocean conservation. We’...
The Nettle Dress is a poetic 2023 documentary by Dylan Howitt that follows the seven-year activity of artist Allan Brown to glean, process, spin, weave, and sew a dress of local stinging nettles. We will be screening it as an opening to the Slow...
With shifting definitions of climate emergency, increasing tension between advocates and deniers, and blurring of climate curricular boundaries, this panel seeks to understand what constitutes an education in 2025 for understanding, addressing, and...
Join us in person or online for an exciting conversation with Grace Nosek about her book, Rootbound, and the unique role that climate fiction and art can play in empowering youth and driving climate action. Climate fiction and art are powerful tools...
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
The BIG Research day is an annual tradition of B ioinformatics, I nterdisciplinary Oncology and G enome Science + Technology graduate programs at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Over 100 graduate students from all...
