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 livelihood needs sustainably and...
Join us for a networking and learning event that brings together UBC staff, faculty, and students for an interactive conversation about academic and co-curricular opportunities across campus. Enjoy coffee, tea and cookies as you connect with members...
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
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 uncertainty. We are now witnessing climate impacts that are...
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. In the exhibition Slippage: Shaped by Time , Cox...
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 ecosystems over seasons to...
Presented by the UBC Sustainability Hub , this faculty-focused event provides an open space to advance sustainability-informed teaching across all disciplines at UBC, with a focus on climate change. Through hands-on sessions , participants will...
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
SDG Month Canada at UBC brings together students, faculty, staff, and community members to raise awareness of—and take action on—the United Nations ’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Join events and activities hosted by the UBC community to...
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 outcomes...
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL)
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Volunteering and fieldwork based in community organizations with theoretical approaches to urban spaces. Students will engage in collaborative research while considering a range of theoretical and methodological approaches. Students may earn a maximum of 6 credits from ANTH 480 and SOCI 480.
The credit value for this course will be determined in consultation with the student prior to the registration
Underlying philosophy and principles of ecological economics, including the cascading effects of change, unintended consequences of change, and why it might be difficult to separate our ecological goals from our political realities.