Who owns the ocean? Equity and conservation in the global ocean commons

Fri, October 23, 2015 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly decided to develop a new legally binding instrument on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction under the UN Convention on the Law of the...

Back to the future: How New Zealand's ancient glaciers can help solve the riddle of Canada's changing climate

Thu, October 22, 2015 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM See description. WHERE: Vernon Science Centre, 2704 Highway 6, Vernon Open to the Public Areas of Australasia and the Okanagan are showing similar climate change impacts, particularly as they relate to...

Open for Collaboration: Is it Time for Canada to Implement A Unified Open Strategy for Higher Education?

Thu, October 22, 2015 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM See description. Free. Celebrate and learn more about Open Access Week with this collaborative panel event, "Open for Collaboration: Is it Time for Canada to Implement A Unified Open Strategy for Higher...

Citation Management with Mendeley

Thu, October 22, 2015 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. If you need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work, citation management tools are for you. These tools...

A Discussion with Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Thu, October 22, 2015 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM The Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre. The man behind the United Nations Sustainable Goals adopted in New York on September 25th and recipient of the Blue Planet Prize, will be visiting Vancouver to discuss...

LFS Research Cafe: Prof. Murray Isman

Thu, October 22, 2015 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EARTH AND OCEAN SCIENCES - MAIN - PACIFIC MUSEUM OF THE EARTH. $10/$5. The next LFS Research Café will be held on Thursday, October 22! Join Professor Murray Isman for a presentation on "What do aromatherapy...

Building Your Academic Profile

Thu, October 22, 2015 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Thinking about publishing your research? There are more ways to communicate your scholarly ideas than ever before. Learn about skills and tools for discussing, interacting,...

Best Practices for Research Data Management

Thu, October 22, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. How do you manage your research data? Join us for a research data management planning workshop designed to help you incorporate best practices for data management into your...

Thesis Formatting

Wed, October 21, 2015 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting...

Harm Reduction and Take Home Naloxone in First Nations Communities

Wed, October 21, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE!!!. Fentanyl is now available in First Nations communities in British Columbia under FNHA. Over the past three years the opioid has progressively increased the number of illicit drug...

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