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A Critical Balance: Land, Culture, and Cumulative Effects in Northeast British Columbia

Public lecture by Chief Roland Willson, West Moberly First Nations Chief Willson will address cumulative effects on West Moberly First Nations territories, including those stemming from hydroelectric dams, forestry, oil and gas development and now climate change. He will also speak about their path-breaking caribou recovery efforts in light of these cumulative effects. All welcome. […]

February 9. 5-6.30PM Sue Big Oil: A Made In BC Climate Campaign.Sue Big Oil: A Made-in-BC Climate Campaign

FREE IN PERSON* AND VIRTUAL TICKETS Light refreshments will be served In July 2022, Vancouver city councillors voted 6-5 in support of a motion to set aside about $700,000 — roughly $1 per every Vancouver resident — to fund litigation against Canada’s biggest producers of oil and gas. Join leaders from UBC, West Coast Environmental […]

Our colloquium series is back for 2023, both online and in-person!

September 19th Dr. Alex Moore from UBC Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences Identifying Cultural Services and Values for Inclusive Conservation and Restoration: A Case Study in Mangrove Ecosystems   September 26th Dr. Matias Margulis from UBC School of Public Policy & Global Affairs, Faculty of Land & Food Systems Rights Redux: The Return of […]

Colloquium with Dr. David Ley

We are delighted to welcome Dr. David Ley as our next colloquium speaker on Tuesday 10th October. Dr. David Ley is Professor Emeriti in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia. David is an urban geographer, or perhaps better a human geographer interested in urban society and landscapes (treated in A Social […]

Colloquium with Dr. Simi Kang

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Simi Kang as our next colloquium speaker on Tuesday 17th October.  This event is co-sponsored with iBioS. Dr. Simi Kang is a Sikh American educator, artist, and scholar. Their work centers Asian American collaborative resistance as a site for imagining environmentally just futures in Southeast Louisiana. Working alongside a non-profit that […]