Panel: Geography in the Time of COVID

27 October 2020 12:30 pm

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Join us for a panel exploring what geography can teach us about COVID-19 and its impact around the world.

Picture a Scientist – Film Screening & Discussion

08 December 2020 1:00 pm

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Join us for the last colloquium of this term for a screening of the acclaimed Picture A Scientist, followed by a discussion.

Colloquium: Glacial sediment export from Alpine glaciers during rapid glacier retreat

04 March 2021 12:30 pm

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Join us for a seminar with Dr. Stuart Lane exploring the impact of glacier retreat on mountain ecosystems.

Colloquium: The Smell of Chinese Money – How Chinese Rubber Investments are Transforming Northern Laos

20 September 2022 12:30 pm

Venue: Room 229
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Join us for a seminar with Dr. Juliet Lu exploring the impact of rubber plantations on northern Laos.

Colloquium with Dr. Nicole Schroeder

04 October 2022 12:30 pm

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Dr. Schroeder is a 2021-23 Equity in Action Postdoctoral Fellow at Kean University, and will lead us in a valuable and urgent conversation.

Colloquium: The Dual Crisis of Conservation – Biodiversity Decline & Conservation’s Dispossessions

25 October 2022 12:30 pm

Venue: Room 229
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In partnership with the IBioS Collaboratory, we are delighted to welcome Dr. Libby Lunstrum from Boise State University.

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

30 January 2023 3:30 pm

Venue: Sty-Wet-Tan Hall, First Nations House of Learning
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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. […]

Sue Big Oil: A Made-in-BC Climate Campaign

09 February 2023 5:00 pm

Venue: Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (BC Hydro Theatre)
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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 […]