Karen Bakker

Gaia’s Web Dr. Karen Bakker’s final book published

Gaia’s Web Dr. Karen Bakker’s final book published

We celebrate Dr. Karen Bakker’s final book Gaia’s Web: How Digital Environmentalism Can Combat Climate Change, Restore Biodiversity, Cultivate Empathy, and Regenerate the Earth.

Dr. Karen Bakker Memorial Fund

Dr. Karen Bakker Memorial Fund

In honour of Karen’s passion for geography and the environment, and her commitment to community engagement, her family, friends and colleagues have created the Dr. Karen Bakker Memorial Fund. Your gift will pay tribute to Karen’s life and career by supporting graduate students in the Department of Geography at UBC.

Karen Bakker wins BC and Yukon Book Award

Karen Bakker wins BC and Yukon Book Award

Karen Bakker wins BC and Yukon Book Award, the Hubert Evans Nonfiction Prize for The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants (Princeton University Press)  

Remembering Dr. Karen Bakker

Remembering Dr. Karen Bakker

It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of our exceptional colleague and friend, Karen Bakker, on August 14 2023.

Karen Bakker gives TED talk on nature’s hidden sounds

Karen Bakker gives TED talk on nature’s hidden sounds

Exploring how AI is enabling us to understand some animal conversations for the very first time.

Headshot of Karen, a white woman with shoulder length blonde hair. A book cover. Title: The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Plants and Animals

How we’re finally tuning in to the unheard sounds of nature

In her new book, Karen Bakker delves into the world of plant and animal conversations that occur beyond our hearing range.

Photo of Dr. Bakker with shoulder length blonde hair and a red polo neck. Text reads 'Karen Bakker named 2022 Guggenheim Fellow' with the Guggenheim Foundation logo underneath

Karen Bakker named 2022 Guggenheim Fellow

The prestigious fellowship is awarded to individuals whose scholarship is considered exceptional.

Karen Bakker wins SSHRC Connection Award and 2017 Trudeau Fellowship

The award recognizes the highest achievements in SSHRC-funded research, knowledge mobilization and scholarship, as well as the highest achievements resulting from a SSHRC fellowship.

Water Bush Camp with Professor Karen Bakker

Northern Canada has the third largest oil and gas reserves in the world. As resource exploitation has intensified in this region over the past decade, sustainable water governance has become a highly critical and contentious issue, particularly for Indigenous communities grappling with access to safe drinking water, environmental water quality, and related livelihood and health […]