Drs. Avery Everhart and Kate Hale receive 2024/25 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Awards
Congratulations to Assistant Professors Avery Everhart and Kate Hale who received the 2024/25 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award. This annual award supports faculty to focus solely on research while providing teaching and administrative relief for a semester. Medical geographer Dr. Everhart (she/her) will be devoting her time to her current book project Beyond Binary […]
Too Hot to Think Small: The Case for a Right to Cool in British Columbia
Geography professors Geraldine Pratt, Mohammed Rafi Arefin and Kinesiology faculty Liv Yoon launch their Right to Cool report, a call for bold, systemic action on extreme heat in British Columbia.
Research Profile: Rachel Stern – housing justice in the climate emergency
PhD candidate and Public Scholar Rachel Stern has been focused on the intersection of housing insecurity, heat vulnerability and aging for some time. Read more about her timely work.
Professor Jessica Dempsey receives 2025 Dean of Arts Mentorship Award
This award recognizes faculty members with an outstanding commitment to promoting the academic and personal growth of junior colleagues, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students, and who foster a community of integrity, inclusion and respect.
Bridging Research to Action: Exploring the Intersection of Climate Migration and Health
UBC Health assembled researchers, practitioners, and community members together to explore how research supports action within the health sector. The Climate Solutions Research Collective and Faculty of Applied Science came together to highlight how our changing climate impacts migration and health outcomes for migrants, featuring a talk by Geography’s Assistant Professor Dr. Jemima Baada.
Research Profile: Gillian Der – Emotional landscapes and a culturally informed geography of wildfire
A second year UBC Human Geography Masters student, Gillian Der draws on her Chinese Canadian heritage to explore concepts of grieving in the face the climate crisis and asks what a culturally informed geography of wildfire might look like.
Students from the Climate Studies & Action Certificate host Youth Climate Corps Town Hall
Students from UBC Geography’s Climate Studies & Action Certificate Capstone class held a Town Hall event ahead of the federal election to empower youth to share their concerns and questions directly with candidates on the pressing issues of climate change and green jobs.
Professor Naomi Klein named to Vancouver Magazine Power50 List
UBC Geography Professor Naomi Klein, and Co-director for the Centre for Climate Justice, has been named to Vancouver Magazine’s Power50 List, honouring Vancouverites making big, positive impacts on our communities.
Hammad Jabr and Abul Bashar Rahman recipients of 2024 IBPOC Student Support Fund
Now in its second year, the Climate Studies IBPOC Student Support Fund is pleased to announce our 2024 recipients: undergraduate students Hammad Jabr and Abul Bashar Rahman.
Dr. Simon Donner outlines what to expect from the UN climate conference dubbed the ‘finance COP’
Dr. Simon Donner, professor in the department of geography and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, and the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at UBC, will be attending his third COP. He outlines the hopes and challenges of this year’s conference.