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💬🗨️ This session offers a practical overview of interviewing tips and techniques, emphasizing how strategic career planning during graduate school can set the foundation for interview success.

🔗 ires.ubc.ca/january-22-2...
January 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
IRES's Charlotte Milne spoke with CBC on the topic of flooding in the Fraser Valley in late 2025:
Some takeaways:
January 14, 2026 at 6:04 PM
🪫🌍Join us for the first seminar of term two, given by our IRES PhD students! Topics: Electronics at the End-of-Life: Repair Ecosystems, Consumer Decisions, and Policy Barriers and Consumption of Alt-Proteins to Mitigate Food Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada
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January 8, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Discover how urban growth drives disaster risk.

This accessible book links tech, economy, and landscape with hazards, using a new Urban Risk Dynamics framework and six global cities to guide better planning: bit.ly/4q0hZG7
December 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
IRES professor Terre Satterfield joined www.cosphere.net/podcast for a powerful conversation about anthropology, justice, Indigenous worldviews, ecosystem services, and what it really means to represent voices that are often overlooked. Listen in!
December 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
IRES grad student @manvi.bsky.social will present her research TODAY on how South Asian immigrants in Canada face environmental injustice and why their voices must be centered in the country’s new environmental justice strategy. 📢⚖️

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December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
💐 🌟 A huge congratulations to our November 2025 graduates: Momodou Barry, Ilke Geladi, Bassam Javed, Victoria Lucas, Ka Lai Or, Kate Reynolds, Verena Rossa-Roccor, Caleb Sinn, Dacotah-Victoria Splichalova, and Yoshinori Tanaka! 🌟 💐
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
⚡Understanding how the Indian public perceives risks from nuclear power is critical, given local opposition. This publication found that regional, economic and political values have a significant impact on risk perceptions related to nuclear energy in the Indian context. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
☀️⚡Our next seminar tackles the challenges of green manufacturing and explores how solar-powered CO₂ conversion and community-driven strategies can jumpstart a more sustainable materials economy.

🔗https://ires.ubc.ca/october-16-2025-ires-faculty-seminar-with-dr-alex-tavasoli/
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Check out this lively conversation with Eli Enns, IRES adjunct prof, which tackles the fine balance between rights, laws, and responsibilities when undertaking ethical stewardship of traditional lands and waters everywhere.

Hosted by IRES's prof Kai Chan!
www.cosphere.net/podcast
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
With COP30 in full swing, IRES Master’s student Vicky Lucas wants us to watch the attendee list as closely as the agenda.

We asked Lucas to help us understand the growing private sector presence at annual climate conferences:
ires.ubc.ca/qa-with-vick...
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🌿From lab bench to fieldwork…this talk unpacks the leap from academia to environmental consulting.
Join us:
Nov 20, 12:30-1:20pm

🔗https://ires.ubc.ca/november-20-2025-ires-professional-development-seminar-with-larissa-darc/
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
IRES’s Kate Reynolds situates Palestinian identity within relationships to plants, place and food:

“Food is a kind of imagination. It reflects a hope for the future and of return,” said Reynolds.

Read our full piece here: ires.ubc.ca/kate-reynolds-on-tasting-memory/!
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
From a relatively isolated, “tech-less” childhood in small-town Ontario to the unglamorous frontlines of community-based environmental organizing, Teika Newton shows us the undeniable value of showing up.

Season 2 from Dr. Kai Chan's podcast is out now!
www.cosphere.net/podcast
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Explore how global environmental agreements shape real-world water policy with experts in hydropolitics and governance.

UBC SPPGA is hosting a conversation with Sibylle Vermont and Christian Bréthaut on Nov 25, moderated by IRES's
@leilaharris.bsky.social:

www.eventbrite.ca/e/bridging-g...
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
🏔️ Join us for our upcoming seminar! Talk details will be announced closer to the date.

🔗https://ires.ubc.ca/november-13-2025-ires-faculty-seminar-with-dr-phurwa-dolpopa/
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Join us TOMORROW for talks by two IRES grad students, Clare Price and Sveinar Soldal!

More info at:
ires.ubc.ca/news-and-eve...
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Want to hear realistic, uplifting takes on how we can collectively overcome the climate and nature crisis?

Check out Season 2 of Small Planet Heroes, a podcast hosted by IRES's Dr. Kai Chan!
www.cosphere.net/podcast
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Season 2 of Small Planet Heroes, a podcast hosted by IRES's Dr. Kai Chan, has launched!

Weekly episodes have been released...featuring Alexandra Morton, Suzanne Simard, Teika Newton and Eli Enns:
www.cosphere.net/podcast
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We're looking for a postdoc! The candidate will work with Dr. Amanda Giang, Dr. Susan Chiblow and Dr. Élyse Caron-Beaudoin, on a subproject linking Indigenous experiences on chemicals policy development across scales.

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October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
💻🪫A new publication shares that a repair-centered sustainability course shifts engineering students’ attitudes, builds practical skills, and strengthens community engagement, underscoring the need to embed environmental literacy across engineering curricula. doi.org/10.1145/3736...
October 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
🌱 Next week, Dr. Kees Lokman will speak on coastal adaptation led by Indigenous values, cultural revival, and ecological care.

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October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🧮💡 Head over to CEME on Nov  3 for a hands-on talk + workshop on interactive tools for science education!

Examples will focus on atmospheric science but the concepts involved are relevant to most scientific fields. Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop.

ires.ubc.ca/nov-3-2025-m...
October 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🥕 What are the drivers of diversification and job quality on organic farms? Addressing a massive gap in sustainable food systems research, @susannaelsie.bsky.social et al. developed a survey to assess multiple dimensions of job quality for hired farmworkers alongside diversification. 🔗 rdcu.be/eJeZC
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
⚡🌍Join us next week! This talk offers an insider’s take on how Schneider Electric embeds decarbonization, circular design, and innovation into every layer of its global strategy.

🔗https://ires.ubc.ca/october-23-2025-ires-professional-development-seminar-with-shaochen-yuan/
October 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM