IRES Newsletter: June 12, 2023 | Date: Friday, November 3, 2023
Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm Pacific Time
Location: Zoom webinar
Registration: Free registration will open in early fall! More Info | Congratulations again to our May 2023 Grads! It was such a special celebration, way to go scholars! Check out our alumni page for information on what these folks are up to! 🎓 | Join this workshop series organized by IRES grad student Sarah- Louise Ruder, from May 10 - June 14. Register | Manvi Bhalla, Jaden Phillips and a group of peers are featured by CBC as they deliver mock job applications to the constituency office of Carla Qualtrough. Their message? That young people want green jobs, and those jobs could help Canada meet its climate commitments.
Read more here. | Call for Letters of Intent: Up to $200,000 Apply for up to $200,000 in funding for large teaching and learning enhancement fund transformation projects. Deadline: 3 pm June 13, 2023 Apply Here | | BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award These awards recognize and encourage world-class research and cultural creation, prizing contributions of singular impact for their originality and significance. Categories include Ecology, Conservation Biology, Climate Change, and Social Sciences Deadline: June 30, 2023, 4:00 PM GMT Learn More | | Research Associate in Climate Change Adaptation | ARIN The Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN) is looking for a researcher to make the next step in their career in an exciting programme exploring the politics of knowledge and measurement in climate adaptation. The post-holder will form the core research team with the project leads CO-PI, Dr Joanes Atela, and post-doctoral counterparts in London and Nepal on a new UKRI project: Urgency with inclusion in global climate adaptation finance: why measurement matters. Deadline: June 15, 2023 Apply Here | | New Graduate Seminar Course - Science and Expertise in Global Environmental Governance | UBC | Term 1, 2023 What is the role of science and expertise in global environmental governance? This question and more will be explored through issues relating to biodiversity, climate change, and forests by instructor Dr. Shannon Hagerman, Term 1, 2023 Mondays | 11:30 - 2:30 pm Learn More | | Job Opening- Chief Resilience Officer, Climate and Sustainability Salary $80,000 - 149,000. The City of Tucson is seeking a passionate and qualified leader to serve as Chief Resilience Officer. This position will be primarily responsible for ensuring success of the city's Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, titled Tucson Resilient Together. This is a new position reporting directly to the City Manager. Deadline: June 19, 2023 Learn More | | Call for Proposal | ECO-VISIONS- Perspectives on the Environment The Liu Institute Lobby Gallery invites UBC artists and researchers to submit solo or group exhibition proposals for Summer/Fall 2023. The theme Eco-Visions: Perspectives on the Environment, focuses on climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and human impact. They’re looking for contemporary, politically-driven works of art that inspire positive change and hope for a sustainable future. Deadline: June 15, 2023 Apply Here | | Invitation to Regional Preparatory Meetings for COP-5 COP-5, the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, has invited IRES to its events, Asia Pacific (AP), Africa (A), Eastern European (EE), and Latin America/ Caribbean (LAC) regional meetings for COP-5. Deadline varies depending on location. Click below to learn more about each specific event: AP A EE LAC | | Call for Proposals for COP-5 Events COP-5, the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, has an open call for proposals for online events and Knowledge Lab sessions. COP-5 events are an informal platform to share and advance knowledge in technology, research, and policy to the attention of Parties and to the global community that the Convention serves. Deadline: June 21, 2023 Learn More | | Remote Access Workstations at the Digital Scholarship Lab The Digital Scholarship Lab in the Research Commons offers enhanced computing machines that provide equitable access to resources, including specialized paid softwards that are available for all students and faculty to use for free. 4th Floor Koerner Library Remote Use available 24/7 short and long term Learn More | | Call for Application: Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund Apply for up to $1,500 to fill small resource gaps and empower community partners to build reciprocal relationships with UBC students, faculty, and staff. There is a total of $75,000 available to fund up to 50 projects. Deadline: open until filled Apply Here | | Call for Application: Fellowships at Digital Policy Hub The New Digital Policy Hub will host a diverse group of emerging, innovative thinkers to further develop their own research, analytical, and policy skills. Rolling Deadline Apply Here | | Call for Application: Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants provide up to $6,000 to UBC faculty members to incorporate climate change and wellbeing content and approaches into existing undergraduate and graduate courses. Deadline: June 12, 2023 Apply Here | | Call for Application: Student as Partners Fund Faculty and undergraduate student partners may receive up to $7,100 to design or revise existing undergraduate courses, as well as dedicated support from an assigned Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology staff member, and access to a learning community. Deadline: June 16, 2023 at 3 pm Apply Here | | Call for Proposals: 2023 Winter Session Work Learn Program If you're looking to build capacity in your team to advance departmental priorities or are in need of additional support, submit a proposal to hire temporary student employees through UBC Vancouver’s Work Learn program. Deadline: June 19, 2023 Apply Here | | Call for Application: Graduate Writing Consultant | Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) delivers evidence-based writing consultations, workshops, and resources to UBC Vancouver community members. We model best practices that support and promote linguistic diversity, expression, and identity in accord with UBC’s decolonizing, anti-racist, and inclusive Pathway to excellence. Thus, we seek graduate students who reflect UBC’s diversity, particularly those who identify as IBPOC. Deadline: June 23, 2023 Learn More | | UBC Library Research Commons Newsletter Check out the latest UBC Library Research Commons Newsletter for events, workshops, and more! Learn More | UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Update Newsletter Check out the latest "GradUpdate" - a weekly snapshot of workshops and opportunities available to UBC graduate students. Read the Newsletter | | Elder, S., Wittman, H., & Giang, A. (2023) Building sustainability research competencies through scaffolded pathways for undergraduate research experience.ELEMENTA Science of the Anthropocene. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2022.00091 Wittman, H. (2023). Food sovereignty: An inclusive model for feeding the world and cooling the planet. One Earth. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.04.011 Laskar, I. I., & Giang, A. (2023). Policy approaches to mitigate in-use methane emissions from natural gas use as a marine fuel. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/accf33 Alava, J. J., ... & Gunilla Öberg (2023). A Call to Include Plastics in the Global Environment in the Class of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Pollutants. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c02476 Kremen, C. et al., (2023). Biodiversity-production feedback effects lead to intensification traps in agricultural landscapes. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2923694/v1 Zhao, J., and Chen, F. (2023). I-frame Interventions Enhance S-frame Interventions. Behavioural and Brain Sciences. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/46vda | June is Indigenous History Month in Canada, a month to learn about, appreciate and acknowledge the rich history, contributions and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples across the country. UBC and community events | B.E.S.T. (Better Environmentally Sound Transportation) and the UBC Climate Action Mobilizers invite participants from IRES and other faculties on June 17th, 2023 for Paddling Together: Building Decolonization Practices for Mobility Justice and Sustainable Cities, a strategic planning workshop led by Kathi Camilleri. This workshop is designed to deepen understanding of traditional Indigenous values, decolonize thinking about “communities,” and reimagine sustainable transportation and urban planning. Price: FREE, and lunch is included!! Register Here | Have news to share or want to unsubscribe? Email us at:
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