IRES Newsletter: March 20, 2023 | This week, join IRES PhD Candidates Bassam Javed and Sarah-Louise Ruder for their presentations on 1) a total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis to explore how much different households across Canada would pay to own an electric vehicle and 2) the effectiveness of “sociotechnical imaginaries” in explaining the politics and perceptions of digital agricultural technologies. Learn More | Join IRES in taking part in the BuddyBoost Active challenge: Move for 26 minutes a day for 26 days, kicking off on April 3rd! Download the app now onto your phone (Apple, Google Play) and use the code SCIENCES. Invite your buddies across all departments in Science! Bookmark the sign up page | On March 30, IRES Seminar Series invites Dr. Alex Moore (they/them) to speak about the inclusion of cultural values and community-centered conservation interventions. Join the talk! Learn More | Another episode of Biodiversity Speaks is out! In this episode, Dr. Alex Moore from our Seminar Series is featured. Check these services for past episodes: Apple, Spotify Listen in your browser! | Policy Comms Clinic | Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions UBC Democracy is offering free workshops & individual consultation services for the policy communications and policy impact needs of students, staff, and faculty at UBC! Learn More | | Part-time Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Liv Yoon The successful applicant will support Dr. Liv Yoon and her team to better understand the existing scientific landscape and gaps in research around indoor heat, air pollution, indoor built environment, housing security and quality, household energy insecurity, and health impacts across all of the above. They will also facilitate organizing online workshops in which researchers, city partners, policy makers and marginalized residents will discuss experiences, needs, and resources around the health impacts of indoor heat and air pollution threats in the Vancouver Lower Mainland area. Deadline: March 24, 2023 Learn More | | Placement application: Career Development in Land and Food Systems (LFS 496) | Deadline: Mar 31, 2023 LFS 496 offers UBC students the prepare for a career in land and food systems through a mentored learning experience with a real food business or organization. Students will grow their professional and academic experiences through application of concepts learned in class to on-the-ground, food system-related work and course assignments that support their practical learning. Deadline: March 31, 2023 More Details Here | | Fully-funded PhD: International Environment and Development Studies – Finance and Rural Development | Norwegian University of Life Sciences In this fully-funded PhD position, the candidate will evelop research ideas on the links between finance and rural development processes, as well as the implications of these links for social, economic, and environmental justice. Deadline: April 11, 2023 Apply Here | | Call for Papers – Addressing Inequality: papers that address policy challenges linked to inequality, abroad and in Canada | Queen's Policy Review 2023 The Queen’s Policy Review is seeking paper submissions from across Canada in English for publication in its 2023 (Volume 14) edition. The QPR is a graduate-level scholarly publication, edited and reviewed by students and faculty at the Queen's University School of Policy Studies. If you have any questions or require further information, please contact our editors at qpr@queensu.ca. Deadline: April 14, 2023 Learn More | | Program for Open Scholarship and Education | Open UBC The Program for Open Scholarship and Education (POSE) is an online three month flexible and blended program that will help you develop foundational knowledge of Open Scholarship, Open Education, and Open Research. Deadline: May 1, 2023 Learn More | | Elizabeth Henry Scholarship | Fraser Basin Council The Elizabeth Henry Scholarship for Communities and Environmental Health supports graduate students working on research projects in partnership with one or more Indigenous and/or non-Indigenous British Columbia communities that are addressing air quality, environmental health issues and/or promoting environmental sustainability through cooperative initiatives. Deadline: May 10, 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 | | Luo, Y., Zhao, J. (2023). Using behavioral interventions to reduce single-use produce bags. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 193, 106942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.106942 Sara Nawaz, Guillaume Peterson St-Laurent & Terre Satterfield (2023): Public evaluations of four approaches to ocean-based carbon dioxide removal, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2179589
Chalifour, L., Holt, C., Camaclang, A. E., Bradford, M. J., Dixon, R., Finn, R. J. R., Hemming, V., Hinch, S. G., Levings, C. D., MacDuffee, M., Nishimura, D. J. H., Pearson, M., Reynolds, J. D., Scott, D. C., Spremberg, U., Stark, S., Stevens, J., Baum, J. K., & Martin, T. G. (2022). Identifying a pathway towards recovery for depleted wild Pacific salmon populations in a large watershed under multiple stressors. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 2212– 2226. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14239 Levings, C.D. and C.R. Bates, 2022. The intertidal fish collections of Ed Ricketts at Tofino, British Columbia, Canada, 1945 and 1946. Canadian Field Naturalist 136(2): 133-137 | Photo credit: Dan Meyers Earth Tones Faculty and Students from the UBC School of Music and UBC Department of Earth, Ocean and Atomspheric Sciences present a collaborative concert, premiering five new chamber music works by student composers, investigating the history and future of our planet. When: Wednesday, March 22, 7:30pm Where: Barnett Hall Learn More | Have news to share or want to unsubscribe? Email us at:
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