Sarah, Paige and Jonathan receive awards from the UBC Public Scholar Initiative
Congratulations to Sarah Klain, Paige Olmstead and Jonathan Taggart on receiving awards from UBC’s new Public Scholars Initiative (PSI). PSI supports mutually beneficial partnerships of university knowledge and resources with those of the public and private sectors to contribute to the public good through – read more about PSI here.
Vancouver Sun Op-ed re: proposed National Park in the Okanagan
Maayan and Kai publish an op-ed in the Vancouver Sun, “Separating Fact from Fiction in the Okanagan”, regarding the proposed South Okanagan-Similkameen National Park. Popular myth says that most locals oppose the park, suggesting that the park is an example of governments imposing themselves on downtrodden locals. Facts suggest otherwise (url).