Lauren Moody wins a Wesbrook Scholarship and the Sherwood Lett Memorial Scholarship
These are among UBC’s top honours for undergraduate students. Lauren has been working with CHANS Lab and CoSphere since May 2021. Congratulations to Lauren!
CHANS Lab is launching CoSphere
Following North America’s Overshoot Day (Mar 13), CHANS Lab will be launching CoSphere with partners including David Suzuki Foundation, Plastic Oceans, Raincoast Conservation, and CPAWS. Join and share our community for transformative change towards a sustainable and just future!
Ubyssey covers Harold Eyster’s dual accomplishment
Finishing a deeply interdisciplinary PhD wasn’t enough: when Harold defended, he also finished running every single km of Vancouver’s streets. See the Ubyssey article and Harold’s blog on CHANS Lab Views.
Alberto & Kai publish an op-ed on rewilding in The Province
Rewilding can restore ecosystems and biodiversity in B.C.
Opinion: Today, scientists are studying mass extinctions, and wondering if bringing back some of these and other animals could help alleviate our planet’s current climate and extinction crises, including here in B.C.
Naito et al., An integrative framework for transformative social change
Naito, R., J. Zhao and K.M.A. Chan (2022). “An integrative framework for transformative social change: a case in global wildlife trade.” Sustainability Science 17: 171–189. Doi: 10.1007/s11625-021-01081-z
Great personal stories about transformative change and sustainability
The CoSphere site has two new Personal Stories posts:
John Robinson aka Mr. Sustainability, Kai’s long-time colleague at UBC, talks about transitions vs. transformations, the path to building one of North America’s greenest buildings, and updating the history of environmental thought.
Alanna Mitchell, one of Canada’s leading environmental journalists who now performs theatrically about the oceans and the climate crisis, wrote about her journey from the Globe and Mail and Oxford University to centre stage.
How to Identify a Research Problem, and Scan the Horizon (of Literature)—two new posts
Kai continues his blog series on Interdisciplinary Research Design for Sustainability Impact with two new posts.
The first addresses how to pick a research topic, and argues that “An Impactful Interdisciplinary Research Project Is One that Fulfills You”.
The second addresses the key issue of how to scan the horizon (of literature), to make sure you’re not blindsided by fields and literatures that you overlooked, and to realize great opportunities from cross-pollination.
Eyster et al., Motivating conservation using genetic uniqueness and relational values
Eyster, H.N., P. Olmsted, R. Naidoo and K.M.A. Chan (2022). “Motivating conservation even for widespread species using genetic uniqueness and relational values.” Biological Conservation 266: 109438. Doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109438
Kai is appointed as a Canada Research Chair
Our PI Kai Chan is now a Tier 1 CRC in Re-Wilding and Social-Ecological Transformation. UBC announcement