Graham McDowell awarded a Vanier CGS
Graham McDowell was awarded a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for his doctoral studies focused on high-mountain social-ecological systems.
Alejandra Echeverri has been selected to join the GYBN team to COP13
Ale was selected to join the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) team to COP13. Together with 12 others, she will represent the global youth and contribute to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, and the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.
Alejandra Echeverri was awarded the National Geographic Young Explorers Grant
Congratulations to Ale who was awarded the National Geographic Young Explorers Grant to evaluate cultural values of birds in Costa Rica.
Gerald Singh and Sarah Klain defended their PhDs
In a gruelling double-header (at least for supervisor Kai Chan and key committee member Terre Satterfield), Gerald Singh and Sarah Klain defended their PhDs on Sept 27. Congratulations, Dr. Singh and Dr. Klain!
Ed Gregr defended his PhD
A belated congratulations to Dr. Edward Gregr, who successfully defended his PhD on August 5th (no revisions!).
Kai to give closing keynote at the European Ecosystem Services conference
On Friday September 23, Kai will give the closing keynote lecture at the European Ecosystem Services conference in Antwerp, Belgium.
Kai to serve as a Coordinating Lead Author for IPBES’ Global Assessment
Along with John Agard and Jianguo (Jack) Liu, Kai will be serving as a Coordinating Lead Author for chapter 5 of the IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Global Assessment. The first authors meeting is in Bonn, Aug 15-19 2016.
Sustainability: Steeped in Values, Animated by Process, and Structured (but Not Dictated) by Experts
Marc Tadaki and Kai Chan’s BioScience review of Bryan Norton’s book, “Sustainable Values, Sustainable Change: A Guide to Environmental Decision Making”. Better than any other, the book integrates environmental values with adaptive management, pointing towards engagement processes for sustainability.
John Driscoll awarded a Killam Doctoral Scholarship
Congratulations to John Driscoll for winning a UBC Killam Doctoral Scholarship!
Kai is co-organizing a UNESCO workshop on Relational Values
Kai is co-organizing (with Unai Pascual) a UNESCO workshop in beautiful San Sebastian, Spain on Relational Values and Nature.