Jordan Levine defends his PhD on cognition and culture in social-ecological systems
On Friday Sept 26th, Jordan Levine successfully defended his PhD dissertation, entitled “An even less convenient truth: Addressing the challenge of sustainable development through an integration of cognition and culture”. Four days later, his dissertation (with minor revisions) was accepted by UBC. Congratulations, Jordan!
Kai featured in a profile at The Source
The article describes Kai’s multicultural origins and his efforts to enable practical change, including through the science engagement survey.
New survey on science and engagement–please take it!
Interested in engagement/outreach, and how such activities get measured and rewarded? Interested in the alignment of rewards and what’s socially beneficial? Help us follow up on our Frontiers article to understand institutional practices and individual perceptions. Survey: faculty, gov’t & NGO scientists; and students & postdocs. For more info, see here.
Kai’s op-ed in the Georgia Straight
“How could the Joint Review Panel get it so wrong on the Enbridge pipeline?
Northern Gateway project review suggests systemic failures” Read it here.
Kai on CBC Ideas
On June 4, Paul Kennedy’s CBC Ideas show featured the Muskoka Summit on the Environment, with Robert Bateman, Elena Bennett, Dan Simberloff, Bob Sandford, Peter Victor and Kai Chan. Hear it here.
Kai co-leads 300 scientists denouncing the JRP report
Kai Chan, Anne Salomon, and Rick Taylor led 300 scientists denouncing the report of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project’s Joint Review Panel (JRP). In a letter to Prime Minister Harper, leading scientists across Canada, the United States, and elsewhere call for the rejection of the JRP report as inappropriate basis for a federal decision […]
FuturAgua website is online
The website for the Costa Rica FuturAgua project is now up: www.futuragua.ca
Kai Chan at Muskoka Summit 2014
Kai presented at the Muskoka Summit (May 8-9) alongside Robert Bateman, Paul Kennedy of CBC Ideas, and numerous other leading environmental researchers. Presentations and panel discussions from the summit will be featured on CBC Ideas, airing June 4.
Biodiversity Internship Fund site is up: Help our students help the Earth
The website for the popular and successful Biodiversity (BRITE) internship endowment fund is now up! Help keep this program going, now that NSERC funding is coming to an end.
New National Post Op-Ed: Kinder Morgan, Let’s Talk About Climate Change
Simon Donner, Kathryn Harrison, George Hoberg, and others discuss the implications of the NEB’s unwillingness to address climate change in their decision on the Kinder Morgan Pipeline. Kai Chan was one of the “others”–26 professors denied a chance to speak to the NEB on the issue of climate change. Read the piece here.