Puget Sound Cultural and Recreational Links to Ecosystems
Kai, Mollie and Sarah worked with Ecotrust to report on cultural and recreational values in Puget Sound.
New publication predicting the cost of an invasive crab to Puget Sound, Washington
Non-native species pose a risk to native environments, but predicting the value at-risk to these species before invasion occurs is difficult and rare in current literature. Megan Mach and Kai Chan presented a method for describing the economic risk of an invasive species that encompasses the great variation possible in an invading species interactions with […]
Sarah & Kai publish on accounting for social & cultural importance of ecosystems
To broaden the ecosystem service research agenda, Sarah Klain, Terre Satterfield and Kai Chan used Sarah’s Vancouver Island field research to demonstrate methods that could improve ecosystem service assessments and marine spatial plans. See paper here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800914002730
Introducing Guardians of Science, new masterclass on science communication
Kai joins Dave Ng of the Michael Smith Labs to present their new “Guardians of Science” science communications masterclass program. This is a free one day workshop (Friday, November 28th) on various elements of communicating science. Special reserved spots for IRES graduate students and post docs. See http://guardiansofscience.org
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 […]