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.
Kai Chan on CBC National with Ian Hanomansing
Kai Chan spoke with CBC’s Ian Hanomansing about the latest IPCC report and what it will take for people to make big changes to their lifestyles. You can watch the video of Kai’s interview here
Gerald Singh awarded a CEED Early Career Research Grant
Gerald has been awarded an Early Career Research Grant from the Australian Reseach Council’s Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions.
New video for prospective IRES students by Jordan Levine
Jordan has produced a new video for prospective students including interviews Kai and many CHANS Lab members. Watch the video on the IRES ‘Prospective Students’ page here.
Gerald Singh awarded the Les Lavkulich Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service
Gerald Singh has been awarded the Les Lavkulich Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service. The award recognizes exceptional civic engagement and leadership within RMES and the greater community.
We love to hate the snakehead fish
A new study co-authored by Cathryn Clarke Murray and collaborators at SFU, University of Guelph and BC Ministry of Environment shows just how much data can be extracted from a single invasive fish. The Burnaby snakehead hunt made headlines in the summer of 2012 and is making news again as the results of this research […]
Article and follow-up blog post published in the Chronicle for Higher Education
Paul authored the article ‘Who is Conservation For?‘ in the Chronicle of Higher Education, addressing this ongoing discussion in the conservation world. Read the article here, and view Paul’s follow-up blog post here.