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Congratulations, Gary!

Collaborator Gary Luck was promoted to full professor

Kai a nominee to sit on the International Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services panel

Congratulations to Kai Chan for being selected as one of four Canadian nominees for the International Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Multidisciplinary Expert Panel. For more information click here.

Illustrating climate effects on seaweed communities

Illustrating climate effects on seaweed communities

Megan Mach‘s recent illustrations in the article “Effects of climate change on global seaweed communities” are now published online. View them here

Jordan Tam’s Award Reward

Congratulations to Jordan Tam, who has been awarded a Canada Graduate Scholarship Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement that will take him to Chile.

Kai Chan, Jordan Tam, Jordan Levine, Sarah Klain et al. publish article in BioScience

Kai Chan, Jordan Tam, Jordan Levine, Sarah Klain et al. publish article in BioScience called, “Where are Cultural and Social in Ecosystem Services? A Framework for Constructive Engagement” (pdf)

Sarah and Kai publish article in Ecological Economics

Sarah Klain and Kai Chan publish article in Ecological Economics called, “Navigating coastal values: Participatory mapping of ecosystem services for spatial planning” (pdf) Klain, S.C., Chan, K.M.A., Navigating coast values: Participatory mapping of ecosystem services for spatial planning. Ecol. Econ. (2012) doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.07.008

Kai selected to attend 2012 STS Forum!

Kai selected to attend 2012 STS Forum!

Kai Chan has been selected by Science and Technology in Society forum and the New York Academy of Sciences to represent Canada as one of ten global future leaders at the 2012 STS Forum. Kai was selected from 46 nominations and will attend the conference October 6th to 9th in Kyoto, Japan. Congratulations, Kai!

Congratulations to Megan for defending her doctoral thesis!

Congratulations to Megan for defending her doctoral thesis!

Megan Mach successfully defended her doctoral thesis on “Marine Coastal Impacts to Promote Ecosystem-Based Management: Nonnative Species in Northeast Pacific Estuaries.” Link.

Kai and Jordan publish article in PNAS on cultural services

Kai Chan, Jordan Tam, and others publish article in PNAS called, “Contributions of cultural services to the ecosystem services agenda”. (pdf) Daniel, T. C., Muhar, A., Arnberger, A., Aznar, O., Boyd, J. W., Chan, K. M. A., . . . von der Dunk, A. (2012). Contributions of cultural services to the ecosystem services agenda. Proceedings of the […]