Rumi Naito passes her comprehensive exams
Congratulations, Rumi!
Kai named one of Canada’s Clean16
Kai Chan was named a Clean16 Honouree for 2020, as one of the leaders of sustainability in Canada. www.clean50.com
Alejandra Echeverri defends her PhD
Ale defended her deeply interdisciplinary PhD dissertation with rave reviews from esteemed examiners. Losing woodcreepers, iconizing manakins, and despising grackles: understanding human-bird relationships in agro-ecological landscapes
IPBES commentary, Citizen’s Call
Kai’s Commentary was published on Global News for International Biodiversity Day. It gave an inside perspective on IPBES negotiations in Paris, and solutions toward transformative change, including this Citizen’s Call. Please help spread the word!
Alberto Campos wins a 4YF and Ocean Leaders Fellowship
Congratulations to Alberto for his UBC Four-Year Fellowship and an Ocean Leaders Graduate Fellowship!
Joanne Fitzgibbons wins a SSHRC CGS-D
Congratulations to Jo for this SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship (Doctoral)!
Welcome to Joanne Fitzgibbons and Alberto Campos!
Jo and Alberto will be joining as PhD students in September, Jo from the University of Waterloo and Alberto from Aquasis in Brazil.
Kai negotiates and explains the IPBES Global Assessment
At IPBES 7 in Paris, Kai Chan and others negotiated the text of the IPBES Global Assessment with 132 member nations. The release of this landmark UN report on nature generated a great deal of media attention including on CBC’s News Network, CBC’s Front Burner, CBC’s Power and Politics, and many more.