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PODCAST: F IS FOR FACULTY

A podcast series on sustainability and climate action brought to you by the Sustainability Hub. In each episode, we’ll introduce you to what a UBC faculty member is doing to advance sustainability and climate action through research and teaching, and they’ll tell you what they want you to DO with all this new knowledge.

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All opinions belong to Claire Ewing and not to Metro Vancouver or any other governmental body or employer. Can you describe what your Scholar's project was about? My project considered the concentrations and distributions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from gas boilers, heaters, and generators...
An introduction from Dean of the UBC Sauder School of Business, Robert Helsey, and moderation by award-winning reporter and CBC anchor, Lien Yeung, set the stage for a conversation on how businesses could improve to better address climate change. Four guest panelists approached the topic from...
Welcome to F is for Faculty . In each episode, we’ll introduce you to what a UBC faculty member is doing to advance sustainability and climate action through research and teaching, and they’ll tell you what they want you to DO with all this new knowledge. This week, we met Dr. Tara Ivanochko,...
Launched in 2018, UC3 member universities combine their expertise, knowledge, and resources to tackle and accelerate climate action. Fostering cross-sector collaboration, the initiative hopes to solve the multifaceted problem of Climate Change. UC3 universities commit to: Taking bold action on...
Welcome to our first episode of a new podcast series called F is for Faculty . In each episode, we’ll introduce you to what a UBC faculty member is doing to advance sustainability and climate action through research and teaching, and they’ll tell you what they want you to DO with all this new...
Originally published June 6, 2022 by Peter A. Allard School of Law The Office of the Dean and Vice-Provost of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is pleased to announce the latest winner of the Killam Connection competition. “Heavy Metal” is a new collaborative course, jointly sponsored by the School...
The organization’s topmost decision-making body is meeting next week, June 12 to 15, and almost 500 scientists have urged it take steps to protect fish stocks for the future. Dr. Rashid Sumaila ( he/him ), professor in UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, discusses what subsidies need to...
Researchers created the first global map of where mammals are most likely to move between protected areas, such as national parks and nature reserves. Lead author Dr. Angela Brennan, a research associate at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, says she hopes the data will...
In one of the first large-scale studies to measure the real-world usage of these devices, UBC transportation researchers found that most other road users are comfortable sharing cycling lanes and off-street paths with these new modes of transport—despite some misperceptions of how fast these...
At a time when most people are closely watching the weather, a unique project coming to UBC’s Vancouver campus could become the blueprint for forecasting insect activity across the city. This summer, researchers plan to set up 60-70 unique cameras across the UBC Vancouver campus and the UBC Farm...

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