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Giang, Amanda

Applied Science | Science
Institute for Resources, Environment and...
Atmospheric Pollutants; Climate Changes and Impacts; Chemical Pollutants; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; Public Policies
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Wittman, Hannah

Land and Food Systems | Science
Food, Nutrition and Health | Institute for...
Social Movements, Environment and Society, Dynamics of Social Transformations; food sovereignty, Sustainable agriculture, socio-ecological systems, agro-ecology

Rysanek, Adam

Applied Science
Architecture and Landscape Architecture
green building design, construction and operation, including the integrated technical and economic modelling of building- and community-integrated low-carbon energy systems; finding new ways to...

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Abdi, Ali

Education
Educational Studies
Citizenship and human rights education; International Development Education

http://edst.educ.ubc.ca/facultystaff/ali-abdi/

Affolder, Natasha

Law
International Environmental Law, Biodiversity Law, Law and Sustainability

http://allard.ubc.ca/faculty-staff/natasha-affolder

Ahenakew, Cash

Education
Educational Studies
Cultural studies, Higher Education, Indigenous Studies, Leadership and Organizations, Post-colonial studies, Race/ethnicity, Research methodologies, Social justice, Sociology of Education

http://edst.educ.ubc.ca/facultystaff/cash-ahenakew/

Aitken, Sally

Forestry
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Climate change; Ecological genetics; Conservation genetics

http://profiles.forestry.ubc.ca/person/sally-aitken/

Alam, Shahria

Applied Science
Engineering
Smart Materials and their Structural Applications; Recycle/Reuse of Industrial Wastes for Structural Applications

http://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/faculty/shaalam.html

Alila, Younes

Forestry
Forest Resources Management
forest hydrology; watershed management; in order to solve urgent operational problems and provide a solid foundation on which to build sustainable forest and water resources management in BC

http://profiles.forestry.ubc.ca/person/younes-alila/

Allen, Susan

Science
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Prediction and Climatic Modeling; Oceans and Inland Waters; coastal oceanography, mesoscale meteorology and biogeochemical-physical interactions in the ocean. GEOTRACES group

https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/people/susanallen

Altintas, Yusuf

Applied Science
Engineering
Computer Control of Machines, metal cutting mechanics, machine tool vibrations, precision machining, virtual machining, mechatronics.

http://mech.ubc.ca/yusuf-altintas/

Anderson, Jim

Education
Language and Literacy Education
children and adults who struggle with literacy learning and issues of social and economic disadvantage

https://lled.educ.ubc.ca/profiles/jim-anderson/

Anderson, Siwan

Arts
Vancouver School of Economics
development economics; micro-level institutions; the role of gender

https://economics.ubc.ca/faculty-and-staff/siwan-anderson/

Angeles, Leonora

Applied Science
Community and Regional Planning
Gender analysis, gender mainstreaming and other gender planning related tools, including feminist critiques and perspectives on the intergration of gender and other social axes of difference and diversity in community planning and international development work

https://scarp.ubc.ca/people/nora-angeles

Angert, Amy

Science
Botany
Biodiversity and Biocomplexity, Biogeography, Ecological and Ecophysiological Processes; evolutionary ecology, population biology, biological responses to climate change, Conservation Biology

https://botany.ubc.ca/people/amy-angert

Antweiler, Werner

Sauder School of Business
Strategy and Business Economics Division
international environmental issues; trade and the environment; Canada’s National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI); Environmental Economics and Management, Energy and Electricity Economics

http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Faculty/People/Faculty_Members/Antweiler_Werner

Aquino, Karl

Sauder School of Business
Forgiveness and Reconciliation; Moral Cognition and Behaviour; Status and Social Dominance; Organizational Justice; Workplace Victimization

http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Faculty/People/Faculty_Members/Aquino_Karl

Arbel, Efrat

Law
Migration Law; Aboriginal Law; Prison Law and Policy

http://allard.ubc.ca/faculty-staff/efrat-arbel

Arcese, Peter

Forestry
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Ecology, Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Biology

http://profiles.forestry.ubc.ca/person/peter-arcese/

Arneil, Barbara

Arts
Political Science
social trust and diversity, global citizenship and cosmopolitanism, the role of disability in political theory and domestic colonies

https://politics.ubc.ca/persons/barbara-arneil/

Asselin, Edouard

Applied Science
Engineering
Hydromet Group: It is becoming significantly more important to be able to extract resources from lower grade ores in an economically viable and environmentally sustainable manner.; corrosion

http://mtrl.ubc.ca/faculty/edouard-asselin/

Asselin, Marlene

Education
Language and Literacy Education
Digital Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Early Literacy, Canadian Organization for Development through Education,

https://lled.educ.ubc.ca/profiles/marlene-asselin/

Atabaki, Nima

Applied Science
Engineering
Ventilation

http://mech.ubc.ca/nima-atabaki/

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