Climate Presenters

Eligibility and compensation

We are recruiting UBC graduate students with teaching experience in climate change-related topics to deliver presentations in courses across campus. Course instructors can request 50 or 80-minute presentations for their courses taught in Winter Term 1 or 2 (Sept-April). The climate presenters will receive compensation of $150 per 50-minute presentation or $180 per 80-minute presentation. 
 

Working with Instructors

Course instructors requesting climate presenters from the Climate Teaching Connector will be required to provide their request 2-4 weeks in advance, along with a course syllabus from which the instructor and presenter will co-identify one or more learning outcomes for the guest presentation.

Instructors will additionally be encouraged to incorporate a small in-class assessment related to the guest lecture to increase student engagement. This collaborative approach helps to integrate guest presentations into course content and match the level of the content with the students.
 

Submit your application

Recruitment for the 2025/26 school year is now closed. Recruitment for the 2026/27 school year will begin in late spring of 2026.

Testimonials

"Being part of the Climate Teaching Connector has been a great experience in both educating UBC students and learning from their diverse views. Raising awareness about climate change issues is critical, and engaging diverse groups is key. CTC provides this opportunity for which I am grateful for and I aim to engage more this coming year."

Farrukh Chishtie, CTC Climate Presenter, Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

 

"I thoroughly enjoyed my time preparing and delivering the guest lectures, and more so while interacting with my audience. The intention behind this program is obvious, and with the right seeding, it has the opportunity to become something much larger."

Imranul Laskar, CTC Climate Presenter, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Faculty of Science

 

"A highlight of the Climate Teaching Connector was designing and delivering a lesson to a class of almost 300 fourth-year engineering students. The instructor told me beforehand that, for many of the students, it would be the first real lesson on climate change of their degree programs — the participation and feedback from students after the lesson helped me to understand just how important it is to me to be actively involved in changing that."

Nigel Deans, CTC Climate Presenter, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Faculty of Science

 

"Being a part of the Climate Teaching Connector has been a fantastic opportunity; I've gotten to meet other "climate experts" at the university, while also gaining experience in designing and delivering lectures and working with instructors across several wide-ranging disciplines. The questions I received from students challenged me to view my research from diverse perspectives, and I was able to think about the implications of my work in ways that I might not otherwise have considered."

Sara Cannon, CTC Climate Presenter, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, and the Department of Geography, Faculty of Science and Arts