UBC-led team to find out how to feed the world while protecting nature with new grant
An international team led by UBC researchers will study five case studies across five continents to model a range of solutions to an urgent question: how can we feed everyone on Earth, and those to come, sustainably?
Pharma Fries Fisheries
Valiant effort against Pharmacology goes in vein, IOF drops game 24-11
World Oceans Week 2022 – Kasey Stirling
Stirling works with six Lower Fraser First Nations for her project, which investigates how single-celled algae may be linked to salmon abundance. Although Indigenous Peoples are increasingly working collectively to solve environmental problems that affect Earth’s oceans, challenges remain when it comes to collaborating with the Canadian government, she says.
Buoys of Summer are Back
IOF softball team, the “Keanu Reefs,” defeat Psychology 22-16
World Oceans Week 2022 – Dr. Juan José Alava
Any international effort to end plastic pollution must also contend with wealth disparities between nations, according to Dr. Alava. “In some developing countries, the reality is that people survive on plastic garbage.”
World Oceans Week 2022 – Santiago De la Puente
In order for fishers, companies, governments, NGOs, and other interested groups to act collectively for the good of Earth’s oceans, a baseline level of trust needs to be established, De la Puente said. “Most stakeholder groups have a history of being at odds with each other.”
World Oceans Week 2022 – Dr. Nicola Smith
Dr. Nicola Smith is bringing together knowledge creators from diverse groups across Canada to uncover the true scale of greenhouse gas emissions created by Canada’s ocean industries, and ways to best offset these emissions.
World Oceans Week 2022 – Dr. Deng Palomares
Dr. Deng Palomares discusses how her research spurs collective action for ocean health, and how poverty creates barriers for marine stewardship.
Scientists urge WTO to ban subsidies that promote overfishing
Scientists are calling on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to ban subsidies that can cause overfishing at its meeting next week.
PhD student Alexander Duncan appointed to Indigenous Leadership Circle in Research
This new group will advise the presidents of Canada’s three federal research funding agencies – CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC.