The IOF Oceans and Fisheries Seminar Series is open to the public. Everyone is welcome!
The IOF Oceans and Fisheries Seminar Series invites speakers to present the latest research in a wide range of disciplines related to freshwater systems, the oceans, and fisheries. Past speakers have included public communicators, economists, ecosystem modellers, anthropologists, and ecologists. These seminars draw a diverse audience, leading to thought-provoking discussions and a sharing of new ideas and perspectives.
Academic Year 2020/21
For Term 1, 2020/21, these seminars, which are also part of the FISH 500 course, will be offered online every Friday, from 11:00am to 12:00pm. This may also be the case for Term 2.
The schedule for these seminars has not yet been set, but will be available later in the summer.
Term 1, 2019/20
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| September 13 | Rachael Sullivan Equity Facilitator UBC Equity & Inclusion |
Community Building Education: Diversity and Inclusion at UBC Video was not recorded |
| October 4 | Dr. Alejandro Buren, Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Science advice in the context of complex and changing ocean ecosystems |
| October 11 | Dr. Laura Parfrey, Assistant Professor, UBC Departments for Botany and Zoology | Microbial community assembly on seaweeds Video was not recorded at the speaker's request |
| October 18 | Dr. Scott Hinch, Professor, UBC Forestry | Touching salmon: When is it wrong? Consequences of release or escape from fisheries capture |
| October 25 | Dr. Gideon Mordecai, Postdoctoral Fellow, UBC | A genomic view of viruses in farmed salmon in BC Video was not recorded at the speaker's request |
| November 1 | Dr. Evelyn Pinkerton, Professor, School of Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University | Strategies and Policies Supporting Access and Conservation by Small-Scale Fishermen in a Neoliberal World |
| November 8 | Dr. Patrick T. Martone, Professor, UBC Botany & Biodiversity Research Centre | The rise and fall of coralline algae: Evolutionary, morphological, and ecological trends |
| November 15 | Jeroen Steenbeek, Software engineer, Ecopath International Initiative | Recent advances in the Ecopath with Ecosim food (EwE) web modelling approach |
| November 22 | Marta Coll, Researcher, Institute of Marine Science (ICM–CSIC) (Barcelona, Spain) | Advancing food web modelling capabilities to analyse global ocean futures |
| November 29 | Seth Wynes, PhD student, UBC Department of Geography | How academics can lead by example in a carbon constrained world Note: Video is available, however the sound cuts out at 28.08. Video continues to end so viewers can see the full slide deck. |
Term 2
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| January 10 | Panellists: Peter Klein, Professor, UBC Journalism and Executive Director, Global Reporting Program Caroline Graham, IOF M.Sc. student (China) Thomas Smith, IOF M.Sc. student (West Africa) Moderator: Monique Rodrigues, UBC Journalism alum |
Panel Discussion: Fish You Don't Know You Eat |
| January 17 | Nigel Haggan, MA, MSc, PhD | Unsettling fisheries science |
| January 24 | Ian Urbina, New York Times investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner | The Outlaw Ocean: A conversation with Ian Urbina |
| January 31 | Dr. Dyhia Belhabib, Ecotrust Canada | Spying and snitching on fishy behaviour at sea |
| February 7 | Kyra St-Pierre, Postdoctoral Fellow, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab | What happens on land doesn't stay on land: Downstream impacts of watershed changes in northern ecosystems. This session was not be recorded at the speaker's request |
| February 14 | Sharon Wu, Managing Director, Research Support Services | Navigating Research Support Services at UBC This session was not be recorded at the speaker's request |
| February 28 | Dr. Jennifer Sunday, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, McGill University | The ecological mechanics of range shifts in a warming world |
| March 6 | Jeffrey Whiting, President & Founder, Artists for Conservation Foundation | Art as a force for conservation |
| March 13 | Dr. Jessica Garzke, Postdoctoral Fellow, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab | Environmental changes influence coastal plankton communities with implications on food quantity and quality for fish |