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Faculty members receive King Charles III Commemoration Medals

Faculty members receive King Charles III Commemoration Medals

Dr. Rashid Sumaila and Dr. Andrew Trites received King Charles III Commemoration Medals.

Posted in 2025, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Awards, FERU, honours, MMRU, Rashid Sumaila, Solving FCB

William Cheung wins UBC Alumni Achievement Award

William Cheung wins UBC Alumni Achievement Award

He receives the Research and Innovation, which recognizes the important professional and community contributions of UBC alumni who have consistently demonstrated outstanding social achievements in research and innovation.

Posted in 2024, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, CORU, honours, IOF alumni, Solving FCB, William Cheung

Increasing temperatures and salinity result in decreased ecosystem diversity, UBC study finds.

Increasing temperatures and salinity result in decreased ecosystem diversity, UBC study finds.

Ecosystems can be impacted and changed by a lot of different things, including human activities, stormwater runoff, contaminants, invasive species, and climate change

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Beaufort Sea Shelf and Slope, beluga whales, Canadian Arctic, cod, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, Indigenous culture, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous history, IOF students, Marine mammals, Research, Solving FCB, Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area, whales, William Cheung

IOF faculty members receive funding from Government of Canada

IOF faculty members receive funding from Government of Canada

Dr. Marie Auger-Méthé’s Canada Research Chair in Statistical Ecology (Tier II) was renewed, and she, along with Dr. William Cheung and Dr. David Rosen received NSERC Discovery Grant funding.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, British Columbia, Canada, Canada Research Chair, Conservation, CORU, David Rosen, Discovery Grants, fish, funding, heatwaves, Marie Auger-Methe, Marine mammals, MMean Lab, NSERC, SERG, Solving FCB, statistical ecology, William Cheung

Basic income could solve global poverty and stop environmental destruction, study finds

Basic income could solve global poverty and stop environmental destruction, study finds

Providing a basic income could boost global gross domestic product (GDP) by $US163 trillion while acting to curb environmental degradation, UBC research has found.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Biodiversity, Blue economy, environment, FERU, fisheries economics, Louise Teh, low-income fishers, ocean economy, Rashid Sumaila, Solving FCB

Faculty members receive funding from Government of Canada

Faculty members receive funding from Government of Canada

Dr. William Cheung’s Canada Research Chair in Ocean Sustainability and Global Change (Tier II) was renewed for another five years. Dr. Chris Harley’s Sentinels of Changes project was funded.

Posted in 2024, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, British Columbia, Canada, Canada Research Chair, Christopher Harley, funding, NSERC, Solving FCB, Sustainability, William Cheung

Dr. Rashid Sumaila: It is our honour to have him here at UBC

Dr. Rashid Sumaila: It is our honour to have him here at UBC

We sat down with Dr. Sumaila to discuss his perspective on being an African researcher in North America, especially during February’s Black History Month.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, Black History Month, FERU, honours, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila, Solving FCB

Dr. Rashid Sumaila named “Extraordinary Professor”

Dr. Rashid Sumaila named “Extraordinary Professor”

He was appointed by the University of Pretoria’s Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development.

Posted in 2024, IOF Honours, IOFNews | Tagged with Awards, FERU, fisheries economics, honours, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila, Solving FCB, South Africa

Dr. William Cheung awarded Doctor Honoris Causa degree by Institut Agro

Dr. William Cheung awarded Doctor Honoris Causa degree by Institut Agro

Dr. Cheung will receive this award on Friday, January 26, 2024, at which time he will also present an Open Lecture on the theme: “The future of fish and fisheries under climate change.”

Posted in 2024, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, Climate change, CORU, fish, fisheries management, France, Solving FCB, William Cheung

Dr. Rashid Sumaila among 2023’s top most influential Africans

Dr. Rashid Sumaila among 2023’s top most influential Africans

This UBC prof is making waves worldwide in sustainable ocean resource management

Posted in 2024, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, Faculty, FERU, ocean economy, Rashid Sumaila, Solving FCB

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