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Dr. William Cheung named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Dr. William Cheung named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Fellows of the RSC are distinguished Canadians from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities, the sciences, as well as in public life.

Posted in 2025, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with awards, CORU, faculty, FRSC, honours, Solving FCB, William Cheung

IOF faculty selected as authors for the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report

IOF faculty selected as authors for the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report

Dr. William Cheung and Dr. Rashid Sumaila are the only UBC faculty members selected as authors for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Seventh Assessment Report (AR7)

Posted in 2025, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with honours, IPBES, IPCC, Publications, Rashid Sumaila, UBC, William Cheung

Nations will see half of their straddling stocks moving towards the high seas by 2050

Nations will see half of their straddling stocks moving towards the high seas by 2050

UBC finds that 37% of straddling stocks are projected to have significant shifts between Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and the high seas by 2030, while more than 50% could do so by 2050.

Posted in 2025, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with BBNJ, biodiversity, biodiversity conservation, climate change, Colette Wabnitz, faculty, fish stocks, Gabriel Reygondeau, High Seas, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, marine biodiversity, Rashid Sumaila, William Cheung

Addressing gendered impacts of climate change and IUU in small-scale fisheries

Addressing gendered impacts of climate change and IUU in small-scale fisheries

Researchers investigated the gendered impacts of climate change and IUU fishing and offered community-driven approaches to foster resilience, equity, and sustainability in SSFs across climate-sensitive regions.

Posted in 2025, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Africa, climate change, faculty, gender, Global South, Ibrahim Issifu, Illegal fishing, Ilyass Dahmouni, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, IUU fishing, Louise Teh, Philippe le Billon, Rashid Sumaila, small-scale fisheries, William Cheung, women, women in fishing

The future of Pacific salmon: Community dialogues underscore the urgent need for collaborative restoration

The future of Pacific salmon: Community dialogues underscore the urgent need for collaborative restoration

Thirteen public meetings to gather knowledge from local and Indigenous communities in support of salmon rebuilding and recovery in the Pacific Northwest.

Posted in 2025, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Brian Riddell, British Columbia, Chinook salmon, community, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, fisheries management, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous Watersheds Initiative, Pacific Ocean, recreational fisheries, salmon, Salmon Dialogues, watersheds, William Cheung

ScholarGPS publishes its list of Highly Ranked Scholars for 2024

ScholarGPS publishes its list of Highly Ranked Scholars for 2024

UBC was ranked 21 in the Global Overall Academic Institutional Rankings, and 25 for the past five years. In the specialties area, it ranked 1 for ecosystem, fishing, fish physiology, and marine ecosystems.

Posted in 2025, IOF Honours, IOFNews | Tagged with Carl Walters, Daniel Pauly, honours, Publications, Rashid Sumaila, Villy Christensen, William Cheung

IOF’s Solving FCB unit is hosting two side events at UN Ocean Conference

IOF’s Solving FCB unit is hosting two side events at UN Ocean Conference

Solving FCB will host two side events – one for the public and one for UNOC participants – in Nice, France on June 11 & 12, 2025

Posted in 2025, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biodiversity, climate change, food security, France, ocean governance, Rashid Sumaila, small-scale fisheries, Solving FCB, UN Ocean Conference, United Nations (UN), William Cheung

William Cheung

Dr. William Cheung gives Ronald O. Ball Lecture at University of Alberta

The University of Alberta holds the Ronald O. Ball Lectureship in Food & Agriculture, which allows them to invite an excellent speaker of a stature to attract attention and interest from the University, media, and community, and will highlight current issues in nutrition, food and agriculture.

Posted in 2025, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Alberta, honours, lecture, William Cheung

Student Profile: Alex (Alejandro) Schmill

Student Profile: Alex (Alejandro) Schmill

Alejandro (Alex) Schmill is a first-year MSc student, co-supervised by Dr. William Cheung and Dr. Margot Hessing-Lewis of the Hakai Institute.

Posted in 2025, IOFNews, Student Profiles | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, eDNA, Hakai Institute, Indigenous fisheries, Margot Hessing-Lewis, Newfoundland, scuba, student profiles, William Cheung

Marie Auger-Méthé & Andrea Reid inducted into RSC’s College

Marie Auger-Méthé & Andrea Reid inducted into RSC’s College

Dr. Marie Auger-Méthé & Dr. Andrea Reid inducted into RSC’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists on November 8, 2024

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrea Reid, awards, College of New Scholars, Scientists and Artists (RSC), honours, Kii’iljuus Barbara Wilson, Marie Auger-Methe, Royal Society of Canada, William Cheung

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