The Belfer Center’s Environment and Natural Resources Program is recruiting post-doctoral fellows to contribute to a new research project exploring the role of agriculture policy and practice in the transition to a low-carbon energy system. Fellows will be part of a larger cohort of research fellows working on energy, environment, and climate policy.

I’d appreciate your help in sharing this announcement with PhD students looking for a post-doc position next year.

More information about the program and how to apply can be found here: https://www.belfercenter.org/fellowship/agriculture-and-energy-policy

Thank you,

Amanda

Amanda Sardonis

Associate Director, Environment and Natural Resources Program

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Harvard Kennedy School

617-495-1351

www.belfercenter.org/enrp

***New course announcement – two seats available***

There are two slots open still for any students interested in signing up for this new course: .You may contact the instructor to be placed on a waiting list is the course fills up (claire.kremen@ubc.ca):

RES 500C:  Advanced Topics in Conservation Biology

http://ires.ubc.ca/graduate-program/course-information/

Instructor: Dr. Claire Kremen

2019W, Term 2

View the syllabus here

Course Description

This course is a graduate level seminar with lecture and discussion covering advanced topics in conservation of biological diversity.   We will read a mixture of foundational as well as recent papers covering a range of current topics within Conservation Biology.  One of the most exciting aspects of the course is that students will have the opportunity to work in interdisciplinary teams on an active conservation project, commissioned by international and local NGOs (for example, World Wildlife Fund and Delta Wildlife Farmland Trust).   Students will prepare deliverables that will help these organizations in their current on-the-ground work, under the guidance of the instructor and the project lead(s) from respective NGOs.  Group projects represent an exciting and unique opportunity to learn while contributing to conservation, and can lead to future projects or co-authored publications, resumé-building and networking.  Students will also gain experience leading discussions and developing interactive class exercises.

 All graduate students with some background in ecology and a strong interest in conservation are welcome.  Students with any prior experience in GIS, statistics, economics, decision support tools, data science OR other quantitative skills, and/or background in policy, business, planning and social sciences, are also particularly encouraged to enroll.  

 

 

Happy new years! I hope you all had a wonderful break over the holidays.

This week’s guest for the MFRE Speaker Series is Christie Stephenson, Executive Director of Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics at UBC Sauder Business School.

Please share and distribute it as you deem appropriate. Thank you.

Topic: Impact and Ethical Investing

Date & Time: Friday, January 10, 3:00 pm

Venue: MCML 160

Christie Stephenson has been the Executive Director of the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics since joining UBC Sauder in 2016. She previously spent more than 15 years at leading Canadian responsible and impact investing firms and has more than two decades of diverse board experience. She currently serves on the boards of Canadian Business for Social Responsibility and the UBC Staff Pension Plan, as well as the governance committee at BlueShore Financial, and as a Climate Governance Expert of the Canadian Climate Law Initiative. Her talk will address how evolving social and environmental expectations of business represent new risks and opportunities for both companies and society.

Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference – now accepting student sponsorship applications.

Start your career with inspiration, direction and a network at your fingertips! Student studying agriculture at a Canadian university or college are eligible to apply to attend the 2020 Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference on March 23 & 24 at the Hyatt Regency Downtown, Calgary, Alberta . Your application will be reviewed and the top students will be sponsored. Deadline for complete applications is February 3, 2020.

COMPLETE STUDENT APPLICATION FORM at www.advancingwomenconference.ca/2020west/student-program/ or email events@irismeck.com

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For AWC 2020 conference details, visit www.advancingwomenconference.ca/2020west/.

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I hope you had a restful and happy holiday – Happy 2020 to you all!

Please share our first newsletter of the year with your students, by either forwarding this message or sharing the link to the online version:

http://bit.ly/UBCRCNewsJan2020

Here’s to another great year on campus!

Sarah Blay (she, her, hers)
Program Coordinator | UBC Library Research Commons
Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory

Walter C. Koerner Library | 455-1958 Main Mall | V6T 1Z2
sarah.blay@ubc.ca
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