{"id":8718,"date":"2022-09-26T09:37:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T16:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=8718"},"modified":"2022-09-29T15:48:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T22:48:25","slug":"sustainability-scholars-conference-research-to-action-theres-still-time-to-regis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-8718","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Scholars Conference “Research to Action” (There’s still time to register!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conference | <\/strong>RESEARCH TO ACTION: ADVANCING URBAN SUSTAINABILITY 2022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Research to Action Poster v1<\/a><\/p>\n

When:<\/strong> Thursday, September 29, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong> Online via Zoom<\/p>\n

Registration:<\/strong> Free to all. Registration<\/a> closes September 28.<\/p>\n

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What happens when you give bright and engaged students real-world sustainability problems to solve?<\/strong><\/p>\n

UBC\u2019s Sustainability Scholars are helping to make real change in the world. Join us on September 29 to learn more about what our local governments and institutions are doing to future-proof our people, our cities, our urban spaces, and the Fraser Estuary.<\/p>\n

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You will enjoy an afternoon of engaged discussion on a diverse range of applied sustainability projects produced by UBC graduate students in collaboration with community partners including the City of Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, BC Hydro, Translink, and many other local governments, local health authorities, and NGOs from across BC.<\/p>\n

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Scholars will present their research in concurrent themed panel sessions throughout the afternoon. Panels will be moderated by experts from UBC and Sustainability Scholars Program partners.<\/p>\n

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Keynote Speaker: <\/strong>Angela Danyluk, Senior Environmental Specialist, City of Vancouver<\/p>\n

Panel Themes: <\/strong>Land, Water & Resource Management | Living Shorelines & Habitat Restoration | Mobility & Sustainable Transportation | Energy & Emissions | Agriculture & Food Security | Resilient Communities | Water Systems| Livable Cities | Better World | Biodiversity | Capacity Building | Sustainable Health Care<\/p>\n

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Conference Website<\/strong>: https:\/\/sustain.ubc.ca\/events\/research-action-advancing-urban-sustainability-2022<\/a><\/p>\n

Register here<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/research-to-action-advancing-urban-sustainability-2022-tickets-416310214057<\/a><\/p>\n

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Karen\u00a0Taylor<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0MA\u00a0(she, her<\/a>)
\nManager, Sustainability Scholars Program | Sustainability Hub
\nThe University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
\n2343 – 2260 West Mall\u00a0|\u00a0Vancouver BC\u00a0|\u00a0V6T 1Z4 Canada
\nPhone 604 822 9362 | karen.taylor@ubc.ca<\/a> | https:\/\/sustain.ubc.ca\/scholars<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Conference | RESEARCH TO ACTION: ADVANCING URBAN SUSTAINABILITY 2022 Research to Action Poster v1 When: Thursday, September 29, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Where: Online via Zoom Registration: Free to all. Registration closes September 28.   What happens when you give bright and engaged students real-world sustainability problems to solve? UBC\u2019s Sustainability Scholars are helping…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8731,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8718\/revisions\/8731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}