There is still time to register for the Sustainability Scholars wrap up conference with keynote speaker Melissa Lem President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. The event is online and open to the public. Details below and attached.<\/p>\n
CONFERENCE:<\/strong> RESEARCH TO ACTION: ADVANCING URBAN SUSTAINABILITY 2023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n When:<\/strong> Monday, September 25, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM<\/p>\n Where:<\/strong> Online via Zoom<\/p>\n Registration:<\/strong> Free to all. Registration<\/a> closes September 24.<\/p>\n What happens when you give bright and engaged students real-world sustainability problems to solve?<\/strong><\/p>\n UBC\u2019s Sustainability Scholars<\/a> are helping to make real change in the world! Join us on September 25 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 Be part of an afternoon of engaged discussion on a diverse range of applied sustainability projects<\/a> produced by UBC graduate students in collaboration with our partner organizations, including the City of Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Coastal Health, Translink, many other local governments, local health authorities, and NGOs from across BC.<\/p>\n Scholars will present their projects in concurrent themed panel sessions throughout the afternoon. Panels will be moderated by experts from UBC and Sustainability Scholars Program partners.<\/p>\n Keynote Speaker: <\/strong>Melissa Lem, President: Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment<\/p>\n Panel Themes: <\/strong>Biodiversity & Habitat | Adaptation & Resilience | Climate Action Engagement | Livable Cities | Planetary Health & Food Security | Capacity Building: Youth Engagement | Flood & Fire| Transportation<\/p>\n Conference Website<\/strong>: Register here<\/strong>: About the Sustainability Scholars Program:<\/strong> – – – – – – – – – –<\/strong><\/p>\n Karen\u00a0Taylor<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0MA\u00a0(she, her<\/a>) There is still time to register for the Sustainability Scholars wrap up conference with keynote speaker Melissa Lem President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. The event is online and open to the public. Details below and attached. CONFERENCE: RESEARCH TO ACTION: ADVANCING URBAN SUSTAINABILITY 2023 When: Monday, September 25, 1:00 PM…<\/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-9949","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\/9949","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=9949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9950,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9949\/revisions\/9950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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