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Climate Emergency Week is your chance to join collective action for justice, people, and our planet. Take part in events, workshops and activiti…
Learn More about the content: Feb. 1 – 16: Climate Emergency Week at UBC.
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2022 Wall Scholar Derek Gladwin (Language & Literary Education) collaborator Dr. Naoko Ellis (Chemical & Biological Engineering) were recently…
Learn More about the content: Revolutionizing Climate Education in Universities.
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2022 Wall Scholar, Pasang Yangjee Sherpa was recently interviewed by Columbia University Climate School’s Glacier Hub blog, where she shared her…
Learn More about the content: A Pyramid on Everest, Caught in the Balance.
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2022 Wall Scholar Pasang Yangjee Sherpa (Asian Studies/Critical Indigenous Studies) was interviewed by Carbon Brief about the sobering findings in “th…
Learn More about the content: Half of World’s Glaciers to Disappear with 1.5C of Global Warming.
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2022 Wall Scholar Ethan Raker (Sociology) recently published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. Climate Related Disasters and Chil…
Learn More about the content: Climate Related Disasters and Children’s Health: Evidence From Hurricane Harvey.
Announcements
Congratulations to the awardees for the second cycle of the Catalyst Collaboration Fund. The fund provides up to $10k support for collaborative resear…
Learn More about the content: Announcing the PWIAS Catalyst Collaboration Fund Awardees – Cycle 2.
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It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of our colleague and friend, Dr. Y-Dang Troeung. Y-Dang passed away early Sunday morning,…
Learn More about the content: Remembering Dr. Y-Dang Troeung.
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COP27 may be over but the Climate and Nature Emergency is not. We’ve collected some Indigenous-centred Climate Crisis reading list and encourage…
Learn More about the content: Climate Finance Report and More.
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Wall International Indigenous Scholar Chief Ninawa was active at COP27, sitting on panels hosted by the US Pavilion, the Indigenous Peoples Pavilion a…
Learn More about the content: Chief Ninawa Huni Kui at COP27.
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Democracy Now amplified Indigenous voices and the climate concerns of the Global South while at COP27. Their live coverage captured a gathering of hun…
Learn More about the content: Democracy Now at COP27.
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In a new article published at the University World News, 2022 Wall Scholar Derek Gladwin and his co-authors argue that transdisciplinary approaches in…
Learn More about the content: Transdisciplinarity: Universities Have a Chance to Lead.
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November 25, 2022 The UBC Board of Governors, UBC Foundation and UBC Vancouver Senate have approved the terms of the Peter Wall Legacy Fund. This…
Learn More about the content: The Peter Wall Legacy Fund and PWIAS: A Time of Transition.