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Dr. Vanessa Andreotti joins UBC’s largest ever delegation of 10 students, faculty, and staff attending the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conferen…
Learn More about the content: PWIAS Interim Director Joins UBC COP27 Delegation.
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2022 Wall Scholar Michelle Tseng (Zoology & Botany) recent study has shown warmer temperatures can lead to smaller butterflies that collect less p…
Learn More about the content: Warmer Earth Could See Smaller Butterflies that Struggle to Fly, Affecting Food Systems.
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2022 Wall Scholar Derek Gladwin (Language & Literacy Education, UBC) and Naoko Ellis (Chemical and Biological Engineering, UBC) are faculty member…
Learn More about the content: Transdisciplinary Collaborative PhD Pilot for Climate Emergency.
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The PWIAS Catalyst Program and associated activities are guided by 4 principles. The guiding principles were selected based on literature related to e…
Learn More about the content: The 4 Guiding Principles of the PWIAS Catalyst Program.
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The Wall Catalyst Emeriti cohort meets monthly to share research experience and engage with guest lecturers on the topic of the “Climate and Nat…
Learn More about the content: Wall Catalyst Emeriti Lecture Series.
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The addicted self in the age of information technology: Exploring the mind’s propensity for habitual and compulsive interactions Neuroscience has char…
Learn More about the content: The Addicted Self in the Age of Information Technology.
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The 12th DOHaD (Developmental Origins of Health and Disease) World Congress is being held in Vancouver August 27-31, 2022. The theme ‘Social and…
Learn More about the content: Aug 28: The Impact of Pandemics and Trauma on Child Development – Free Public Panel.
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2021 Wall Scholar, Mohammed Rafi Arefin recently published a piece in The Conversation about the ethical, social and political concerns of wastewater-…
Learn More about the content: Targeted wastewater surveillance has a history of social and ethical concerns.
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Wall International Indigenous Scholar Chief Ninawa Huni Kui was special guest at 19th annual Guelph Lecture—On Being. The event is the centrepiece of …
Learn More about the content: Chief Ninawa in Conversation with Naomi Klein.
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We are pleased to announce the members of the 2022-23 Wall Scholars cohort. As part of the Wall Scholars Catalyst program, these 12 UBC scholars will …
Learn More about the content: Announcing the 2022 Wall Scholars Catalyst Cohort.
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2021 Wall Scholar Hanne De Jaegher (Philosophy, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU), and 2018 Wall Scholar Evan Thompson (Philosophy) will be sp…
Learn More about the content: Varela International Symposium (May 28-29) & Mind & Life Summer Research Institute (June 8-10).
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2021 Wall Scholar Neda Maghbouleh, Canada Research Chair in Migration, Race, and Identity and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of To…
Learn More about the content: The Pain That Bonds Us.