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Wall Scholar Pasang Sherpa was a guest on Al Jazeera’s The Take podcast speaking about the impacts of climate change on Mount Everest and in the…
Learn More about the content: Coping with Climate Change on Mount Everest.
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What happens when climate change destroys lives and cultures? 2022 Wall Scholar Pasang Sherpa was recently featured in Carbon Brief, a UK-based websit…
Learn More about the content: Loss and Damage in South Asia: Glacier Melt in the Himalayas.
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PWIAS Student Fellow, Charlotte Taylor (she/her) is heading up a new project called Collective Climate Knowledges: Amplifying Indigenous and Criticall…
Learn More about the content: Amplifying Indigenous and Critically Engaged Voices at COP27.
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As part of the 2022 Catalyst Program, PWIAS partnered with the Climate Hub at UBC to provide a Climate and Nature Emergency Undergraduate Fellowship f…
Learn More about the content: CNE Undergraduate Fellowship.
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PWIAS is pleased to announce the awardees for the first cycle of the Catalyst Collaboration Fund: Bianca Eskelson, Forest Resource ManagementProject:…
Learn More about the content: Catalyst Collaboration Funding Awardees.
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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: Save the Date.
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Congratulations to 2020 Wall Scholar Y-Dang Troeung on the publication of her new book “Refugee Lifeworlds: The Afterlife of the Cold War in Cam…
Learn More about the content: Refugee Lifeworlds: The Afterlife of the Cold War in Cambodia.
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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.