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Located on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Bamfield is a small coastal community originally inhabited by Huu-ay-aht First Nations, who remain an integral presence in the community.
The field program , led by Dr. David Bunn , Professor, and Dr. Melissa McHale , Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management, offers a unique opportunity for students to experience firsthand a variety of decolonized conservation management models.
Contrast the hopes and aspirations of our UBC colleagues below with the outcome from the ‘ UAE Consensus’ agreed at COP28 and the reaction to the deal by civil society. Words: Niki Afsharpour. Images: David Tindall.
The three-spine sticklebacks exhibit remarkable diversity due to their evolution from marine fish to freshwater species after the last ice age, making them among the youngest species on Earth.
White-tailed deer are expanding deeper into caribou range where they were previously less abundant, and now act as a food source that strengthens the population of caribou predators including wolves.
Members of the Environment & Community cluster contribute to an understanding of the relationships between built and human communities within natural environments.
Photo credit: Kim Bellavance Dr. Pauly and Dr. Sumaila are University Killam Professors and longtime colleagues at the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries . Winning this prize, they say, gives them an opportunity to spread an urgent and evidence-based message: all fishing on the high seas...
The resilience of a wet meadow contrasted with a severely burned forest three years after the Cameron Peak Fire. Photo by Maya Daurio. In the late summer of 2020, Colorado witnessed the largest wildfire in its history – the Cameron Peak Fire. This wildfire, which persisted for 112 days, burned over...
In particular, urban areas in the Global South are becoming hotspots where the climate crisis is exacerbating existing inequalities in urban social, political, and economic dimensions. The collaborative research group, ‘ Urban Climate Justice from Below ’, led by Dr. Paroma Wagle , (previously)...
Photos by James Gray UBC students turned discarded coffee cups into a representation of Vancouver’s skyline to draw attention to the recent Binners’ Project record-breaking recycling event in the Downtown Eastside.

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