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Ritland, Kermit

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Beaty Biodiversity Research Centre; cofounder of Treenomix (a foundation of genomics knowledge; promotes forest health and sustainable forest stewardship for future generations)
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Mawani, Renisa

Arts (Vancouver)
Sociology
Colonial Legal History; Critical Theory; Race and Racism; Oceans and Maritime Worlds; Focused on global food production, climate change, and forms of war, this project draws from anticolonial...

Sheppard, Stephen

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest Resources Management
Climate change planning, outreach, and community engagement; visioning methods and visualization of climate change causes, impacts, and mitigation/adaptation; low-carbon future scenarios visualized...

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Wilkinson, David

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Waste water and drinking water treatment, solar fuels, carbon dioxide conversion, clean and sustainable energy and water

https://www.chbe.ubc.ca/profile/david-wilkinson/

Willard, Tania

FCCS (Okanagan)
Creative Studies
Indigenous land-based art, art as an Indigenous resurgent act, language revitalization

https://fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/tania-willard/

Williams, Jennifer

Arts (Vancouver)
Geography
Ecological and evolutionary processes that shape population dynamics and species interactions, particularly in a spatial context; process-based understanding of the conservation and management of threatened and invasive species; spread of populations through fragmented landscapes and life history evolution of reproductive strategies under changing climates.

https://www.geog.ubc.ca/persons/jennifer-williams/

Wilson, Brian

Education (Vancouver)
School of Kinesiology
Social inequality, social movements, the environment

https://kin.educ.ubc.ca/person/brian-wilson/

Wilson, Julie

Land and Food Systems (Vancouver)
Land and Food Systems
Assessment of the quality and quantity of freshwater resources, including surface and groundwater; how different land use practices affect water resources and how this, in turn, affects human development (e.g. food and energy production); understanding and management of land-water linkages and cumulative effects will help to improve human health and environmental sustainability.

https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/julie-wilson/

Wing Yee Lam, Vicky

Science (Vancouver)
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Fisheries economics, climate change, fisheries, socio-economics, Nature Resources Economics, Sustainability, Vulnerability/Risk assessment, global change, adaptation

https://oceans.ubc.ca/vicky-lam/

Withers, Stephen

Science (Vancouver)
Chemistry
Enzymes that catalyse glycoside formation and hydrolysis, since these play crucial roles in all areas of biology

https://www.chem.ubc.ca/stephen-withers

Wittman, Hannah

Land and Food Systems (Vancouver)
Land and Food Systems | Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Social Movements, Environment and Society, Dynamics of Social Transformations; food sovereignty, Sustainable agriculture, socio-ecological systems, agro-ecology

https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/hannah-wittman/

Wolkovich, Elizabeth

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Global change, biodiversity, Conservation science, Population and ecosystem ecology, Plant invasions, climate change, Plant communities, Temporal ecology, Winegrapes

https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/elizabeth-wolkovich

Wong, Sabrina

Applied Science (Vancouver)
School of Nursing
Informing practice and system level interventions that seek to decrease health inequalities among Canadian residents, including people who face multiple disadvantages in accessing and using the health care system such as those who have language barriers and live in poverty

https://nursing.ubc.ca/our-people/sabrina-wong

Wong, Vincent

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Intelligent transportation systems

https://www.ece.ubc.ca/faculty/vincent-wong

Wood, Stepan

Peter A. Allard School of Law (Vancouver)
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Corporate social responsibility, sustainability, globalization, transnational governance, voluntary standards, climate change, environmental law

https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our-people/stepan-wood

Woollard, Bob

Medicine (Vancouver)
Family Practice
Complex adaptive systems; ecosystem approaches to health; social accountability

https://research.familymed.ubc.ca/person/robert-woollard/

Wright, Handel

Education (Vancouver)
Educational Studies
Transcultural Studies, Educational Approaches; (post)multiculturalism and multicultural education, Cultural Studies, Youth Studies, Critical Race Theory, identity, citizenship and belonging, Africana studies, postcolonialism and decolonization

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/facultystaff/handel-wright/

Wyly, Elvin

Arts (Vancouver)
Geography
Relations between market processes and state policy in producing and reinforcing urban social inequalities; class, racial, and gender discrimination in housing finance; housing subsidies; segregation, displacement, and gentrification; ; housing affordability; self-determination

https://www.geog.ubc.ca/persons/elvin-wyly/

Yada, Rickey

Land and Food Systems (Vancouver)
Land and Food Systems
The structure-function relationships of food and non-food related enzymes using molecular biology and various physico-chemical techniques

https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/rickey-yada/

Yadav, Vikramaditya

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Biocatalysis, Bioremediation, Bioprocess engineering, Green chemistry, sustainable manufacturing technologies for the production of cleaner fuels and more efficacious pharmaceuticals.

https://www.chbe.ubc.ca/profile/vikramaditya-yadav/

Yan, Miu

Arts (Vancouver)
School of Social Work
Settlement and integration of immigrants and refugees; critical cross-cultural and antiracist practice; internal dynamics in Chinese community; place-based community development and policy; globalization and social development; and North-South social work knowledge transfer.

https://socialwork.ubc.ca/persons/miu-chung-yan/

Yassi, Annalee

Medicine (Vancouver)
School of Population and Public Health
International health, global health, community-based research, capacity building

https://www.spph.ubc.ca/person/annalee-yassi/

Yeung, Ira

Sauder School of Business (Vancouver)
Commerce and Business Administration
Corporate Social Responsibility

https://www.sauder.ubc.ca/people/ira-yeung

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