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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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Burton, Cole

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest Resources Management
Understanding mammal community dynamics in human-impacted ecosystems; Assessing conservation strategies for human-wildlife coexistence; Carnivore ecology and conservation

https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/cole-burton

Bushe, Kendal

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Mechanical Engineering
Clean Energy; ignition and combustion of methane and natural gas in engines.

https://mech.ubc.ca/kendal-bushe/

Bustin, Marc

Science (Vancouver)
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Reservoir characterisation of unconventional petroleum resources, gas shales and oil producing shales, coalbed methane

https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/people/marcbustin

Byers, Michael

Arts (Vancouver)
Political Science
Human rights, civil liberties, arms control, nuclear, treaties, environment, climate change, Global politics, international law

https://politics.ubc.ca/persons/michael-byers/

Callison, Candis

Arts (Vancouver)
School of Journalism, Writing, and Media
The role of social movements in public discourse, and understanding how issues related to science and technology become meaningful for diverse publics. changes to professional norms, practices and standards for Canadian Arctic journalists working in an era of environmental change and global audiences

https://jwam.ubc.ca/profile/candis-callison/

Carenini, Giuseppe

Science (Vancouver)
Computer Science
Developing (group) decision support systems (DSS) that can help community planners identify solutions which balance environmental, economic and social goals. These systems are designed to be scalable, adaptable and flexible to allow fair assessment of new ideas and technologies. Our DSSs facilitate the exploration of alternative solutions by visualizing the effect of various trade-offs and their consequences in relation to sustainability goals and preferences of the different decision stakeholders.

https://www.cs.ubc.ca/people/giuseppe-carenini

Carlsten, Christopher

Medicine (Vancouver)
School of Population and Public Health
Air pollution; respiratory and immunological health effects of inhaled environmental and occupational exposures, using diesel exhaust, western red cedar, and phthalates as model inhalants.

https://www.spph.ubc.ca/person/christopher-carlsten/

Carrillo, Juli

Land and Food Systems (Vancouver)
Land and Food Systems
Plant-insect interactions; agroecology; invasive species; evolution; ecology

https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/juli-carrillo/

Carroll, Allan

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Role of climate change in the population dynamics and impacts of eruptive forest insects; Integrated management of forest insect populations

https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/allan-carroll

Castricano, Jodey

FCCS (Okanagan)
English and Cultural Studies
ecofeminism, critical animal studies, environmental humanities

https://fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/jodey-castricano/

Cenfetelli, Ronald

Sauder School of Business (Vancouver)
Commerce and Business Administration
Human computer interaction, E-Business, IT-mediated customer service, Negative aspects of technology, Structural equation modeling, Survey research techniques, Multi-level modeling

https://www.sauder.ubc.ca/people/ronald-t-cenfetelli

Chan, Jennifer

Education (Vancouver)
Educational Studies
Transnational social movements, international and comparative education, Japanese civil society, Islam in multicultural societies, Adult education, Citizenship and democracy, Gender studies, International and Comparative Education, Multiculturalism, Post-colonial studies

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/facultystaff/jennifer-chan

Chan, Kai

Science (Vancouver)
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Ecosystem services; ecosystem-based management; biodiversity conservation; sustainability science; social-ecological systems; environmental assessment; environmental policy, Conservation biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, policy and ethics

http://ires.ubc.ca/person/kai-chan/

Chang, Stephanie

Applied Science (Vancouver)
School of Community and Regional Planning | Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Disaster and risk management planning; Natural hazards, climate change; Community resilience; Urban infrastructure systems

https://scarp.ubc.ca/people/stephanie-chang

Chanway, Christopher

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Soil science, Belowground Ecosystem Group

https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/christopher-chanway

Charles, Grant

Arts (Vancouver)
School of Social Work
Social accountability; vulnerable children and youth and system change

https://socialwork.ubc.ca/persons/grant-charles/

Charnley, Kerrie

FCCS (Okanagan)
English and Cultural Studies
Salishan Intellectual Traditions and Literatures, Indigenous Land/Ocean-Based Pedagogies

https://fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/kerrie-charnley/

Chau, Kenneth

Engineering (Okanagan)
UV LED water sterilization technologies for remote communities

https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/kenneth-chau/

Chau, Shirley

FHSD (Okanagan)
Social Work

Cheek, Timothy

Arts (Vancouver)
History | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Modern China, particularly China’s intellectuals and Chinese Communist Party history. Current projects include contemporary Chinese intellectuals and Chinese thought, writings of Mao Zedong (Yan’an period), and Chinese historiography.

https://history.ubc.ca/profile/timothy-cheek/

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