7 posts tagged with "Newsletter"

OCEANCANADA NEWS​

Congratulations to Dr. William Cheung, recipient of a 2019 UBC Killam Research Fellowship, enabling faculty to pursue full-time research while on study leave. William is a co-lead of OceanCanada’s National Data and Integrated Scenarios (NDIS) Working Group, and heads the Changing Oceans Cross-Cutting Theme (CCT). He is Professor with UBC’s Changing Ocean Research Unit and Director (Science) of the Nippon Foundation-UBC Nereus Program. His main research focus is assessing impacts of fishing and climate change on marine ecosystems and their goods and services, and studying ways to reconcile trade-offs in their management. Award winners will be honoured at a reception on April 15, 2020 at UBC’s Jack Poole Hall, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre. Read more here.

OCEANCANADA NEWS​

Rashid Sumaila Named Canada Research Chair Rashid has been named Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Interdisciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics. The Canada Research Chair Program, supported by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, provides funding to support academic research and training excellence. Congratulations, Rashid! Read more here.

OCEANCANADA NEWS​

Beyond Climate Ian Mauro has been touring and continues to tour the film he directed Beyond Climate with narrator David Suzuki. Several showings followed by Q & A sessions have been held in various locations. He and David Suzuki will be in attendance at a showing at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at UBC in Vancouver on June 4, 2019. It has also been accepted at fourteen film festivals. Click here for more information and to view the trailer.

OCEANCANADA NEWS​

Rashid Sumaila, OceanCanada Director, has received the 2018 UBC President’s Award for Public Education Through Media. This award celebrates active and creative sharing of research expertise through news media. Rashid is highly visible to the public through various types of media: he is regularly mentioned in popular news articles, appears in many news programs geared toward the public, and often gives talks on current issues in the news to general audiences. Congratulations, Rashid! Read more.

OCEANCANADA NEWS​

2018 OceanCanada Conference

OceanCanada held its most recent conference at Dalhousie University in Halifax this past summer from August 27 to 30, with over 60 of our members in attendance, including partner representatives. Several presentations were made about past and current projects we have been involved in throughout the country, ten of which can be viewed here. We also collectively created a plan for the remainder of the partnership to March 2020, which largely involves the publication of a book tying together the research of our Working Groups through the Cross-cutting Themes of Access to Resources, Changing Oceans, and Governance. Conference delegates also enjoyed a guided bus tour to Lunenburg and Peggy’s Cove to get a firsthand look at fishing communities on the east coast. All in all, a very productive conference!

OceanCanada was highlighted in TBTI’s June 2018 newsletter. You can read the feature article here.

OCEANCANADA NEWS​

OceanCanada Director Wins 2017 Volvo Environment Prize​

Congratulations to Rashid Sumaila, who has won the 2017 Volvo Environment Prize for his research in fisheries economics and marine governance. The prize recognizes outstanding scientific discoveries and innovations within the environmental field. Professor Sumaila will formally receive the award at a ceremony in Stockholm on November 29, 2017. A video chronicling his achievements will be released on that date.