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Ashli Akins joins CHANS Lab as a PhD student

By kaichan on December 6, 2016

Ashli works in Peru, including with the NGO she founded, Mosqoy. She’s in her third year at the Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program and the Liu Institute, co-supervised by Wade Davis and with committee members Mark Turin and Nancy Turner. She holds a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

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Ed Gregr defended his PhD

By kaichan on September 28, 2016

A belated congratulations to Dr. Edward Gregr, who successfully defended his PhD on August 5th (no revisions!).

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Economic importance of marine conservation and planning

By Sarah on April 9, 2015

David Suzuki Foundation invites Kai Chan and Sarah Klain to discuss why abundant, diverse and clean marine ecosystems are important to BC’s coastal communities and economy.

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Introducing Guardians of Science, new masterclass on science communication

By kaichan on November 3, 2014

Kai joins Dave Ng of the Michael Smith Labs to present their new “Guardians of Science” science communications masterclass program. This is a free one day workshop (Friday, November 28th) on various elements of communicating science. Special reserved spots for IRES graduate students and post docs. See http://guardiansofscience.org

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Paige spoke at Grabbing Green conference in Toronto

By Paige Olmsted on June 13, 2013

Paige Olmsted was among a diverse group of scholars and practitioners at U of T who participated in two days of panels and discussion focusing on the role of the “Green Economy” in achieving sustainability.

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Mollie and Paige are new Liu Scholars!

By Paige Olmsted on March 6, 2013

Joining several other lab members, ChansLab PhD students Mollie Chapman and Paige Olmsted have been invited to join the Liu Scholar program of the Liu Institute for Global Issues.

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Kai selected as a 2013 Leopold Leadership Fellow

By kaichan on January 30, 2013

Kai was one of 20 mid-career academics from Canada, Mexico, and USA selected as an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow. http://leopoldleadership.stanford.edu/

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Kai and Jordan publish article in PNAS on cultural services

By cnmillar on July 16, 2012

Kai Chan, Jordan Tam, and others publish article in PNAS called, “Contributions of cultural services to the ecosystem services agenda”. (pdf) Daniel, T. C., Muhar, A., Arnberger, A., Aznar, O., Boyd, J. W., Chan, K. M. A., . . . von der Dunk, A. (2012). Contributions of cultural services to the ecosystem services agenda. Proceedings of the […]

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