Kai Chan is a Lead Editor for People and Nature, the new journal of relational thinking from the British Ecological Society. The journal will be open access, deeply interdisciplinary, rigorous, innovative, and run by a reputable professional society (not a for-profit publisher).
Ale Echeverri wins the Raja Rosenbluth Award
Alejandra Echeverri won the Raja Rosenbluth Award for Women in Biological Sciences, a prestigious UBC award given to one female graduate student each year for her leadership in science. Congrats, Ale!
Liz Williams wins Freda Pagani award
Liz Williams won the Freda Pagani Outstanding MA Thesis award, an IRES award for our best Master’s thesis of the year. Congratulations, Liz!
Clarke Murray et al., The insignificance of thresholds in EIA: An Illustrative Case Study in Canada
Clarke Murray, C., J. Wong, G.G. Singh, M. Mach, J. Lerner, B. Ranieri, G. Peterson St-Laurent, A. Guimaraes and K.M.A. Chan (2018). “The insignificance of thresholds in Environmental Impact Assessment: An Illustrative Case Study in Canada.” Environmental Management61(6): 1062-1071. Doi: 10.1007/s00267-018-1025-6
Tam et al., Gone fishing? Intergenerational cultural shifts can undermine common property co-managed fisheries
Tam, J., K.M.A. Chan, T. Satterfield, G.G. Singh and S. Gelcich (2018). “Gone fishing? Intergenerational cultural shifts can undermine common property co-managed fisheries.” Marine Policy 90: 1-5. Doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.01.025
Díaz et al. Assessing nature’s contributions to people
Díaz, S., U. Pascual, M. Stenseke, B. Martín-López, R.T. Watson, Z. Molnár, R. Hill, K.M.A. Chan, I. Baste, et al. (2018). “Assessing nature’s contributions to people.” Science 359(6373): 270-272. Doi: 10.1126/science.aap8826
Kai wins a Killam Research Fellowship
Kai was awarded a UBC Killam Research Fellowship for his upcoming sabbatical in 2018-9. Click here for more details.
Rocío López joins CHANS Lab
Rocío López, a new PhD student supervised by Kai, joined IRES and CHANS Lab in January 2018. Welcome, Rocío!
Kai kicks off new public lecture series at Vancouver Aquarium
Tue Jan 23 @ 7pm, Kai will talk about, “Seeking Justice Amidst Complexity: Sea Otters, Poachers, Kelp, and Coastal Communities” in the free Ocean Matters series. http://www.vanaqua.org/experience/events/annual-and-upcoming-events/monthly-public-lectures
Kai and Casey Chiu publish an op-ed in the Vancouver Sun
“Creating a whale sanctuary is not as easy as it sounds“. Casey is an undergrad who was in ENVR 430; this op-ed began as an assignment in that class.