Events
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Jan 16 to 20
Every Day is a Good Day for Reconciliation
2:20pm - 12:00pm (+4 days)
Come and see some of the pledges and commitments made by attendees of Sept. 30 2024's Intergenerational March for Orange Shirt Day at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre! A sample of the over 500 plus cards attendees filled out on September 30th, 2024 has been made available for viewing, reminding viewers that our commitments to reconciliation are more than one day a year, they are ongoing and continuous. As 2025 begins, we ask ourselves what commitment to reconciliation can we resolve to give? In what ways, big or small, can we take steps towards reconciliation? As the late Honourable Murray Sinclair stated: If we move forward without remembering, then we are not the people we should be. Even newcomers must feel the weight of this process of reconciliation because, even if you weren’t here, you still have a responsibility to the future of this country and therefore you need to understand this. Reconciliation is about establishing a relationship of mutual respect. We respect each other … that’s what this country should be about.
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Jan 24
IDEAL 2025 Opening Ceremony
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Join us for the IDEAL 2025 Opening Ceremony at the xʷćićəsəm garden! This event is open to all Stage 2 and Stage 3 participants, offering a chance to start the year with positive intentions while connecting with the land. The garden is a space dedicated to honoring Indigenous knowledge, promoting its integration with other ways of knowing through teaching, community engagement, and research. We invite all participants to come together to set intentions and begin the year in a meaningful way!
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Jan 30
Black Excellence in STEM Speaker Series: Dr. Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai
3:30pm - 5:30pm | 6250 Applied Science Lane
Join us to hear Dr. Abdulai's presentation on "Trauma-informed approaches in the design and evaluation of digital health solutions". This event is part of the Black Excellence in STEM (BEST) Speaker Series, in collaboration with the Faculties of Science, Forestry, and Land and Food Systems.Biography Image Dr Abdulai conducts research on health informatics, human-computer interaction and health technology design. His program of research seeks to explore how principles of human-computer interaction and trauma-informed care approaches can be leveraged to address inequities in sexual and reproductive health access for marginalized populations. He primarily conducts informatics-related research on endometriosis-associated sexual pains, sexually transmitted infections, and sexual health-related stigma. Source: Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai | UBC Nursing
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Feb 3
Black Excellence in STEM Speaker Series: Dr. Daniel Pauly
4:00pm - 5:30pm | 6250 Applied Science Lane
Join us for Dr. Pauly's presentation on, "Breathing Water in a Warming World: An Overview of the Gill-Oxygen Limitation Theory (GOLT)". This event is part of the Black Excellence in STEM (BEST) Speaker Series, in collaboration with the Faculties of Science, Forestry, and Land and Food Systems.Biography Image Credit: Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Dr. Daniel Pauly is a world-renowned fisheries scientist. He is currently the Principal Investigator of the Sea Around Us initiative, a large research project devoted to identifying and quantifying global fisheries trends. He is also a Killam professor at the University of British Columbia’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries.The concepts, methods and software which Daniel Pauly led and co-developed are documented in over 1000 scientific and general-interest publications, and are used throughout the world. This applies to the Ecopath modeling approach and software and FishBase, the online encyclopedia of more than 30,000 fish species, which was recently complemented by SeaLifeBase.He is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, the International Cosmos Prize, the Volvo Environment Prize, the Nierenberg Prize, the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. He was also named France’s Chevalier de la Legion D’Honneur in 2017.Source: Daniel Pauly, FRSC | Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
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Feb 10
Science for All: Building Equity Together with Lisa M.P. Munoz
11:00am - 1:00pm | 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
The Faculty of Applied Science, in collaboration with the Faculty of Science, is pleased to invite students, staff, and faculty to an inspiring talk by Lisa Munoz, author of Women in Science Now and publicist for the Emmy-nominated film Picture a Scientist. Her talk, titled "Women in Science Now: How to Use Science to Overcome the Remaining Obstacles to Equity", will focus on advancing equity in science and the ways we can continue breaking down barriers in the field. The event will also feature copies of her book, which attendees can purchase and signed by the author.
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Feb 13
Black Excellence in STEM Speaker Series: Dr. Love-Ese Chile
5:00pm - 6:30pm | 6250 Applied Science Lane
Join us for Dr. Love-Ese Chile's presentation on "Bold Strides Forward: Non-Traditional Career Pathways." This event is part of the Black Excellence in STEM (BEST) Speaker Series, in collaboration with the Faculties of Science, Forestry, and Land and Food Systems.Biography Image Love-Ese is known for mobilizing research to drive meaningful change. Her approach is rooted in values of innovation, accessibility, and impact, incorporating storytelling to facilitate stakeholder dialogues.She founded Regenerative Waste Labs, a research consultancy to support innovators in upcycling organic waste into circular products, where she led projects spanning biomaterials, climate adaptation policy, and the circular bioeconomy.Now, Love-Ese is the manager of the BC Agricultural Climate Action Research Network (BCACARN). In her role, she leads a multi-institution network working to increase the climate resiliency of BC's agricultural sector. Her team delivers knowledge mobilization events, develops plain-language research communications, and oversees the planning and execution of projects that build partnerships across research institutions, government, and industry. Love-Ese holds a BSc (Honours) from the University of Auckland and a PhD in Chemistry from UBC. She recently received a 2024 Clean50 Emerging Leader Award, the 2023 UBC Chemistry Young Alumnus Awad and the 2024 Gloria Baylis Award for Entrepreneurship and Advocacy from the Canadian Black Scientist Network.Source: About Me — Love-Ese Chile, Ph.D
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Feb 26
Black Excellence in STEM Speaker Series: Dr. Anotida Madzvamuse
4:00pm - 5:30pm | 6250 Applied Science Lane
Join us for an engaging presentation on "Unraveling the Mathematics of Single-Cell Dynamics" with Dr. Anotida Madzvamuse. This event is part of the Black Excellence in STEM (BEST) Speaker Series, in collaboration with the Faculties of Science, Forestry, and Land and Food Systems.Biography Image I recently joined the University of British Columbia as a Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics since October 2022. Before that, I was Professor of Mathematical and Computational Biology at the University of Sussex (2006 - 2022: rising from Assistant, Associate to Professor).My research lies at the interface between fundamental disciplines (mathematics, numerical analysis, physics, scientific computing) and experimental sciences (developmental, cellular and plant biology, biomedicine) and seeks to propose, develop, analyse and simulate new mathematical and computational approaches applied to experimental sciences. My research areas are in mathematical modelling and analysis, numerical analysis, and parameter inference and estimation. More specifically, I develop bulk-surface-extracellular PDEs in biology, bulk-surface finite elements, bulk-surface virtual elements, bulk-surface geometric PDEs and their applications to pattern formation (bulk-surface reaction-diffusion models), and cell motility (coupling geometric PDEs with multi-physics to study how single and collective cells migrate through complex non-isotropic environments).I am passionate about teaching both at undergraduate and graduate levels as well as supervising research projects in the areas of theoretical and computational biology. Source: Anotida Madzvamuse | Department of Mathematics