BACK TO THE FUTURE: REVISITING THE CLIMATE CHANGE CRISIS A DECADE LATER

When: March 12 2022 @ 08:15 pm PST Where: P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC’s Point Grey Campus, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver.

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Andrew Weaver — O.B.C., Professor, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria

Dr. Weaver has served on numerous national and international committees, including being a Lead Author in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Dr. Weaver is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has been recognized with a CIAR Young Explorers award as one of the top 20 scientists in Canada under the age of 40 (2002), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2008) and the A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Science (2011). His books include Keeping our Cool: Canada in a Warming World (2008) and Generation Us: The Challenge of Global Warming (2011). Dr. Weaver was the leader of the Green Party of BC.

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WHAT TO DO ABOUT OCEAN CLEARCUTTING & ANNIHILATION FISHING

March 5 2022 @ 08:15 pm PST

Dr. Amanda Vincent was the first person to study seahorses underwater, to document the extensive trade in these fishes, and to initiate a seahorse conservation project. She is very active in marine management and policy issues.

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THE FUTURE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT IN CANADA

March 19 2022 @ 08:15 pm PST

Four-time Olympian and Olympic rowing silver medalist, Ms. Tricia Smith, O.C., O.B.C., has been the president of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) since 2015 and was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2016. A practicing lawyer and UBC alumna, Ms. Smith is also a member of the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame and the BC Sports Hall of Fame.