News & Events
January 20, 2012
Rare monkey discovered
Brent Loken, a researcher from SFU is making international headlines for making a historic discovery in Borneo. Brian Coxford of Global TV BC reports.
January 12, 2012
Canadian Association of Planning Students 2012 Conference and AGM – PLANNING HORIZONS: The Edge, Future, and Potential of Planning
The national CAPS-ACÉAU conference is the premier event for planning students from across Canada. Join us in 2012 in the beautiful and inspiring setting of Vancouver, BC for a three day conference to share your research and projects, network with planning students and professionals from across Canada and the Pacific Northwest, and explore leading planning initiatives in the Greater Vancouver region. Keynote speakers include: Larry Beasley, Julian Agyeman, and Gordon Price.
September 29, 2011
Climate Change will cost billions: Report
A recent climate change report issued by the government highlights a number of cost issues that will impact us both financially and environmentally. Dr. Karen Kohfeld, Assistant Professor in Climate, Resource, and Global Change, anticipates the sea level rising around the coast of Canada in the coming century. Much of the impact will involve the cost of health, property damage, and the extinction of some species.
Summer 2011
Learning the Tools of the Trade
Luke Halpin, graduate student from Simon Fraser University, is attending a well-known Sound Analysis Workshop in September 2011. Currently, he is working on the Haida Gwaii islands, the breeding grounds for 1.5 million nesting seabirds. He hopes to use sound analysis to help conserve seabirds in Canada. By recording target species, Luke anticipates that it will provide the baseline data to help him estimate populations on unsurveyed islands, and provide valuable information about how rapidly seabird populations recover.
A description of Luke Halpin’s research was also published in the Leverhulme Trust Report 2010 on page 34.
May 17, 2011
SFU student research scores Trudeau Scholarships
Simon Fraser University doctoral students Alana Gerecke (English) and Brent Loken (Resource and Environmental Management) are trailblazing new ways of sustaining and enriching communities at opposite ends of the world.
May 17, 2011
Why do consumers buy electric cars?
Canadian researcher based at University of California wins prestigious international award for identifying influences that shape sustainable mobility decisions. Dr. Jonn Axsen is an Assistant Professor with REM starting in August 2011.
May 10, 2011
PICS enlists SFU in climate change research
Simon Fraser University (SFU) researchers, Mark Jaccard, Chris Bataille and Mark Roseland, are involved in 10 of 27 new British Columbia-led climate change research projects funded by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).
March 21, 2011
Canadian Avalanche Victims Die More quickly than Swiss: study
Pascal Haegeli, an avalanche consultant and an adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University’s School for Resource and Environmental Management, was the lead researcher in a study released today by the Canadian Medical Association Journal…
March 21, 2011
Simon Fraser University to host the 2012 Canadian Association of Planning Students – L’Association Canadienne des Étudiants en Aménagement et en Urbanisme (CAPS-ACÉAU) Conference.
The current Board of Directors spent 12 hours, over three separate meetings, extensively reviewing and considering the applications. The proposals were evaluated based on the criteria outline in the Request for Proposals document issued February 6th, 2011. We are very pleased to announce that the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University has been selected to host the CAPS‐ACÉAU Conference in 2012!
February 6, 2011
Jordan Benner. Masters Student. “Best Talk” Award — for the talk best exemplifying the theme of the CONFOR 2011 Conference: Ecosystems in perspective: integrating environment, society, and economy. Talk title: “Community forests, tenure systems, and local benefits: can we design sustainability in the forest sector?”
February 6, 2011
Rachel White. Masters Student. “Best Poster” Award. CONFOR 2011 Conference: Ecosystems in perspective: integrating environment, society, and economy. Poster title: “Old Growth Stumps as Islands of Habitat: Response to Restoration on Lyell Island, Haida Gwaii.”
December 6, 2010
Fish Survey
SFU resource and environmental management student Adam King is surveying anglers in the Okanagan on behalf of the Freshwater Fishing Society of B.C. The survey will provide a better “understanding of the trade-offs people will make, such as between options of fishing quality, site access, accommodation, launch facilities, motor types, calm or busy experience,” said the Kelowna Capital News.
December 8, 2010
Climate change may cause winds to falter.
Brad Griffin and Karen Kohfeld from Simon Fraser University, Canada, and colleagues have shown that climate change can sometimes bring about localized changes such as a drop in wind speed.
December 1, 2010
Karen Kohfeld of SFU’s School of Resource and Environmental Management (Canada Research Chair in Climate, Resource, and Global Change) was on The Early Edition show (Rick Cluff) on CBC Radio, talking about wind speeds along the West coast are in decline. Podcast (2.3MB)
December 1, 2010
The Vancouver Sun: Climate change takes wind out of energy sails
SFU researchers finds wind speeds slowed since 1950s
Featuring Karen Kohfeld, Andy Cooper and Brad Griffin.
November 27, 2010
Through the C.D. Howe Institute, SFU environmental economics professor Mark Jaccard released a study this week explaining how Canada could tax carbon emissions and return the money to the emitting provinces to cut taxes, reports The National Post. Full story.
November 26, 2010
Karen Kohfeld of SFU’s School of Resource and Environmental Management (Canada Research Chair in Climate, Resource, and Global Change) was on Evolution 107.9 show talking about declining speeds. MP3 Audio (13.7MB)
November 25, 2010
Scientists are getting worried there may not be enough food for wild salmon and hatchery-raised salmon. Randall Peterman, a professor in SFU’s School of Resource and Environmental Management, told McClatchy Newspapers this could lead to a reduction in wild salmon stocks. Full story.
November 25, 2010
The Globe and Mail reported on a new study that said “a federal carbon tax or emissions-trading system could easily be designed so it doesn’t hurt the carbon-intensive economies of Alberta and Saskatchewan.” SFU environmental economist Mark Jaccard, who co-wrote the report, said it’s time Ottawa set out its carbon-reduction policies. Full story.
November 24, 2010
SFU environmental economist Mark Jaccard is a nominee for The Globe and Mail’s list of 25 Transformational Canadians. He is a prominent leader in sustainable energy policy and “has spent the past 25 years working to prevent climate change, conveying the urgent need for regulations and energy policies that will prevent greenhouse gas emissions.” Full story.
October 6, 2010
Randall Peterman of SFU’s School of Resource and Environmental Management (Canada Research Chair in Fisheries Risk Assessment and Management) was on the BC Almanac show (Mark Forsythe) on CBC Radio, talking about a study showing the Pacific Ocean is becoming “overcrowded with salmon.” Peterman also spoke with AM1150 Radio in Kelowna. Podcast (8.3MB)
October 3, 2010
The Globe and Mail: North Pacific ‘overcrowded’ with salmon as population soars
September 23, 2010
Jaccard wins Sterling Prize
Environmental economist Mark Jaccard, whose work on sustainable energy and climate policy has garnered international acclaim—and criticism, has won SFU’s 2010 Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy…