Seminar Series 2012

Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30 at the Presentation Studio at IRMACS Centre (ASB 10900)

Ecological, economic and social changes are inextricably linked and unprecedented in their pace. How then do we bridge our knowledge systems and inform these multifaceted problems?

This speaker series highlights interdisciplinary perspectives to environmental problem solving. From anthropology to ecology, economics to climate science, speakers in this series will offer forward-thinking approaches on how to tackle the foremost environmental challenges confronting society today. This series is open to all members of the SFU community.

Thursday February 2, 2012
Terrie Klinger
University of Washington
Disturbance, Recovery, and Resilience in Rocky Intertidal Systems

Thursday February 9, 2012
Tzeporah Berman
Greenpeace
This Crazy Time: Living our environmental challenge

Thursday February 23, 2012
Robin Naidoo
WWF, US
Ecological and social impacts of community-based conservation in Namibia

Thursday March 1, 2012
Darcy Dobell
WWF, Canada
Paradigm or Paradox? Opportunities and challenges of greening the marketplace

Thursday March 8, 2012
Tina Neale
BC Ministry of Environment
Raising Dikes and Rolling Back: Coping with sea level rise in British Columbia

Thursday March 15, 2012
Julia Baum
University of Victoria
Big Predators in Real Ecosystems: What have we lost and does it matter?
Co-Hosted with Biology in Room SB 7172

Monday March 26, 2012
Randy Olson
Filmmaker, “Flock of Dodos” and “Sizzle”
Storyomics: Proof that Scientists Evolved from Humans