Previous Collective Events
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December 5, 2023
Brown Bag Session: Collaborative co-creation of knowledge with Solutions Scholar Miah Godek and Dr. Danielle Ignace
Join us to hear from Solutions Scholar Miah Godek where she will share her research project “Collaborative co-creation of knowledge to support Indigenous cultural burning for climate resilience in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia”. Following Miah’s presentation, she and her supervisor Dr…
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November 21, 2023
Unpacking COP28: A Panel Discussion
If you missed this event, read a summary here or watch a recording here.With COP28 in the United Arab Emirates just around the corner, join our panel of experts for a primer on how United Nations climate summits work, the pressing issues up for negotiation this year, and a question and answer…
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November 15, 2023
Climate Café: Connecting Research and Policy
Emerging from the Climate Collective’s launch event were several conversations regarding the challenges and opportunities for connecting research to policy and action. We will extend this conversation to explore how the research being conducted by participants may or may not connect to policy…
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November 14, 2023
Unpacking Policy: A Graduate Student Discussion
Many researchers who are exploring climate solutions have a strong desire to connect their work to policy. But what does that mean and how does one go about doing it? In this session, graduate students from all fields and disciplines are welcome to unpack what “policy” means within the…
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November 2, 2023
Achieving Drawdown: A Hopeful, Science-Based Roadmap to Stop Climate Change
Talk summary: The Drawdown Roadmap is a science-based strategy for accelerating climate solutions. It points to which climate actions governments, businesses, investors, philanthropists, community organizations, and others should prioritize to make the most of our efforts to stop climate…
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October 18, 2023
Brown Bag: Meet the Solutions Scholars - the second in a series
In our second "Meet the Scholars" Brown Bag session, join us as we hear from more Solutions Scholars about the projects that they will be working on throughout the year. Each scholar will provide a very brief presentation and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. At this session you…
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October 10, 2023
Brown Bag: Meet the Solutions Scholars
Join some of our Solutions Scholars as they introduce the projects that they will be working on throughout the year, including the following: Health Burden of Fires and Air Pollution in the Brazilian Amazon Understanding Projected Heatwave Impacts on Demographic Groups in Different Climate…
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October 6, 2023
Solutions Scholar Brown Bag Session
Calling all students in climate solutions research! Join our Solutions Scholars for a professional development session about "Communicating Your Climate Solutions Research With Brevity". Hosted by the Climate Collective's Director, Simon Donner, this session will help scholars approach the…
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September 29, 2023
Climate Solutions Research Collective Welcome & Launch
Join us for a welcome and launch event to learn about the new Climate Solutions Research Collective, engage with fellow UBC researchers developing and examining
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July 13, 2023
Solutions Scholars Information Session
An information session for prospective applicants to the inaugural Solutions Scholars program is being held via Zoom on July 13, at 2pm.