Past Events

View some of the previous events hosted in the last year by the BRC.

  1. November 3, 2022

    Biodiversity Public Lecture

    The Origin of Modern Species Why are there so many species on earth? Do they evolve by natural selection as Darwin claimed? How do they evolve, persist, and go extinct? Can humans create new species? Biology has come a long way since Darwin, and he would be astonished at some of the answers to…

  2. October 5, 2022

    BRS Lacey Knowles: Evolution Lecture 2022-2023

    This webinar recording is restricted to members of the UBC Biodiversity Research Centre community. Please contact Katie Beall for access. host: grad students (contact Lydia Fong and Penny Kahn) Title: What’s missing from the speciation continuum and why it matters Abstract: As…


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