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January 11, 2023
UBC Biodiversity Research Centre welcomes new leadership
Marine ecologist Dr. Mary O’Connor has been appointed director of UBC’s Biodiversity Research Centre (BRC), effective January 1, 2023.
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September 28, 2022
EcoEvo Symposium registration
We're excited to open the registration for the 2022 EcoEvo Symposium!! Registration form is here tinyurl.com/ecoevo2022.
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September 11, 2022
2022-2023 Welcome to the Biodiversity Research Centre
Welcome to the Biodiversity Research Centre. We are delighted to welcome everyone back in person. I am the interim Director of the BRC, serving in 2022 between the reigns of Loren Rieseberg and Mary O’Connor, who begins as Director in 2023.
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January 4, 2022
Curtis Suttle, Member of the Order of Canada!
Please congratulate Curtis Suttle (EOAS/BOTA/MICB) on being appointed to the Order of Canada! “The Order of Canada recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation.”
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November 18, 2021
Call for Nominations and Applications – Director, Biodiversity Research Centre
DIRECTOR, BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE Internal Search
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September 6, 2021
2021-2022 Welcome to the Biodiversity Research Centre
Welcome to the Biodiversity Research Centre. We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back in person.
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January 21, 2021
Botany Professor and BRC Member Patrick Keeling has won the 2021 Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal!
Botany Professor and BRC Member Patrick Keeling has won the 2021 Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal! This is a major award that recognizes excellence in published research on marine or freshwater algae. The award is presented every three years and consists of a gold-plated bronze medal and a $50,000 prize. The award citation is below.
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January 14, 2021
UBC Names two BRC members as 2020/21 University Killam Professors
We are pleased to announce that UBC has named BRC faculty members, Dolph Schluter and Rashid Sumaila, as two of the six new University Killam Professors.
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October 13, 2020
Claire Kremen wins The Volvo Environment Prize
The Volvo Environment Prize is awarded for: "Outstanding innovations or scientific discoveries, which in broad terms fall within the environmental field." Since its inception in 1990 the Volvo Environment Prize has become one of the scientific world’s most respected environmental awards.