News
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September 15, 2026
Welcome (back) BRC! - message from interim director Judith Mank
Happy September! Each year brings new opportunities to grow, learn, connect with biodiversity-loving colleagues and to share our ideas with each other. This email has some welcoming and organizational information that might be useful for long-time BRC members and new members alike. Please share…
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September 9, 2026
Claire Kremen and Colin Brauner named Fellows of The Royal Society of Canada
Colin Brauner and Claire Kremen have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, one of the highest honours recognizing outstanding scholarly, scientific, and artistic achievement in Canada.RSC announcementUBC Research+Innovation, September 9, 2026: Twelve UBC Faculty Members Elected to…
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May 12, 2026
Bridgette Clarkston receives 2026 West Coast Teaching Excellence Award
The West Coast Teaching Excellence Awards celebrate excellence in teaching in publicly-funded colleges, institutes, and universities of British Columbia and Yukon.Dr. Bridgette Clarkston, Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, has received one of this year…
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April 21, 2026
Amy Kim won a Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Congratulations to Amy Kim from the Rieseberg lab who is one of the recipients of the 2025/2026 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards. More information: 2025/26 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award recipients
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March 31, 2026
Diane Srivastava recognized as the 2025 Canadian Open Data Leader of the Year
Canadian Open Data Society 2025 winners: Diane Srivastava founded and leads the Living Data Project as Director of the Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution and Professor at the University of British Columbia.She founded the Living Data Project (LDP) in 2019 to meet two challenges for…
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March 16, 2026
Marie Auger-Methé and Curtis Suttle win awards
Marie Auger-Méthé wins Killam Accelerator Research FellowshipCurtis Suttle wins Jacob Biely Research Award
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December 17, 2025
Colin Brauner and Keila Stark: CSZ Award Winners
F.E.J. Fry Medal: Colin BraunerThe Fry Medal is given to a Canadian Zoologist who has made an outstanding contribution to knowledge and understanding of an area in zoology, and who is expected to deliver a plenary lecture at the next annual conference.Will be awarded on Thursday, August 6, 2026 - 4…
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December 16, 2025
Seven BRC Faculty recipients of BCKDF
UBC Research + Innovation: Province announces support for research infrastructure through BCKDFDecember 15, 2025, - the Government of BC announced new funding through the B.C. Knowledge Development Fund to support research infrastructure and foster innovation in the province.Warren Cardinal…
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December 4, 2025
Sally Otto received one of the 2025 Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring
Congratulations, Sally, on this well-deserved award. The Killam Awards for Excellence in Mentoring recognize outstanding mentorship of numerous graduate students over many years. Recipients show outstanding ability to foster the intellectual, professional, and personal development of graduate…
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October 14, 2025
Watch BRC Opening Celebration Symposium videos
The BRC Opening Celebration Symposium videos can be found HERE