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October 19, 2020

UBC Biodiversity Solutions Cluster Hiring Initiative

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. Read more...

September 8, 2020

2020-2021 Welcome to the BRC

Welcome to the Biodiversity Research Centre. We very much wish that we could welcome you in person, but due to COVID-19 the building is in stage 2 of return to on-campus research at UBC. UBC's position is that “on-campus research and scholarship is limited to those who require on-site resources.”...

June 10, 2020

Day of Action on June 10

Hi Everyone, In case you haven't yet seen this message from Dean, I have copied it below. While I know that today is very busy with labs re-opening, I was hoping to start a discussion about how the Biodiversity Research Centre can act concretely to support black and racialized communities. As...

April 27, 2020

Dr. Loren Rieseberg, BRC Director is Elected to US National Academy of Sciences

Our Director was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences today. This is a gigantic honor recognizing his outsized contribution to evolutionary biology. Congratulations, Loren! More info can be found here: National Academy of Sciences Elects New Members WASHINGTON — The National Academy of...

February 10, 2020

BRC members win UBC Faculty Research Awards

Patrick Keeling (Botany) is the 2019 recipient of the Jacob Biely Research Prize, UBC’s premier award for research. The prize is awarded annually to a full-time tenure-stream faculty member in recognition of a distinguished record of research. William Cheung (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries...

September 18, 2019

Climate Strike Statement

The Biodiversity Research Centre (BRC) and Beaty Biodiversity Museum support the local and global actions of our members to increase awareness of the global climate crisis and to push for change. According to a recent report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and...

June 19, 2019

Congratulations Sean Graham! Distinguished Fellow of the Botanical Society of America

Sean Graham has been selected to receive the highest honour that the Botanical Society of America (BSA) bestows on a professional member, "Distinguished Fellow of the Botanical Society of America." Sean is one of world’s leading students of plant systematics. He has played a key role in several of...

April 26, 2019

Job Posting - Research Associate in Conservation Data Science

RANK: Research Associate FACULTY: Faculty of Science DEPARTMENT: Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability POSITION DESCRIPTION We seek to hire a Research Associate with strong quantitative skills to help build a new cross- disciplinary Conservation Science Initiative at the...

April 2, 2019

Congratulations Matthew Pennell! Winner of the 2019 Theodosius Dobzhansky Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution!

BRC Member and Zoology Assitant Professor Matt Pennell is the recipient of the 2019 Theodosius Dobzhansky Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution . Congratulations, Matt!! The prize is awarded annually "to recognize the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding young...

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