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Call for Nominations and Applications – Director, Biodiversity Research Centre

DIRECTOR, BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE Internal Search The Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia is seeking applications from current UBC faculty members for the position of Director of the Biodiversity Research Centre (BRC). Intersecting with several academic departments…

2021-2022 Welcome to the Biodiversity Research Centre

Welcome to the Biodiversity Research Centre. We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back in person. The BRC is operating under UBC’s Campus Return Plan and the updated Return to Campus Public Health Guidelines.  Masks are mandatory inside the building, including…

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…

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. The highest honour UBC can confer on a faculty member, a University Killam Professorship recognizes exceptional…

UBC Biodiversity Solutions Cluster Hiring Initiative

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. …

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…

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 —…

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…

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…