From 2010 to 2016, PICS UBC and SFU hosted a series of free public lecture series where professors from both universities engaged with the public on diverse climate change topics with the objective to inform and motivate the public to take climate action.
Bellow are the posters links to a few of the public lectures:
November, 2015: BC's Balancing Act: Forest Fires, Ecology, Smoke and Health
Speakers: Meg Krawchuk, Departmen of Geography, SFU and Sarah Henderson, School of Population and Public Health, UBC.
January, 2015: Mapping extreme temperatures and their health risks in the Lower Mainland
Speakers: Anders Knudby, Department of Geography, SFU and Sarah Henderson, School of Population and Public Health, UBC.
November 20th, 2014: Using Digital and Social Media to Mobilize Climate Action: From Communities of Interest to Communities of Practice
Speakers: Maged Senbel, Professor, School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) and UBC researchers Erik Blair and Victor Ngo.
October 14th, 2014: Changing Behaviours for a More Sustainable Future
Speakers: Kate White, UBC and Stephanie Bertels, SFU
September 23rd, 2014: Adapting to Climate Change: Global Knowledge, Local Action
Speakers: Stewart Cohen, Environment Canada, Lori Daniels, Faculty of Forestry, UBC and Jonathan O’Riordan, SFU - ACT. Moderator Tim Takaro, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU.