Research & partnerships
Our community
Our people
What sets us apart is the calibre of our team. Our ranks include pioneering scholars and celebrated researchers, united not by individual accolades but by a commitment to work together.
Collaborating with diverse partners across academia, First Nations, government bodies, NGOs and global communities, we weave a mosaic of insights. This collaborative spirit has earned us accolades, but more importantly, it drives our shared goal of effecting meaningful change in the world.
Our partners
Our partners are crucial to our research and education efforts, making our work both meaningful and possible. They connect our students to real-world experiences and help bridge academic learning with practical application, working together to create lasting impacts on communities and the environment.
ES colloquium series
Join us for our weekly Research Colloquium series, designed to bring all of environmental studies together with the larger community to share thought provoking discussions. Speaker schedules are shared at the beginning of each term in September and January.
Graduate student hosts begin with a land acknowledgement and introduction to the speaker, followed by a 35-40 minute talk, then a chance to ask questions and share.
Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., September-April
David Turpin Building, Room B255
We look forward to seeing you there!
Fall 2025 term speaker line-up:
Sept 25th, 2024: Dr. Sarah Wiebe - Hot Mess: mothering through a Code Red Climate Emergency
Oct 2nd, 2024: Dr. Alex Macmillan - Action-oriented research for climate justice: the case of transport in Aotearoa New Zealand
Oct 9th, 2024: Dr. Loren McClenachan - Historical marine ecology in the Pacific Northwest
Oct 16th, 2024: Dr. Angeline Tillmans - Translation of scientific models of PAH toxicity into government policy
Oct 23rd, 2024: Dr. Jessica Blythe - Transforming ocean governance
Oct 30th, 2024: Dr. José Cristóbal Pizarro Pinochet - TBiocultural Refugia: Searching for Patterns of Resilience in Coastal Wetlands of the Pacific, Chile
Nov 6th, 2024: Dr. Estair Van Wagner - What is so ‘private’ about private forest lands? Unraveling the legacy of the E&N land grants on Vancouver Island
Our current research
Explore the cutting-edge work of our faculty research teams, where our three stream approach—ethnoecology, ecological restoration and political ecology—drives collaborative innovation.