This article was originally posted at oceans.ubc.ca. Click here to view. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected Dr. Rashid Sumaila to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among the most distinct honours within the global scientific […]
Dr. Rashid Sumaila, OceanCanada Scientific Director and University Killam professor in UBC Science’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, as well as the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in the Faculty of Arts, has won the Royal Society of Canada (RSC)’s Miroslaw Romanowski Medal for scientific work relating to environmental problems. “This is […]
In the midst of cascading crises from climate change to biodiversity loss and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Earth Leadership Program – the global successor to the renowned Leopold Leadership Program, now in partnership with Future Earth – has announced its 2021-22 North American cohort.
Dr. Rashid Sumaila, professor in UBC Science’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, as well as the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in the Faculty of Arts, is one of six faculty members who have been named by UBC as a University Killam Professor. The University Killam Professorship is the highest honour that […]
Congratulations to OceanCanada’s Dr. U. Rashid Sumaila who has won
William Cheung has been named a Member of the Royal Society of
The Peter Benchley Ocean Awards are the world’s preeminent ocean awards and are unique in acknowledging outstanding achievement across many sectors of society leading to the protection of our ocean, coasts and the communities that depend on them.
Congratulations to Dr. Rashid Sumaila, who has won UBC’s Killam Faculty Research Prize. This award recognizes a faculty member’s “outstanding research and scholarly contributions.” Dr. Sumaila’s research on fisheries economics and the benefits of sustainable fisheries to society on a global scale is both important and timely in today’s political climate. https://research.ubc.ca/research-excellence/awards-honours/faculty-research-award-winners
The Coastal Ocean Research Institute and the Vancouver Aquarium are pleased to invite nominations for the 2017 Coastal Ocean Awards. Recipients are honoured for their invaluable contributions to understanding, conserving, and communicating the diverse and irreplaceable coastal ocean ecosystems of western Canada and the species that inhabit them. The Awards give priority to aquatic-related work […]