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Thursday, May 16 • 1:15pm - 2:00pm
Rising sea levels and vanished streams in Vancouver: Teaching climate change and land use planning using historical and current resources

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As educators we must prepare students to make good decisions amidst massive intersecting issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, challenges to Indigenous rights, wealth inequality, and the many other issues facing communities today. For students in a forestry program focused on urban land use, we developed classes that try to do just that!

By examining the area of Vancouver around False Creek through a combination of archives, current data, and future projections and planning, we encouraged students to think about the past in order to build context that will help them plan for the future.
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Helen Brown

Reference Librarian, University of British Columbia
Helen is a Librarian at the University of British Columbia's Woodward Science Library, where she works with researchers and learners in environmental and biological sciences. In particular, Helen focuses on climate action in libraries, knowledge synthesis methodologies, and evidence-based... Read More →
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Thursday May 16, 2024 1:15pm - 2:00pm PDT
Wilson School of Design: Room 2960
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