Earth Day 2025: Biodiversity
Photo courtesy: UBC Brand & Marketing Our Power, Our Planet April 22nd is Earth Day, a day dedicated to celebrating year-round environmental protection movements. This year’s theme is “Our Power, Our Planet” highlighting the impact of collective climate action. For 2025, Earth Day Canada encourages centering action around Biodiversity citing a strong desire among Canadians […]
by Tara Stephens-Kyte & Fraser Sutherland – Apr 01, 2025
New in cIRcle : “The American election : is democracy on the ballot?”
Photo by Ted Eytan “Is democracy already lost?” In his October 2024 Vancouver Institute Lecture, distinguished scholar in American politics, Dr. Paul J. Quirk, poses the question, “Is democracy already lost?” as he discusses the fragile state of American democracy and what it means for the future […]
by cIRcle Office – Mar 18, 2025
Paper Pledge for the Planet
Photo courtesy of Chris Yakimov CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Global Campaign for Open Access Climate Research Paper Pledge for the Planet is a global campaign to make climate change research openly available via institutional repositories like cIRcle. Launched in October 2024 in celebration of International Open Access Week, the Paper Pledge is a joint collaboration of […]
by Tara Stephens-Kyte – Mar 11, 2025
International Women’s Day 2025 : Accelerate Action
Photo courtesy: Unsplash March 8th is International Women’s Day, a global holiday which honors the women’s rights movement and celebrates women’s achievements around the globe. This year’s theme centers around the phrase “Accelerate action” which calls upon the need to take quick and decisive steps towards gender equality. This particular International Women’s Day is also […]
by Fraser Sutherland – Mar 04, 2025
Explore cIRcle: The Hype About Housing In Vancouver
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. CC-BY-SA 4.0 The Language of Housing Housing in Vancouver has long been a contentious topic. Terms like “housing crisis”, “renoviction” and “affordable housing” are increasingly pervasive in local media, neighbourhood chat groups, and casual conversation as a growing city navigates its growing pains. Discover how some UBC researchers in cIRcle […]
by cIRcle Office – Feb 18, 2025