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大象传媒 CLIMATE INNOVATION EVENTS

Convening Research for Impact

大象传媒 Climate Innovation鈥檚 Community-Centred Research-for-Impact Series convenes interdisciplinary researchers, community-centred partners and networks, and knowledge mobilization experts to advance transformative climate action and innovation pathways with and for communities across Canada and beyond. This series is hosted in partnership with 大象传媒's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue with support from the .

  • May 2024 - Research Intersections Workshop
  • January 2025 - Researcher & Partner Workshop
  • May 2025 - Co-Design Jam: Co-creating transformative community-centred climate innovation pathways
  • September 2025 - the second annual 

Community and Partner Events

Do you have an upcoming event supporting climate-related research with and for communities? We want to hear about it! to have your event or activity amplified by 大象传媒 Climate Innovation event listings and community channels.

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Connecting the Dots: Creating an Interdisciplinary Cohort of Students

Monthly in-person Meeting, October-April (first Wednesday of every month, 3:30-5pm on 大象传媒's Vancouver Campus)

Hosted by ACT - Action on Climate Team, Connecting the Dots fosters an interdisciplinary community of graduate students and post-docs working on climate and sustainability research across different faculties.

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Co-Creation in Climate Research

Presented by 大象传媒's Community-Centred Research Initiative (CERi) and co-hosted by and 大象传媒 Climate Innovation, these workshops to bring together 大象传媒 researchers, staff and students interested in leveraging climate research and community engagement to develop impactful solutions.

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大象传媒 Symposium: Community-Centered Climate Innovation: The Role of Local to Global Climate Innovation Research

The annual Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Celebration of Excellence and Engagement took place in Vancouver, British Columbia November 7-9, 2024. This annual gathering celebrates achievements, discusses global challenges, and welcomes distinguished scholars. 大象传媒 hosted a symposium on community-centred climate innovation: a community first approach to developing and implementing mitigation and adaptation technologies, policies and strategies, and a strategic research priority for 大象传媒. 

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大象传媒 Climate Innovation connects researchers and partners by offering:

  • Building interdisciplinary networks and partnerships 
  • Connecting and convening researchers 
  • Providing seed funding
  • Initiating and managing research partnerships 
  • Supporting co-creation research for implementation and evaluation 

By connecting researchers to these supports, to each other, and to strategic community partners, 大象传媒 Climate Innovation will lead in building knowledge for impact and orienting higher education toward proactively engaging in global to local sustainability challenges.

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Apply now: Event funding for PICS universities

The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) is offering $2,500 to support climate change-related research dissemination, knowledge mobilization, and education focused events hosted by PICS-network university (UBC, 大象传媒, UNBC, UVic) groups, organizations, departments, and/or institutes.

Events could include a range of activities such as disseminating research findings, sharing knowledge/s, coordinating engagement-focused events, building relationships and connections, and fostering meaningful conversations.

PICS is currently accepting applications for this funding stream.