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EDGES Member Leila Harris Participated in Panel Discussion at the Globalized Ecologies: California and the Middle East Conference
On April 23, Dr. Leila Harris participated in a panel discussion entitled Environment-as-Infrastructures at the Globalized Ecologies: California and the Middle East Conference held at the University of Southern California (USC). The conference was collaboratively hosted by USC Dornsife Department of Middle East Studies, USC Dornsife History Department, and Huntington-USC Institute on California and the […] Read More
EDGES Member Renata Rovelo Presented on her Thesis Research at the IRES Student Symposium
On April 16, EDGES member Renata Rovelo presented a talk on her Master’s thesis research at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability end-of-year Student Symposium event, which featured 30 minute research talks from current IRES students. Her talk was entitled, “Listening to the River: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Relationships with Water”. Congrats, Renata! Below is a summary […] Read More
Belated Welcome and Congrats to New EDGES Member Tariq Harney on his Les Lavkulich Leadership Award
The EDGES Research Collaborative was very pleased to welcome a new member, Tariq Harney, who began working on his PhD in September, 2025, under the supervision of Prof. Leila Harris at UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability! Tariq has also been awarded the Les Lavkulich Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service, which is given to […] Read More
Congrats to EDGES Member Emily Edwards on her Les Lavkulich Award
EDGES member Emily Edwards has been awarded a Les Lavkulich Scholarship for Resource and Environment. Congratulations, Emily! The award has been endowed by colleagues, friends and UBC alumni in honor of Professor Les Lavkulich, who created the RES program in 1979, the first truly interdisciplinary graduate program at UBC. As the program’s inspirational leader between […] Read More
Congrats to EDGES Alum Kate Reynolds on Receiving the Freda Pagani Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis
Recent EDGES alum Kate Lai Reynolds has been awarded the Freda Pagani Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis. Congratulations, Kate! The Freda Pagani Awards ($600) have been endowed by family and friends for graduate students in the Resources, Environment and Sustainability graduate program. As founder and director of the Sustainability Office at UBC, Freda helped to […] Read More

EDGES is a research collaborative based at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The acronym EDGES identifies the major themes of our research: Environment & Development: Gender, Equity, and Sustainability. The use of the term EDGE is also meant to invoke several of its meanings—highlighting the goal of cutting edge research, signaling the focus of research on marginal and vulnerable populations (women, impoverished, etc.), and also referencing the aim for sharp analysis that will serve to advance knowledge of key issues of contemporary social and environmental concern. In addition to regular research meetings, the collaborative also sponsors occasional lectures and events related to our research themes.

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EDGES Member Leila Harris Participated in Panel Discussion at the Globalized Ecologies: California and the Middle East Conference

EDGES Member Renata Rovelo Presented on her Thesis Research at the IRES Student Symposium

Belated Welcome and Congrats to New EDGES Member Tariq Harney on his Les Lavkulich Leadership Award

Congrats to EDGES Member Emily Edwards on her Les Lavkulich Award

Congrats to EDGES Alum Kate Reynolds on Receiving the Freda Pagani Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis