The Networking World Anesthesia Convention (NWAC) takes place next week in Vancouver, BC, bringing together clinicians and researchers working in this vital medical field. It is worth remembering that without adequate anesthesia, modern medicine and surgery would be stuck in the quick and dirty field of...
RT @vancbcmcarthur: It's hard to make out but that's a baby duck covered in oil at Sunset Beach #VanFuelSpill #cbc pic.twitter.com/1KpurqMUi8 — Living Oceans (@living_oceans) April 10, 2015 Vancouverites woke up yesterday morning to news that their beautiful beaches were under threat from an oil spill in...
This week, the University of British Columbia is hosting the Seventh International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses at its downtown Vancouver campus in Robson Square. This year’s conference, presented in collaboration with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, draws together experts and researchers from the climate change knowledge community. They will be discussing 2015’s special focus: "Whose climate? Negotiating the governance of environmental change."
Conferences are great places to hang out if you're a scientist. The buzz of knowledge fills the air, and it’s often the only chance you get to brainstorm with like-minded enthusiasts in your field. By the end of the conference, you are high on knowledge...