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Events

Events

We hope to see you at one of our upcoming events, please join us.

Upcoming events

Past events

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October 6, 2025

PRISMS Launch Event

We will be hosting an informal launch event for PRISMS on Monday, October 6th, 2025 - 12 – 2 PM and we hope to see you all there! The event will take place in the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Building, room 1203, and will include a catered lunch.  This will be an opportunity to…

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November 24, 2025

Workshop on Deep-Sea Mining with Dr. Rashid Sumaila

This participatory workshop for faculty members includes a short presentation by Dr. Rashid Sumaila on current research in deep-sea mining—covering its social, technological, economic, and environmental impacts, along with current challenges and opportunities. There will be interactive activities…

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November 26, 2025

PRISMS Coffee Hour

Join us for our monthly PRISMS Coffee Hour! It is a great opportunity for faculty, staff and graduate students to connect and chat informally about their research interests across departments. This month the coffee hour will be hosted at Earth Sciences Building, Room 5104 on November 26, 2025…

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First Nations land acknowledegement

The PRISMS research excellence cluster acknowledges that our work takes place on the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.

Pacific Rim Initiative for Sustainable Marine Systems

163 - 2366 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
E-mail ubc.prisms@ubc.ca

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver are funded through the Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters program.

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