News & Events

BRAES Annual Report 2013-2014

Our annual report is now ready!!! Please go to the “About” section  to access the report

Save the dates

Save the dates

September 16 – 17, 2014, Kelowna, B.C. Rotary Centre for the Arts. The UBC Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystem Services “BRAES” and The Okanagan Basin Water Board “OBWB” will  host  The Water & Biodiversity Forum  

BRAES member recognized as graduate researcher of the year (2014)

BRAES Member Matthew Lemay was recently named Graduate Student Researcher of the Year (2014). His PhD thesis research is on the ecological genomics of kokanee, the freshwater form of sockeye salmon. Mathew is one of BRAES Members, Dr. Michael Russello graduate students. Please click on the link below for a recent interview Mathew and Michael […]

We have a new name!!!

The Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystem Services (BRAES) is the new name for SARAHS – The Institute for Species at Risk and Habitat Studies. This new name was selected to better reflect the breadth and scope of our research and outreach activities. A reception will be held on April 28th to celebrate this new […]

BRAES member recognized as graduate researcher of the year (2014)

BRAES Member Matthew Lemay was recently named Graduate Student Researcher of the Year (2014). His PhD thesis research is on the ecological genomics of kokanee, the freshwater form of sockeye salmon. Mathew is one of BRAES Members, Dr. Michael Russello graduate students. Please click on the link below for a recent interview Mathew and Michael […]

BRAES Partners in the Classroom Series – Winter 2014

BRAES Partners in the Classroom Series – Winter 2014

Several times per term, an individual from a BRAES partner organisation is invited to speak in a BRAES faculty member’s class.  Refreshments are served after the lecture to facilitate exchange between members of the audience and the speaker. All BRAES members are welcome to attend. Winter 2014 Speakers Speaker:  Dr. Denise Nielsen, Agriculture Canada Host Professor: Jason Pither in […]