Starting the Conversation with Leonie Steigenberger: Economic Valuation of Cultus Lake
Join Leonie Steigenberger for the next Starting the Conversation! On Tuesday, October 20 12:00 to 1:00 pm In person in ARTS 368, UBC Okanagan For the Zoom link, please email: icer.ok@ubc.ca Key words: Lake Health, Investment Decision Making, Community Based Research Abstract: Cultus Lake is a popular recreational destination in the lower mainland. However, climate […]
Skilling up for People and Planet Workshop Series: Applied Theatre Methods to Support Co-creation and Co-authorship in Community-based Research
Skilling Up for People and Planet Workshop Announcement: Applied theatre methods to support co-creation and co-authorship in community-based research Wednesday, October 28 Arts 368 Time: 2:00 to 3:30 pm In person event. No registration required. As community-engaged researchers, we are committed to co-creating and co-writing with community members as co-researchers. Arts-based methods, research-based theatre (RbT), […]
The Next Community Engaged Research (CER) Storyteller is Dr. Mary Stockdale
We’re excited to announce the next speaker in the Community Engaged Research (CER) Storyteller series is Dr. Mary Stockdale, in conversation with Dr. Christine Schreyer. Everyone is welome! Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 April 1, 2026 11:30 to 1:30 pm, Due to unforeseen circumstances, we’ve had to re-schedule this event to Wednesday April 1, 2026. In […]
Starting the Conversation with Kelsey C. Doyle – Ecological Storytelling: Indigenous-Led Filmmaking and Intergenerational Knowledge Transmission in Outer Island Micronesian Communities
Everyone is welcome to join us for the next Starting the Conversation! These talks are informal gatherings where a speaker shares some aspect of their community engaged research, as a way to engage with others interested in learning from their experience. We’re excited to welcome Kelsey C. Doyle as the next speaker! Wednesday, Feb. 25 […]
Starting a Conversation with Naim Cardinal -Examining NHL Trading Cards as products of colonialism and responding with Indigenous perspectives on relationality
Everyone is welcome to join us for the next Starting the Conversation! These talks are informal gatherings where a speaker shares some aspect of their community engaged research, as a way to engage with others interested in learning from their experience. We’re excited to welcome Naim Cardinal as the next speaker! Wednesday, Feb. 11 12:00 […]
The Okanagan Climate Justice Research Award is now Open
Announcing the New Okanagan CER Climate Justice Award UBCO’s Principal’s Research Chair in Communities, Justice, and Sustainability, the Institute for Community Engaged Research (ICER) and UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice are piloting a new award initiative in the 2025/2026 academic year. This award is intended to respond to UBC’s core academic focus of supporting resilient […]
The ICER Student CER Award Applications are Open
ICER Student CER Award In recognition of ICER’s commitment to supporting students involved in community engaged research, we are providing two $1,000 awards 2026. The awards offer financial support to current UBC Okanagan graduate students, or in exceptional circumstances, undergraduate students. The recipients should be actively involved in community engaged research projects or activities and […]
Starting a Conversation with Nassim Zand Disari – Listening with Iranian women in exile: politics of everyday practices of belonging
Everyone is welcome to join us for the next Starting the Conversation! These talks are informal gatherings where a speaker shares some aspect of their community engaged research, as a way to engage with others interested in learning from their experience. We’re delighted to welcome Nassim Zand Disari as the next speaker! Tuesday, Dec. […]
Starting a Conversation with Stephenie Kendricks: Unintended Consequences – A Podcast Centred Open Source Curriculum Featuring Heroes and Sheroes Working on Environmental Health and Environmental Justice Protections
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 12:00 to 1:00 pm Arts 368 – In Person Via Zoom – email icer.ok@ubc.ca for the link Abstract Environmental justice (EJ) and environmental health (EH) studies are poorly represented in postsecondary education. Various governmental and NGO organizations support the importance of EJ/EH education. Learning about EH and EJ lifts students’ knowledge […]
Starting a Conversation with Savannah Kosteniuk – Imaginative Intimacies: Black and Indigenous Relations and Place-making on the Prairies
Wednesday, Sept. 17 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm Arts 368 – in person For the Zoom link, please e-mail: icer.ok@ubc.ca Black and Indigenous communities play a key role in resisting systemic violence and imagining tangible and just futures beyond current conditions, yet the nuances of Black and Indigenous intercommunal relations, especially on the so-called Canadian […]






