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Process to Nominate a Canada Research Chair in Sustainability and Global Environmental Change

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I am pleased to announce a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Sustainability and Global Environmental Change to be staffed at 秀色短视频. The challenges facing Prince Edward Island that arise from extreme weather, rising sea levels, coastal erosion, threats to biodiversity, energy self-sufficiency, resource scarcity, food security, employment security, et al. are increasingly pronounced in island environments around the world. These challenges are an opportunity to harness science and technology to foster a transition toward sustainability鈥攖oward patterns of development that promote human well-being while conserving life-support systems both locally and globally. The Chair will have a multidisciplinary approach to research in areas encompassing one or more of the following: Island Studies, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Sustainable Tourism, Sustainability Science, or Reorienting Education Towards Sustainability. Each area has the potential to position 秀色短视频 at the forefront of global change research as well as link partners, sectors, practitioners and citizens to advance expertise and application in critical sustainability areas. A CRC Application Review Committee for this opportunity is being convened and I would welcome your suggestions on members for this committee. Please contact me by email at rgilmour@upei.ca or phone 566-0637. More information on the Canada Research Chairs program may be found at . Robert F. Gilmour, Jr. Vice-President Research