Key Projects

Solving-FCB is a six-year, transdisciplinary research partnership (2022–2028) funded by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. It addresses the pressing “food-climate-biodiversity” (FCB) nexus by examining how the simultaneous challenges of feeding a growing global population, mitigating and adapting to climate change, and conserving biodiversity interact—and potentially conflict—with one another.

By grounding its work in high-level assessments and real-world examples, Solving-FCB seeks to identify pathways to “desirable futures” in which food security, climate goals, and biodiversity conservation are achieved in tandem—rather than traded off against each other.

Based out of the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia, the Fisheries Economics Research Unit strives for interdisciplinary solutions to global, national, and local marine and freshwater management issues. Through our research and partnerships, we mobilize biologists, mathematicians, computer scientists, and economists to advance resource management for the benefit of current and future generations.

The OceanCanada Partnership was an 8-year research initiative (2014-2022) funded by SSHRC, comprised of 22 formal research partners including universities, community organizations, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

The central goal of OceanCanada was to understand and address threats facing Canada’s Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific coastal-ocean regions. A highly interdisciplinary set of researchers and scientists integrated expertise from economics, law, geography, and oceanography with local and traditional knowledge to help inform responsive national policies.

This conceptual project focuses on explaining the powerful economic benefits of restoring over-exploited marine ecosystems. By illustrating how rebuilding fish stocks can lead to greater, more sustainable catches in the long term, the 'Infinity Fish' model provides a clear and compelling case for sustainable fisheries management worldwide.