WILLIAM CHEUNG (2024)
The
2024 A.G. Huntsman Award is
awarded to
William Cheung in recognition of his outstanding
achievements in research focused on climate change, biodiversity and
ocean sustainability as well as his efforts to connect marine sciences
to the social sciences. Dr. Cheung’s work recognizes the interdependence
of ocean systems and human systems and that the scale of climate change
impacts range from local to global, as do the needs for solutions.
William Cheung is a Professor, Canada Research
Chair in Ocean Sustainability and Global Change, and the Director of the
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, at the University of British
Columbia. He is the Principal Investigator of the Changing Ocean
Research Unit at UBC. He serves as Director for a 6-year partnership
with Canada’s Social Science funding agency focused on “Solving the
Sustainability Challenges at the Food-Climate-Biodiversity Nexus”. Dr.
Cheung is actively involved in international and regional initiatives
that bridge science and policy and has served as the Coordinating Lead
Author for the Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity
and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Dr. Cheung obtained his BSc and M.Phil.
from the University of Hong Kong. He completed his PhD in Resource
Management and Environmental Studies at UBC. From 2009 to 2011, he was
Lecturer in Marine Ecosystem Services in the University of East Anglia
before returning to UBC.
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of the ceremony

Dr. William Cheung receives the Huntsman Medal from the Royal Society of
Canada (Dr. S. Karly Kehoe) and His Honour The
Honourable Arthur J. LeBlanc, ONS, KC