Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2012) “Shifting Paradigms in Water Governance: Questioning the Validity of River Basin Councils as an Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy” Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) 2012 (May 28th – June 2nd, 2012. Waterloo, ON, Canada)
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2012) “Conceptualising the Water-energy Nexus: What is the State of the Literature in Canada?” Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) 2012 (May 28th – June 2nd, 2012. Waterloo, ON, Canada)
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2012) “Geographies of Urban Waste Production in Latin America: Scale, Space and Policy Compared Through the Cases of Mexico, Brazil and Argentina” Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) 2012 (May 28th – June 2nd, 2012. Waterloo, ON, Canada)
Pacheco-Vega, Raul and Zerriffi, Hisham (2012) “Studying Vulnerability to Simultaneous Water and Energy Poverty: An Exploratory Discussion of Policy Implications for International Development” Canadian Association of Studies of International Development (CASID) 2012 (May 29th-31st, 2012, Waterloo, ON, Canada)
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2012) “Governing Wastewater: A Cross-Regional Analysis Within the Lerma-Chapala River Basin in Mexico” Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) 2012 (May 18th-20th, 2012. Kelowna, BC, Canada)
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2012) “Cartoneros, Pepenadores and Cateadores: Comparing the Political and Social Dynamics of Waste Picking in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina” Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) 2012 (May 18th-20th, 2012. Kelowna, BC, Canada)
Keynote Speaker, Green Party of British Columbia, Annual General Meeting. May 26th, 2012. Social Media and Public Policy Making: Exploring the Possibilities.
Panel discussion with Eric M. Johnson (UBC): Making Contact: Using Social Media for Science Communication. Invited panelist. May 15th, 2012. Science Online Vancouver, Science World. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Panel discussion with Kemp Edmonds (HootSuite), Dr. Erica Frank (School of Population and Environmental Health), Dr. John . Applying Social Media to Higher Education. Faculty of Education, April 24th, 2012.
Invited Speaker, “Dispelling Myths on Water Governance”. UBC Political Science Students Association. February 29th, 2012
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2011) The promises and pitfalls of lesson drawing in water governance research: What can we learn about watershed management from river basin councils and organizations in Mexico. Presented at the 2011 meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Calgary, AB, Canada, May 30th-June 2nd, 2011.
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2011) The politics of garbage in Mexico: Challenges and opportunities. Presented at Waste – The Social Context. People, Persuasions and Payoffs. Edmonton, AB, Canada. May 2nd and 3rd, 2011.
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2011) The social context of wastewater governance: A case study in the Lerma-Chapala river basin, Mexico. Presented at Waste – The Social Context. People, Persuasions and Payoffs. Edmonton, AB, Canada. May 2nd and 3rd, 2011.
w. Hisham Zerriffi (2011) The faces of Janus: Scrutinizing modern conceptualizations of water poverty and energy poverty. Presented at the 2011 Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Seattle, WA, USA. April 13, 2011.
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2011) The urban geography of wastewater in Mexico: A comparative analysis within the Lerma-Chapala river basin Presented at the Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers Conference, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. March 13th, 2011
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2011) Understanding industrial and urban restructuring trajectories using firm demographics as a methodological tool: A case study of the Mexican leather and footwear clusters. Presented at the Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers Conference, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. March 13th, 2011
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2010) “Are river basin councils the right model of water and wastewater governance in Mexico? Lessons from a case study in the Lerma-Chapala watershed” Invited seminar, Department of Political Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. October 28th, 2010.
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2010) “Modeling the behaviour of participants in social networking sites: Insights from transnational environmental movements” Invited talk, Social Media Camp, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. October 3rd, 2010.
Below you will find some of my recent presentations.
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2009) “New tools for old problems: Water footprint, water stress and virtual water (Canada and worldwide)” Keynote Address. “The Global Water Crisis” organized by WaterDrop. Trinity Western University, Langley, BC. March 21st, 2009.
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2009) “Social Media in Sustainability and Public Policy” Guest Speaker at Net Tuesday, March 24th, 2009.
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2009) “Using Social Media Strategies to Increase Environmental Awareness” MooseCamp at Northern Voice ‘09, Vancouver, B.C., Canada; February 25th, 2009.
Pacheco-Vega, Raul (2008) “Strengthening effective wastewater governance in Mexico: Is there a role for river basin councils?” Annual Meeting of the Environmental Studies Association; Vancouver, B.C., Canada; June 1-5, 2008.
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