Earth, Gods, and the Politics of Enchantment: A Political Ecology of the Imagination

Hugh Dempster Pavilion 6245 Agronomy Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Populist politicians and conspiracy cults enchant their followers through fear – of migrants, End Times, or an imagined nefarious World Government – and through promises of a backward-looking and insular social solidarity – of white Christian America or (Europe), Hindu India, et al. This talk presents a “political ecology of the imagination” that can help […]

Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs)

Online/Virtual Event

This workshop focuses on Large Language Models (LLM) to provide participants with a foundational understanding of LLM, their working, and how to fine-tune a pre-trained LLM for your own data. In this workshop, we will use cloud-based platforms, so you don’t need to have Python installed. Please make sure that you have a Google Colaboratory […]

Free

Great Trek

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The Great Trek is a jaunt through Musqueam Territory. Join the 5km, 10km, Half Marathon and Hat-Trick which is a 36.1km race.

Suspect Citizenship: Rethinking Belonging and Non-belonging in Plural Societies with Jean Beaman

Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join us for the second event in our Speaker Series on Migration, Racialization, and Inequality, featuring Jean Beaman. She will present her talk, “Suspect Citizenship: Rethinking Belonging and Non-Belonging in Plural Societies.” This event will be held in a hybrid format. Lunch will be served at 11:45 AM in Dodson Room. The lecture will start at […]

Free