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Popular Theatre as an Innovative Participatory Approach to Fisherfolk Advocacy for Justice in Barbados

Online/Virtual Event

Speaker: Maria Pena, The University of The West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados Fisherfolk in Barbados are experiencing increasing marginalisation. They are concerned about their apparent invisibility and lack of voice in blue economy, climate change and national social protection initiatives and strategies. Motivated and empowered fisherfolk can instigate and influence change. Empowering fisherfolk for justice advocacy […]

Shared Futures: The Reordering of Indigenous Justice

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

14th Annual Richard V. Ericson Lecture Through the lens of an anthropologist of legal consciousness, we take an ethnographic journey to the elusive grail of Indigenous-determined justice in Canada—a journey from the Marshall Inquiry, to RCAP, to the TRC Calls to Action, to the Indigenous Justice Strategy, and beyond. Professor McMillan critically surveys both obstacles to […]

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UBC Asian Independent Cinema Showcase x TFAI Taiwan Docs: “In Search of the Self” Documentary Shorts from Taiwan

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The UBC Indigenous Science Colloquium presents a conversation with Dr. Salena Hill, a member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) and Amaskapi Pikuni (Blackfeet) Tribal Nations and Assistant Professor in the Doctoral Program of Leadership Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Montana. Rooted in Indigenous philosophies, her work emphasizes […]

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Is There a Crisis of Narration? Narrative Imagination on Chinese Social Media

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Amidst the rising concern about a crisis of narration in global digital culture, this talk reclaims the work of narrative imagination, with a focus on civic storytelling on Chinese social media. In today’s platform society, social media platforms often obstruct the telling and sharing of some stories while promoting others. In response, social media users […]

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10 Years After the Mount Polley Mine Disaster: Root Causes and Reparative Futures

Allard Hall 1822 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This year marks a decade since the Mount Polley mine disaster, that released 25-million-cubic-metres of heavy metal-laden waste into Te T7iweltk (Quesnel Lake). While the disaster was unprecedented in its scale and speed of contamination—recognized as largest mining disaster of its kind in Canadian history—this catastrophe is tied to longer pattern of social and ecological devastation […]

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BOOK LAUNCH: “We, the Kindling” by Otoniya J. Okot Bitek

Liu Institute for Global Issues 6476 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the launch of We, the Kindling, the stunning debut novel from acclaimed author and poet Otoniya J. Okot Bitek. This book launch features Otoniya J. Okot Bitek in conversation with Daniel Heath Justice (UBC) and Sophie McCall (SFU), along with an excerpt reading from the novel. Please be advised […]

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