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Allard’s Centre for Law and the Environment Presents: Sustainable Development, International Law, and a Turn to African Legal Cosmologies

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

This talk by Godwin Dzah focuses on his pioneering book which analyzes and reimagines the concept of sustainable development in international law from a non-Western legal perspective. Built upon the intersection of law, politics, and history in the context of Africa, its peoples and their experiences, customary law and other legal cosmologies, this ground-breaking study […]

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Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls

Online/Virtual Event

In this Indigenous Speakers Series session, we will have a conversation with Angela Sterritt, an award-winning investigative journalist, TV, radio, and podcast host, and national bestselling author for her book Unbroken. Angela is from the Wilp Wiik’aax (we-GAK) of the Gitanmaax (GIT-in-max) community within the Gitxsan (GICK-san) Nation on her dad’s side and from Bell […]

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Change Makers Screening and Panel Discussion

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

THIS EVENT IS IN PERSON ONLY. Featuring marine activist Ted Danson and award-winning marine scientists Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila, Change Makers gets to the heart of the issue of sustainability to reveal a genuine pathway to success. The film examines the WTO fishing agreement as our best and perhaps only shot for turning the […]

Climate Action Week at UBC Library

Woodward Library 2198 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +2 more

Join UBC Library for BC Climate Action Week from November 2 to 8. Participating library branches will be hosting climate action related events, activities and exhibits. Events happening all week (November 2-8):   Add your thoughts to Woodward Library’s felt board and then spend some time at the puzzle table or create at the Lego […]

Conservation in Action: A 25-Year Journey to Protect Manatees in South America

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

Speaker: Dr. Carol Meirelles Research Associate, Marine Mammal Research Unit (MMRU) Dr. Meirelles will share insights from her 25-year commitment to manatee conservation biology, highlighting both grassroots initiatives and large-scale collaborative networks across South America. Her presentation will trace the evolution of hands-on local conservation efforts and multi-institutional projects that have shaped her approach to […]

Vessel movement analysis to investigate forced labor at sea

Online/Virtual Event

Speaker: Dr. Rocío Joo, Senior data scientist on the research and innovation team, Global Fishing Watch Forced labor and other human rights abuses in the fishing industry are a widespread and entrenched issue, affecting crews across regions, fleets, and Flag States. These abuses include deceptive recruitment practices, withholding of pay, debt bondage, excessive overtime, and […]