The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Save our Planet Join us for a book talk with author and UC Santa Barbara political science professor Leah C. Stokes, as she sits down for a moderated discussion with UBC political science professor Kathryn Harrison about her book The Carbon Wave. September […]
Join us for an essential conversation with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor as they discuss their forthcoming book, END TIMES FASCISM – And the Fight for the Living World. Across politics, technology, and culture, a powerful narrative is taking hold: that ecological collapse, social breakdown, and mass instability are inevitable. Klein and Taylor examine how this […]
This lecture is part of Mediatic Empire: Critical Inquiries into Environment, Technology, and Media Cultures, a five-part public lecture series organized by UBC’s Department of English Language & Literatures and Green College. View the full series schedule. TALK ABSTRACT This lecture centres Indigenous responses to climate change by focusing on a US proposal for deep-sea […]
UBC Debates brings together four prominent voices to debate whether Aboriginal Title and Private Ownership Can Coexist.
This lecture is part of Mediatic Empire: Critical Inquiries into Environment, Technology, and Media Cultures, a five-part public lecture series organized by UBC’s Department of English Language & Literatures and Green College. View the full series schedule. It is also a Dorothy L. Black Lecture. The Dorothy L. Black First Year English Speakers’ Series Endowment was established through […]
From the Milky Way to meteor showers to fireflies that emerge at dusk on neighborhood streets, our eyes open a little wider at the stunning photos and videos of National Geographic Explorer Babak Tafreshi. He has spent his career documenting wildlife, humanity, and the cosmos—from dark national parks to bright urban areas—with the belief that […]
Curiosity moves us. Determination gets us there—because progress doesn’t happen on its own. See how we push forward.
