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    Sue Big Oil: A Made-in-BC Climate Campaign

    Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) 2260 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Thu. Feb. 9, 5-6.30pm PST Free in-person and virtual tickets https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sue-big-oil-a-made-in-bc-climate-campaign-tickets-506858987877 In July 2022, Vancouver city councillors voted 6-5 in support of a motion to set aside about $700,000 — roughly $1 per every Vancouver resident — to fund litigation against Canada’s biggest producers of oil and gas. Join leaders from UBC, West Coast Environmental […]

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  • Discussion of Maya Wind’s New Book, Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom

    Geography Building 1984 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Please join us for a discussion of Dr. Maya Wind’s new book, Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom (Verso Press), exploring how Israeli institutions of higher education are enlisted in Israel’s settler-colonial project. From campuses strategically built to anchor Israeli territorial expansion and Palestinian dispossession, through tailored degree programs for the military […]

  • 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 […]

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    Tea Creek – Film Screening with special guest speaker Jacob Beaton

    The Norm Theatre 6138 Student Union Blvd, Vancouver, BC

    Tickets Here Guest Speaker Following the film we will have a Q&A session with our special guest Jacob Beaton Jacob Beaton is an award-winning Indigenous entrepreneur and leader with previous business successes under his belt. Jacob holds the traditional name Dzap’l Gye’a̱win Skiik, meaning a busy eagle, or an eagle who gets things done. Film […]

  • Geography Atmospheric Apparitions Symposium Guest Lecture Javier Arbona-Homar

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

    This lecture and book discussion is part of the UBC Department of Geography’s Atmospheric Apparitions Symposium presented with the Liu Lobby Gallery at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs on September 18-19 2025. It is is free and open to the public. We encourage you to visit the departmental Atmospheric Apparitions: Particle Pollutants – Dust, Ash, […]

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