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2022-23 Wall Catalyst Program on Climate and Nature Emergency

Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS) 6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and the UBC Emeritus College have assembled a cohort of Emeriti to participate in the 2022-23 PWIAS Catalyst Program. The Wall Catalyst Emeriti cohort will meet monthly to share research experience and engage with guest lecturers on the topic of the "Climate and Nature Emergency". This month, we have […]

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Indigenous Worldviews, Indigenous Law Revitalization & Self-determination as Critical Responses to Climate and Nature Emergency

Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS) 6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

part of the PWIAS Catalyst Program Panel Discussion with Dr. Robert Clifford, Allard Law School and Dr. Jocelyn Stacey, Allard Law School Moderated by Dr. Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, Emeritus College Cohort Robert Clifford will highlight how the project of Indigenous law revitalization and the reality of climate crisis necessarily interact, so that Indigenous theories and methodologies for Indigenous law revitalization and […]

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Advancing Climate Solutions in a Politically Polarizing World with Andrew Weaver

Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS) 6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Part of the PWIAS Catalyst Program Advancing Climate Solutions in a Politically Polarizing World with Dr. Andrew Weaver, Professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria Over the last century, scientific understanding of the causes and consequences of global warming has evolved to the point that it is, for all […]

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Political Economy of Extinction

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Part of the The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and the UBC Emeritus College lecture series Political Economy of Extinction and Biodiversity Loss with Dr. Jessica Dempsey, Geography  (2018 Wall Scholar) Dr. Rashid Sumaila, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs Dr. Louise Teh, Research Associate, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Audrey Irvine-Broque, Graduate Student, Geography In this session, […]

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Tipping Points: Climate Change, History and the North

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Part of the The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and the UBC Emeritus College lecture series Tipping Points: Climate Change, History and the North with Nancy Langston, Distinguished Professor of Environmental History at Michigan Technological University In this talk, Langston explores tipping points, caribou/reindeer restoration, and the possibility of hope in the Anthropocene. In climate […]

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