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Media
October 27, 2022UBC Connects with Tanya Talaga
Covering the Apocalypse: What it is like being an Indigenous journalist in Canada
Geopolitics
April 20, 2022UBC Connects Masterclass with Dr. Roland Paris
The Ukraine Crisis and Europe’s Future: A New Cold War?
Social Theory
January 25, 2022UBC Connects Masterclass with Gurminder K Bhambra
Decolonising Social Theory
Resilience
December 2, 2021UBC Connects with Michelle Good
Education through dialogue: the human cost of colonialism
Communication
November 15, 2021UBC Connects Masterclass with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Thinking with the Land
Pluralism
May 18, 2021UBC Connects Masterclass with Maaza Mengiste
Pluralism: Strengthening respect for diversity
Social Justice
March 12, 2021UBC Connects with Desmond Cole and Robyn Maynard
Beyond the Police state: a conversation with Desmond Cole and Robyn Maynard
Representation
March 4, 2021UBC Connects Masterclass with Kevin Kwan
Represent, Represent: The stories we tell change the world around us
Justice
November 3, 2020UBC Connects with Justice Edwin Cameron
Prisons and the F-word: Has the time come for a fundamental rethink?
Identity
September 23, 2020UBC Connects with James Makokis and Anthony Johnson
“Our Existences Are Political”: Identity and History as Pathways for Transformation
Biodiversity
July 31, 2020UBC Connects Masterclass with Vandana Shiva
The Future of Food and Farming in a Pandemic World
Physics
November 25, 2019UBC Connects with Donna Strickland
Laser Focus: Insight from a Nobel Laureate
Love
September 10, 2019UBC Connects with Helen Fisher
Swipe, Right?: The Future of Romantic Relationships in the Digital Age
Author
March 13, 2019UBC Connects with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is an award-winning Nigerian author whose work has been translated into over thirty languages.
Activist
March 6, 2019UBC Connects with Tarana Burke
A movement that empowers: “Me too” and the role of empathy in healing and change
Politician
February 26, 2019UBC Connects with John Kasich
Two-term former Ohio Governor John R. Kasich is a politician, a New York Times best-selling author, and a Senior Political Commentator for CNN
Plants
February 11, 2019UBC Connects with Michael Pollan
Food, plants and psychedelics: Revolutionary approaches to human health and well-being
Literature
November 20, 2018UBC Connects with Isabel Allende
The Alchemy of Truth: The power of story to change the world
Physics
September 26, 2018UBC Connects with Michio Kaku
The Universe in a Nutshell: Why physics is the key to pretty much everything
Society
April 19, 2018UBC Connects with Waneek Horn-Miller
The Wisdom of Reconciliation: A roadmap for multiculturalism
Economics
March 8, 2018UBC Connects with Jeremy Rifkin
The Third Industrial Revolution: Can we prevent the next mass extinction of life on Earth?