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Mobilizing Knowledge Against Today’s Totalitarian Trends: Building an International Consortium of Concerned Academics

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

This mini-conference will feature twenty presentations by academics on global trends centralizing political authority, undermining judicial power, oppressing political opposition and independent journalism, and promoting cultural-cum-racial chauvinism. It will also hold open discussions and a planning session to better institutionalize Today's Totalitarianism consortium. Open to the public.

Free

CMS International Research Conference 2024

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

UBC Centre for Migration Studies is thrilled to invite you to its International Research Conference 2024 in conjunction with Hong Kong Baptist University Faculty of Social Sciences. This annual conference serves as a platform for scholars and practitioners to explore the intricate dynamics of migration and mobility in today’s interconnected world. Our 2024 theme, Belonging and Mobility in a […]

Free

From Yuquot to Leicester Square: Indigenous Northwest Culture in Eighteenth-Century Britain

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

The Department of English Language & Literatures is pleased to invite you to the 2024 Garnett Sedgewick Lecture, featuring Professor Robbie Richardson (Department of English and Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative, Princeton University). Dr. Richardson, who is a member of the Pabineau First Nation (Mi’kmaw), will present a talk entitled “From Yuquot to Leicester […]

Event Series Climate Emergency Week

Alone in a Burning World: (Re) Centering Collective Health for Climate Justice

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

Discussion and dialogue featuring: Namaste Marsden, Masemtxoxw, BA, LLB, from the Wilp Gamlaxyeltxw, Lax Ganeda (Frog Clan). Harlan Pruden (nēhiyo/First Nations Cree), works with and for the Two Spirit community locally, nationally and internationally. Seraphine Munroe, Reconciliation Technical Representative at Nak'azdli Whuten and Indigenous Archaeological field Director from the Dakelh territory. Dr. Cash Ahenakew, member of […]

Free

Japan’s Role in Indo-Pacific Security

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

Facing an ever-intensifying security environment and rapidly shifting diplomatic and economic landscapes in the Indo-Pacific region, Japan aims to minimize the risks of an armed conflict while maximizing opportunities for region-wide economic and social exchange in an era of enduring great power rivalry. What are Japan’s challenges in deterring an armed conflict over Taiwan? What […]

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Annual Symposium on Global Community Engagement

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

The ORICE Annual Symposium on Global Community Engagement will take place this year on October 19th, 2023 from 5:00pm to 9:30pm PDT at the Liu Institute’s ‘Place of Many Trees’.   This year’s theme, “Action Amplified,” aims to critically explore questions related to social, ecological, and economic challenges on local and global scales. The keynote speaker, Ash Peplow […]

Free