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How Ancestral Voyaging Mobilizes Knowledge of Biodiversity & Climate Change

How Ancestral Voyaging Mobilizes Knowledge of Biodiversity & Climate Change A vaka built in Taumako ©Vaka Taumako Project February 2, 2023 5:00 to 7:00 pm Reception: 7:00 to 8:30 pm xʷθəθiqətəm or The Place of Many Trees Liu Institute for Global Issues 6476 NW Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 The future of the ocean […]

The Global Significance of the Indo-Pacific

A UK and Canada Panel Discussion Presented by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC and the British Consulate-General in Vancouver On the occasion of the visit of UK Minister for the Americas and Caribbean, David Rutley MP, UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the British Consulate-General in Vancouver […]

Michael B. Dwyer – Upland Geopolitics: Postwar Laos and the Global Land Rush

This event takes place on zoom, register to receive a link.  Speaker: Michael B. Dwyer, Indiana University Bloomington Moderator: Jessica DiCarlo, University of British Columbia Discussant: Juliet Lu, University of British Columbia In the twenty-first century, transnational land deals in economically poor but “land-rich” countries of the global South have become increasingly prevalent and controversial. […]

The Liu Lobby Gallery: Seeds of Our Ancestors

Seeds of Our Ancestors: stories of millet from Japan, Himalaya, and Zimbabwe The Liu Lobby Gallery presents a month-long exhibition featuring the photography of Liu Scholar Saori Ogura.  Around the world, people have passed down ancestral seeds and farming practices from generation to generation. Millet consists of several small-grained cereal species with a high degree […]

Henry Yeung – Semiconductors, Geopolitics & Post-Pandemic East Asia

This is a hybrid event that takes place both in-person at UBC and online via Zoom, Register today! Join the National University of Singapore’s Dr. Henry Yeung, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography, in a discussion surrounding his key empirical observations on the highly contested and politicized nature of semiconductor global production networks. Based […]

Coastal Livelihoods: A visual anthropology exhibit by Zana Mody

Coastal Livelihoods: Visual anthropology of artisanal fishing communities in Otuam, Ghana and Sundarbans, India Photography Exhibit: Aug 30 – Sept 29, 2023  Approximately 3.3 billion people around the world rely on fish and seafood as their primary source of protein and for their local economies, yet the methods for catching fish vary greatly in their […]

SPPGA Book Fair

Books available by donation, topics including international relations, Canadian and US politics, political theory and psychology, political science, public policy, environmental policy and much more!

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

This mini conference will feature 20 presentations by academics on global trends centralizing political authority, undermining judicial power, oppressing political opposition and independent journalism, and promoting cultural-cum-racial chauvinism.