BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//School of Public Policy and Global Affairs//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:School of Public Policy and Global Affairs - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201120T1601Z-1605888074.9187-EO-36140-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240329T011046Z CREATED:20201119T210803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T232831Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201203T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201203T180000 SUMMARY: Matriarch Illuminations – “Where we go from here” DESCRIPTION: Join a discussion on “Where we go from here” with SPPGA Policy Practitioner Fellow Jessica Wood and Andrea Reimer\, Adjunct Professor of Practice\, and Professor Sheryl Lightfoot (SPPGA\; Political Science) as p art of the Matriarch Illuminations series. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Please watch the video recording below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQkRbkEBkrI&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel =UBCSchoolofPublicPolicyandGlobalAffairs
Jessica Wood\, known as < em>Si Sityaawks (Woman who creates change)\, from the Gitxsan and Tsim shian First Nations with roots among the Tahltan and Nisga’a Nations\, is e ngaging in dialogue for a 5-part series called Matriarch Illu minations in November and December 2020. Jessica Wood is the curre nt Policy Practitioner Fellow at the School of Public Policy and Global Aff airs at the University of British Columbia and she will host fellow Matriar chs from across Turtle Island.
Students\, staff\, faculty and communi ty members are invited to pour themselves a cup of tea and sit around the v irtual table to listen.
Format: A 45 min discussion\ , 15 min Q&A from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm on various evenings on Zoom
Guest Speak ers: Andrea Reimer\, Adjunct Professor of Practice\, School of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs and Sheryl Lightfoot\, Professor\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Department of Political Science\, UBC< /p>
Theme: “Where we go from here”
Student Host: Lisa Sl ager\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Guest S peakers' Bios:
Andrea Reimer is an Adjunct Professor of Prac tice at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. She was the schoo l’s first Policy Practitioner Fellow. Andrea has been a strong public voice in Vancouver and the metro region for almost two decades\, with a focus on working with residents to build green\, reconciled\, engaged communities a nd making government easy for the public to access.
Andrea started he r public work as a community organizer on community efforts to achieve grea ter social\, environmental and economic justice. In 2002\, she was elected to the Vancouver School Board\, a first for the Green Party in Canada. In 2 008\, Andrea co-chaired Gregor Robertson’s successful campaign for Mayor\, ran for Council herself\, and went on to be elected to three terms on Vanco uver City Council.
During her decade on City Council\, Andrea spearhe aded a number of initiatives\, including the City’s effort to be the Greene st City on earth and Vancouver’s nationally significant municipal framework for reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
As a long-time political lead on community planning in Vancouver and as Vancouver’s representative on Metro Vancouver’s Regional Planning Committee\, Andrea also brings a str ong understanding of housing\, transportation\, and land use issues across the region.
Sheryl Lightfoot is Canada Research Chair of Global In digenous Rights and Politics and Associate Professor\, School of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs and the Department of Political Science at the Unive rsity of British Columbia.
As one of the world’s experts in global In digenous politics\, Sheryl’s research specializes in complex questions of I ndigenous peoples’ rights and how those rights are being claimed and negoti ated in various political spaces. Her work explores both practical and theo retical aspects of implementation of Indigenous rights globally as well as in comparative domestic and regional contexts.
Sheryl also currently serves as Senior Advisor to the UBC President on Indigenous Affairs. Sheryl is Anishinaabe from the Lake Superior Band of Ojibwe\, enrolled at the Kew eenaw Bay Community in northern Michigan.
Learn more about the Ma triarch Illuminations series here.
For technical assistance\, please email lindsay.marsh(at)ubc .ca
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