We are thrilled to celebrate the launch of the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and welcome our returning MPPGA students and o ur incoming class of global change makers on September 14th. Due to space r estrictions\, this event is by inv itation-only.
The newly established UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs seeks to be an essential centre for inn ovation in global affairs and public policy. In the world today\, we are wi tnessing the dramatic rise of emerging nations and a global rebalancing of power. This heightened level of complexity has created challenges so profou nd that they call for a new approach to policy\, one that fosters interdisc iplinary collaboration\, creativity\, and intercultural understanding. The goal of the school is to contribute to solving problems of local importance and global consequence.
The two founding units\, the Institute of As ian Research and the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, will continue as res earch institutes within the Policy School and be joined by the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institut ions (CSDI) and the Canadian International R esources and Development Institute (CIRDI). The school is also be the n ew home of the professional Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPP GA) program.
During the morning\, we’ll hear insights from Musqueam Elder Larry Grant\, Professor Santa Ono\, 15th President and Vice-Chancellor of UBC\, Gage A verill\, Dean of Arts\, and Moura Quayle\, Director of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs along with our keynote speaker\, Gordon Campbell\, former Cana dian High Commissioner to The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland\, former Premier of British Columbia\, former Mayor of Vancouver and CEO of Hawksmui r International Partners.
Our first panel includes global policy prac titioners will explore how the Policy School of the future should “think\, research\, teach and act” while our second panel of faculty\, student and a lumni presenters will explore how the MPPGA prepares “global change makers” and UBC’s unique strengths in contributing to solving problems of local im portance and global consequence.
Morning Panel: How should
the Policy School of the future “think\, research\, teach and act”?
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/strong>John McArthur\, Senior Fellow\, Brookings Institution\; Senior
Advisor\, UN Foundation
Tim Sargent\, Global Affairs Canada\, Deputy C
hampion for UBC
Kim Baird\, former elected Chief of the Tsawwassen Fir
st Nation
Moderator: UBC Professor Candis Callison
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strong>Afternoon Panel: “Global Change Makers”
MPPGA 2nd
year student and ALT Scholar Keskine Owusu Poku on “Becoming a Global Chang
e Maker
MPPGA Alumna Corrin Bulmer on “Reflections on the MPPGA Progra
m”
MPPGA Adjunct Faculty Anne Wittman on “How the MPPGA Prepares Globa
l Change Makers”
UBC Professor of Indigenous Studies Linc Kesler on “G
lobal Change Starts at Home: Developing Competence in Indigenous Policy Pro
cesses”
Moderator: UBC Professor Sheryl Lightfoot
Closing Remarks by Senator Yuen Pau Woo\, Senior Fellow
in Public Policy\, Institute of Asian Research\; former president of the As
ia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Tribute to Dr . J.J. Liou and Plaque Unveiling in the Liu Institute for Global Issues Lob by and remarks.
Program:
8:45 AM – 9:00
AM Doors open\, networking over coffee/tea and light refreshments
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM Welcome by UBC Policy School Director Moura Quayle9:05 AM – 9:15 AM Acknowledgement by Musqueam Elder Larry Grant
9:15 AM – 9:20 AM Video Remarks by Professor Santa J. Ono\, 15th Pr
esident and Vice- Chancellor of UBC
9:20 AM – 9:30 AM Remarks by
UBC Dean of Arts Gage Averill
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Keynote speech by
Gordon Campbell\, Former B.C. Premier\; Thank You Remarks: Philip Steenkamp
\, Vice-President\, External Relations
10:30 AM – 10:40 AM Break<
br />10:40 AM – 11:45 AM Panel: How should the Policy School of
the Future “think\, research\, teach and act”? and Q
&A
11:45 AM – 1:30 PM Lunch & Networking< /em>
1:30 PM – 3:15 PM Panel: Global Change Makers and
Q&A
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM – 3:
45 PM Closing Remarks by Senator Yuen Pau Woo
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Tribute to Dr. J.J. Liou and Plaque Unveiling with Remarks
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