We begin the Phil Lind Initiative 2019 series with Robert Bullard, considered the “Father of Environmental Justice” and a Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy,
The Phil Lind Initiative 2019 series presents Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, staff writer for The New Yorker and book author.
The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs presents Claudia Rankine, New York Times bestselling poet, MacArthur “Genius” award recipient, and Professor at Yale University, in conversation with Kaie Kellough, novelist, poet, and sound performer as part of the 2020 Phil Lind Initiative series on Thinking While Black.
UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to host Roxane Gay, author and cultural critic, as the third speaker in our 2020 Phil Lind Initiative series on Thinking While Black.
POSTPONED – UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to host award-winning historian and author Ibram X. Kendi as the fourth speaker in our 2020 Phil Lind Initiative series on Thinking While Black.
POSTPONED – UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to host Jesmyn Ward, MacArthur Genius and two-time National Book Award winner, as the final speaker in our 2020 Phil Lind Initiative series on Thinking While Black.
Watch a clip of the talk by political philosopher Michael Sandel on “The Anti-Democratic Turn” as part of the 2021 Phil Lind Initiative at UBC.
The 2021 Phil Lind Initiative series examines emerging fault lines in U.S. democracy and their wide-ranging implications for democracy everywhere.
Watch a recording of our event with Charles M. Blow on “The Anti-Democratic Turn” as part of the 2021 Phil Lind Initiative at UBC.
The 2023 Phil Lind Initiative series continues on February 16 with John McWhorter— New York Times best-selling author specializing in linguistics and race, host of Lexicon Valley podcast.