Events at: Case Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues

100Days_Cover100 Days Book Launch

Join us for the UBC launch of 100 Days by PhD Candidate and Liu Scholar Juliane Okot Bitek. 100 Days (U of Alberta Press 2016) is a collection of poetry that negotiates ways to remember the 1994 Rwanda Genocide. Thursday, October 13th 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Case Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues Please RSVP […]

Water Stewardship in MiningExploring Water Stewardship, Risk & Opportunity in the Mining Sector: from theory to application

Join us for this Policy@UBC talk by WWF’s Alexis Morgan on Exploring Water Stewardship, Risk & Opportunity in the Mining Sector. Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Liu Institute for Global Issues – Caseroom (enter from our courtyard) Refreshments provided In January 2017, the World Economic Forum once again listed water as one of […]

Ocean CoastCan Environmental Regulation Make Extractive Industries More Innovative?

Join us for a Policy@UBC and CIRDI seminar series event titled Can environmental regulation make extractive industries more innovative? with John Steen, Associate Professor in Strategy at the University of Queensland Business School in Brisbane. Wednesday, September 27th 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm Caseroom – Liu Institute for Global Issues No RSVP required. Light refreshments offered. […]

Liu Case RoomPolicy@UBC Series

The Policy@UBC speaker series is hosted by the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and is designed to bring together faculty, students, government and community groups along with policy and global affairs experts from around the world to engage the UBC community around pressing policy issues, both domestic and global in scope. The […]

Liu Case RoomMiners, Minerals and Minamata: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on ASGM and Sustainable Development

Join us for a Policy@UBC and CIRDI seminar series event titled Miners, Minerals and Minamata: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on ASGM and Sustainable Development with Kirsten Dales, Director, Program Development, Canadian International Resources & Development Institute (CIRDI). 12:30 – 1:45 pm Thursday, October 26 Caseroom – Liu Institute for Global Issues Light refreshments offered. The Artisanal and Small-scale […]

Policy@UBC with Professor Maria Holuszko: Urban Mining Engineering to Facilitate a Zero Waste Scenario

  Join us for a Policy@UBC presentation with Professor Maria Holuszko on urban mining and e-waste management and recycling. We will also discuss how to build collaborations with social scientists to address the policy perspective, governance, incentive structures of this important sustainability issue. November 9th 2017 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM Caseroom – Liu Institute For […]

The Rise in Conflict Associated with Mining Operations: What Lies Beneath?

This upcoming CIRDI Seminar Series talk, in partnership with the Liu Institute for Global Issues, will present some of the key findings of a two-year study focusing on community-level mining conflicts. Presented by Tony Andrews, Principal, Centre for Responsible Mineral Development; and Ian Thomson, Principal, Shinglespit Consultants Inc. Wednesday, November 22, 2017 12:30 pm – 2:00 […]

Liu Case RoomEnvisioning the Mine of the Future: Erdene Resource Development Corp. and the creation of Shared Value in Mongolia

Join us for a talk with Mr. Jon Lyons, VP Regulatory Affairs and Strategy for Erdene Resource Development Corp., on “Envisioning the Mine of the Future: Erdene Resource Development Corp. and the creation of Shared Value in Mongolia.” Thursday, November 30, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:50 pm Case Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC […]

A Sociological Perspective on the Carbon Market: the Carbons, the Meanings, and the Policy Network with John Chung-En Liu

Join us at this talk, “A Sociological Perspective on the Carbon Market: the Carbons, the Meanings, and the Policy Network”, with John Chung-En Liu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, Occidental College.   Wednesday, March 14th 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Liu Institute for Global Issues – Caseroom Light refreshments offered. This event is now sold […]

Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World

  Join us for this talk with Stewart Patrick, James H. Binger senior fellow in global governance and director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program, Council on Foreign Relations, on his newest publication, Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World.  This discussion will be chaired by Professor Brian Job with UBC’s Department of […]

Treaty Porters, or, How Do You Solve a Problem like Charlie?

When Shanghai fell to communist forces in late May 1949 the city’s Tianlanqiao Prison held one British inmate. In this talk, I’ll introduce the man, his family networks and their reach, and the diverse range of sources I’ve been assembling. It will explore how he got there, where he came from, and where he went next, and also […]

China and its Changing Nuclear Weapons Policies

China had maintained a modest nuclear capability and posture for decades, but recent efforts to significantly expand its nuclear arsenal seem to deviate from traditional policy and defy international expectations. From a previously “lean and effective” nuclear force, China has shifted to a “powerful/high-level strategic deterrent capability,” as announced at the 20th Party Congress. This […]