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The Phil Lind Initiative: Jia Tolentino Copy

  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events

Jia Tolentino’s Phil Lind Initiative talk, ‘Who’s Afraid of Eating the Rich?’ part of Pop Politics

John KasichUBC Connects & The Phil Lind Initiative Present: John Kasich

26 February 2019 6:00 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events

Join President Santa J. Ono for a unique partnership between UBC Connects and the Phil Lind Initiative 2019 series featuring speaker John Kasich, two-term former Ohio Governor, CNN Senior Political Commentator, and a New York Times best-selling author.

Naomi Klein headshotNaomi Klein in Conversation with Kathryn Gretsinger

26 October 2019 2:00 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Tags: Naomi Klein

The #1 international and New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein speaks to the most pressing issue of our time: how bold climate action is essential—not only for environmental survival but also for a just and thriving society.

Lind 2020 Ta-Nehisi Coates Talk GraphicThe Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Ta-Nehisi Coates

11 February 2020 6:00 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events
  • Tags: Phil Lind Initiative series

Join us to hear from Ta-Nehisi Coates, author, MacArthur ‘Genius’ grant winner, and distinguished writer in residence at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, as the second speaker in our 2020 Phil Lind Initiative series on Thinking While Black. Reserve your tickets today!

Lind 2020 ROXANE GAYThe Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Roxane Gay

25 February 2020 6:00 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured News & Events
  • Tags: Phil Lind Initiative

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.

Lind 2020 Ibran X. Kendi Talk Graphics_SPPGAPOSTPONED – The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Ibram X. Kendi

17 March 2020 6:00 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events
  • Tags: Phil Lind Initiative

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 – The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Jesmyn Ward

24 March 2020 6:00 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events
  • Tags: Phil Lind Initiative

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.

The Phil Lind Initiative: Jia Tolentino

25 January 2024 6:00 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events

Jia Tolentino’s Phil Lind Initiative talk, ‘Who’s Afraid of Eating the Rich?’ part of Pop Politics

The Phil Lind Initiative: Suleika Jaouad & Jon Batiste

15 February 2024 6:00 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events

Phil Lind Initiative “Pop Politics” talk with writer Suleika Jaouad and musician Jon Batiste

The Phil Lind Initiative: Viet Thanh Nguyen

14 March 2024 6:00 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events

Phil Lind Initiative “Pop Politics” talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning author, MacArthur Genius and refugee advocate Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Phil Lind Initiative: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

21 March 2024 6:00 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events

Phil Lind Initiative “Pop Politics” talk with Climate activist and hip hop artist X Martinez

The Phil Lind Initiative: Sasha Velour

18 April 2024 6:00 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events

Phil Lind Initiative “Pop Politics” talk with acclaimed gender-fluid author and winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Sasha Velour

Feb 13 What it means to be 'American' - Adam KinzingerWhat It Means To Be “American” – Adam Kinzinger

13 February 2025 6:30 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Events, Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events

Join Adam Kinzinger as he takes us into the deeply polarized and fractured system that facilitated the Republican party’s transformation under Trump.

What It Means to be “American” – Ramy Youssef

27 February 2025 6:30 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Events, Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events

A singular voice in comedy and storytelling, Egyptian-American artist and creator Ramy Youssef brings heart, humor, and sharp social commentary to the Phil Lind Initiative.

Mar 13 What it means to be 'American' - ZiweWhat It Means To Be “American” – Ziwe

13 March 2025 6:30 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Events, Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events

Join us for a conversation on race and identity with Ziwe as she brings her own take on what it means to navigate identity in America today.

Mar 27 What it means to be 'American' - Raven ChaconWhat It Means To Be “American” – Raven Chacon

27 March 2025 6:30 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Events, Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events

Come watch Raven Chacon’s performance and chat with him about the lasting impacts of colonialism and how they affect ideas of “American” identity.

Apr 10 What it means to be 'American' - Heather Cox RichardsonWhat It Means To Be “American” – Heather Cox Richardson

10 April 2025 6:30 pm
  • Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Categories: Featured Events, Featured Homepage, Featured News & Events

Join Heather Cox Richardson as she draws from a deep well of historical knowledge to contextualize the current threats to American democracy.

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