Events at: Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees)

3P Conference: Passing, Posing, Persuasion: Cultural Production and Coloniality in Modern Japan

This two-day international conference will bring scholars from East Asia and North America together to interrogate various intersections of cultural production (including literature, film, popular magazines, manga, and more) in imperial and post-imperial Japan through the lens of racial, ethnic, and linguistic passing and propaganda, with a special keynote speech by acclaimed artist Shimada Yoshiko. Information […]

Raising Global Families: Parenting, Immigration and Class in Taiwan and the US

With Dr. Pei-Chia Lan (Distinguished Professor of Sociology, National Taiwan University) Public discourse on Asian parenting tends to fixate on ethnic culture as a static value set, disguising the fluidity and diversity of Chinese parenting. Such stereotypes also fail to account for the challenges of raising children in a rapidly modernizing world, full of globalizing values. Dr. […]

Challenging the Status Quo: China and Global Governance

What changes does China want from the existing international order? What strategies it has adopted to bring about those changes? This talk will address these questions and explore how the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) may fit into a coherent strategy. About the speaker: Dr. Songying Fang is Associate Professor […]

Little Voices from Fukushima, a Film Screening and Discussion

Join us for this film screening and discussion by filmmaker Hitomi Kamanaka from Japan on her film, 小さき声のカノン– 選択する人々(“Little Voices from Fukushima”). SPPGA Professor Ramana will provide remarks on nuclear disasters and explore the contemporary nuclear power conversation. Open to all, inclusive of all levels of knowledge and interest in these issues. A light lunch will be provided. About […]

The Rise of Mega-companies in the Global Food System: Implications for Justice and Sustainability

Join this event to hear from Jennifer Clapp, Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability and Professor in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo.

Climate Hope Graphics_Website FT imageHope vs Hopium – Is There a Role for Hope in the Climate Era? with Karen Mahon Carrington

In this session we will look at tools and maps to help guide us through this time of massive upheaval.  We will look at the hard lessons learned by humanity at other difficult times and  from them, explore how we can live full, engaged, meaningful and even joyful lives through this time of climate chaos.

How Ancestral Voyaging Mobilizes Knowledge of Biodiversity & Climate Change

How Ancestral Voyaging Mobilizes Knowledge of Biodiversity & Climate Change A vaka built in Taumako ©Vaka Taumako Project February 2, 2023 5:00 to 7:00 pm Reception: 7:00 to 8:30 pm xʷθəθiqətəm or The Place of Many Trees Liu Institute for Global Issues 6476 NW Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 The future of the ocean […]

The Global Significance of the Indo-Pacific

A UK and Canada Panel Discussion Presented by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC and the British Consulate-General in Vancouver On the occasion of the visit of UK Minister for the Americas and Caribbean, David Rutley MP, UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the British Consulate-General in Vancouver […]

Careers & Employment with the Federal Government

CAREERS & EMPLOYMENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Presented by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC Taki Sarantakis (President, Canada School of Public Service) and Lawrence Hanson (UBC’s University Champion; Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada) share career stories and experiences working in Canadian government in an informal dialogue, followed […]

Mobilizing Knowledge Against Today’s Totalitarian Trends: Building an International Consortium of Concerned Academics

This mini conference will feature 20 presentations by academics on global trends centralizing political authority, undermining judicial power, oppressing political opposition and independent journalism, and promoting cultural-cum-racial chauvinism.

The Church That Lays Money, Honour, and Power: Catalysts for Hereditary Succession of Head Ministers in South Korean Churches

Join CKR for a lecture by Gil-soo Han examining the rise of hereditary succession in church leadership in South Korea and the socio-cultural factors that have driven this trend, including secularization, undemocratic practices, and Confucian influences.