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SPPGA Releases 2021-2022 Annual Report

Learn more about the major research, achievements, and programming of the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in our 2021-22 annual report.

Prof. Rashid Sumaila: Globe Climate: Why Getting Women and Girls in the Fishing Boat is Good for the Environment

Prof. Rashid Sumaila (SPPGA; UBC Oceans) comments on The Globe and Mail’s article on Globe Climate

Prof. Heidi Tworek: Biden’s Covid-19 Declaration, Twilight of the SPAC & Genome Editing 2.0

Prof. Heidi Tworek (SPPGA; CSDI) speaks on her thoughts of President Biden’s declaration that the “pandemic is over” and how leaders discussing the evolution of Covid-19 in its third year.

Prof. Yves Tiberghien: Imagination and Pragmatism Needed to Navigate a World in Shock

SPPGA Faculty Associate Yves Tiberghien (SPPGA; Poltical Science) highlights the global crises around the world

In the Media

Prof. Rashid Sumaila: Globe Climate: Why Getting Women and Girls in the Fishing Boat is Good for the Environment

September 27, 2022

Prof. Heidi Tworek: Biden’s Covid-19 Declaration, Twilight of the SPAC & Genome Editing 2.0

September 27, 2022

Prof. Yves Tiberghien: Imagination and Pragmatism Needed to Navigate a World in Shock

September 27, 2022

Research & Impact

SPPGA Releases 2021-2022 Annual Report

September 23, 2022

Senior Fellow Gisèle Yasmeen: The Historical Role of Cities in Recursively Shaping Global Food Systems – Southeast Asia

September 21, 2022

Prof. Sheryl Lightfoot: UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan Funding Sees Student Projects Get off the Ground

August 10, 2022

Featured Event

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LINA’s Re-Imagining Sustainable Development Conference

September 28, 2022 - September 30, 2022

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