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Colloquium with Dr. David Ley

We are delighted to welcome Dr. David Ley as our next colloquium speaker on Tuesday 10th October. Dr. David Ley is Professor Emeriti in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia. David is an urban geographer, or perhaps better a human geographer interested in urban society and landscapes (treated in A Social […]

Colloquium with Dr. Simi Kang

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Simi Kang as our next colloquium speaker on Tuesday 17th October.  This event is co-sponsored with iBioS. Dr. Simi Kang is a Sikh American educator, artist, and scholar. Their work centers Asian American collaborative resistance as a site for imagining environmentally just futures in Southeast Louisiana. Working alongside a non-profit that […]

Colloquium with Dr. Anise Vance

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Anise Vance as our next colloquium speaker on Wednesday 1st November.  This event is co-sponsored with UBC Geography, Creative Writing and St. John’s College. Hope at the Ends of World: Resistance and Belonging in Moments of Rupture Anise Vance’s debut novel, Hush Harbor, explores issues of resistance, belonging, and […]

A Conversation About the Warmest Year in Recorded History

The results are in – 2023 was the warmest year in recorded history. Join scientists Rachel White (climate science; EOAS), Anais Orsi (paleoclimate + climate science; EOAS), Lori Daniels (Forestry), and Simon Donner (climate science, Geography and IRES) for a conversation about the causes and impacts of 2023’s record setting temperatures.

Between Reparations and Freedom

In The Long Emancipation, Dr. Rinaldo Walcott posits that Black people globally live in the time of emancipation and that emancipation is definitely not freedom. This talk tackles the question, ‘What is (Black) freedom?’.