Professor Naomi Klein named to Vancouver Magazine Power50 List
UBC Geography Professor Naomi Klein, and Co-director for the Centre for Climate Justice, has been named to Vancouver Magazine’s Power50 List, honouring Vancouverites making big, positive impacts on our communities.
Katie McChesney facilitates the exchange of knowledge and ideas at the Centre for Climate Justice
Katie McChesney facilitates the exchange of knowledge and ideas at the Centre for Climate Justice (CCJ). Her impactful work and the CCJ are highlighted in the fourth instalment of a five-part series showcasing faculty and staff that are leading the way in generating positive change at UBC.
Four Geography faculty receive NFRF awards
Four UBC Geography faculty received New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) awards for key research projects tackling the intersections of climate change, housing and health, as well as agroecology for climate change adaptation. The Government of Canada announced more than $92 million in research support for 165 Canadian-led projects through both the 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in […]
Naomi Klein’s Doppelganger tops 2023 book lists
Acclaimed author, activist and academic Naomi Klein is topping ‘best’ lists with her recent book Doppelganger. Associate professor at UBC’s Department of Geography and Director of Public Engagement for the Centre for Climate Justice, Klein describes her writing in the book as a form of cognitive and cultural mapping. “I think we need these orienting […]
Climate Emergency – GEOG 202
We are in a climate emergency. Imagining and enacting a just and sustainable future requires an understanding of what makes up the emergency, the challenge it presents and the set of strategies that already exist to address it. This course takes a critical approach to examining the state of scientific knowledge about the climate emergency and the policy challenges and pathways it presents.
Naomi Klein appointed as regular columnist for Guardian US
Her first column explores the claims being made about the future of artificial intelligence.
COP27: Egypt Unsilenced Collective
Mohammed Rafi Arefin and Naomi Klein share perspectives from journalists, lawyers and activists on the ground in Egypt during and after the climate conference.
Protests & Surveillance: Week 1 of COP27
Naomi Klein and Rafi Arefin reflect on the situation for civilians in Egypt after the first week of the COP27 conference.
‘Greenwashing a police state: the truth behind Egypt’s COP27 masquerade’
In a Long Read for The Guardian, Naomi Klein argues that Egypt’s hosting of the climate conference obscures a regime that imprisons activists and restricts research.
Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis join UBC Geography faculty
Both are widely known for their work on climate justice and social change, and will teach undergraduate courses with this focus.