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Gender and Deliberative Democracies

*Originally recorded March 10, 2023* Dr. Afsoun Afsahi Assistant Professor University of British Columbia Abstract: Scholars have long identified deliberation as crucial for healthy democracies.…

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The Disunited Kingdom: Separatism in the Post-Brexit Era

*Originally recorded November 4, 2022* Dr. Clare McGovern Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science Simon Fraser University Abstract: The new British government faces multiple economic…

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Paradise Threatened: The Human Face of Resource Extraction and Climate Change in Fiji

*Originally recorded January 17, 2020* Dr. Tristan Pearce Associate Professor, Department of Global and International Studies Canada Research Chair in Cumulative Impacts of Environmental Change…

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Global Multipolarity and the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)

*Originally recorded October 11, 2019* Dr. Leslie Elliott Armijo Professor, Department of International Studies Simon Fraser University Abstract:In 2006, four disparate emerging powers, which the…

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Provision, Progress, and the Good Life - The Crisis of Resource Extraction in an Andean Community

*Originally recorded March 15, 2019* Dr. Marieka Sax Research Lead, Cumulative Impacts Research Consortium (CIRC) University of Northern British Columbia Abstract:The remote highland town of…

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Canada's Indigenous Border Wall: An Examination of the Ways that the Canadian Government’s Lack of Reciprocation of the Jay Treaty Infringes on First Nations Rights

*Originally recorded March 8, 2019* Audio Only Sm Łoodm ’Nüüsm – Dr. Mique’l Dangeli Adjunct Professor, Department of First Nations Studies University of Northern British…

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Responsibilizing the Mining Corporation: Insights from Ghana

*Originally recorded March 1, 2019* Dr. Nathan Andrews Assistant Professor, Department of Global and International Studies University of Northern British Columbia Abstract: Resource extraction (and…

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The Making of the "Destruction of Memory"

*Originally recorded February 1, 2019* Co-sponsored by Anthropology in our Backyards and the Global and International Studies Department Tim Slade Film Director Synopsis: Based on the book with the…

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Keeping the Past Alive in the Present: Heritage 'Work' in a Rural Cypriot Villiage - Dr. Erin Gibson - January 18, 2019

Global Fridays

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Trains and Transmission: 1918 Influenza Pandemic Across the Maltese Islands

*Originally recorded January 11, 2019* Dr. Lianne Tripp Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology University of Northern British Columbia Abstract:This fall and winter marks 100 years since…

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Reflections on Societal Leadership Roles in Moving Towards Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples

*Originally recorded November 16, 2018* Co-sponsored by Inspiring Women Among Us (IWAU) Georgina Lloyd Senior Director, Consultation and Accommodation Unit, Implementation Branch Indigenous Northern…

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Framing the War - Women in Japanese Wartime Propaganda and Film

*Originally recorded November 9, 2018* Dr. Tristan Grunow Assistant Professor, Department of History University of British Columbia

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#BringBackOurGirls: Terrorism, Political Toxicity and Human Rights Advocacy

*Originally recorded October 26, 2018* Dr. Temitope Oriola Associate Professor, Department of Sociology University of Alberta Abstract: This presentation analyzes the framing of the…

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The Familiar / Familial Filipina and the Production of Philippine Tourism and Corporate Markets

*Originally recorded October 19, 2018* Dr. John Paul (JP) Catungal Assistant Professor, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice University of British Columbia Abstract: The figure…

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Making Sense: (Re) Producing Settler Colonialism through Knowledge

*Originally recorded October 5, 2018* Liam Midzain-Gobin PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science McMaster University Abstract: My project looks at the implications of data collection on…

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Coming Back to a Sense of Community: Sami Culture, Colonial Pain and the Complexity of Decolonization

*Originally recorded September 28, 2018* Dr. Astri Dankertsen Associate Professor in Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences Nord University, Norway Abstract: This talk is based on my research on…

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