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New perspectives on China’s Energy Security
March 1, 2012 starting
at 5:00 PM until
March 1, 2012 6:30 PM
Part of a thematic series titled “China in Global Perspective: The Energy - Sustainability Nexus.” Presented by Dr. Claude Comtois, and hosted in partnership with the Institute of Asian Research, CarbonTalks, and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions.
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UBC Dialogues: What does it mean to go green?
March 1, 2012 starting
at 6:30 PM until
March 1, 2012 9:00 PM
A provocative dialogue about sustainable living, featuring Jane Lister, Research Fellow, Liu Institute for Global Issues.
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Queer Kaleidoscopes: Disturbing Canadian Homonationalisms
March 2, 2012 starting
at 10:00 AM until
March 2, 2012 12:15 PM
OmiSoore H. Dreyden and Suzanne Lenon will speak to their forthcoming edited collection entitled, Queer Kaleidoscopes: Disturbing Canadian Homonationalisms. Hosted by the Global Queer Research Group (GQRG) and UBC's Critical Studies in Sexuality.
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Big Data Meets Big Brother: The Political Economy of Cyberspace Controls
March 2, 2012 starting
at 12:00 PM until
March 2, 2012 1:30 PM
Join us for a talk by Ronald Deibert, Director, Citizen’s Lab and Canada Centre for Global Security Studies, and Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto.
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Violence against Teenage Girls and Criminal Justice System Non/Responses
March 7, 2012 starting
at 12:00 PM until
March 7, 2012 1:00 AM
The Centre for Women's and Gender Studies lecture series presents Asia Czapska, Advocate/Coordinator at Justice for Girls.
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Citizenship for the Love of the World
March 7, 2012 starting
at 4:30 PM until
March 7, 2012 6:30 PM
The Law & Society Speaker Series and the Liu Migration Network are delighted to present Professor James Tully, University of Victoria.
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TJN Research Seminar: The Limits of Qualitative Research
March 9, 2012 starting
at 2:00 PM until
March 9, 2012 3:00 PM
The Transitional Justice Network (TJN) invites you to the eighth in a series of research seminars focusing on research methods and ethics in settings of violence.
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Trafficking in Children
March 10, 2012 starting
at 10:00 AM until
March 10, 2012 3:00 PM
A cross-campus dialogue on Trafficking in Children, with presentations from local and international experts in the field of human trafficking and a presentation by the Children of Street Society.
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IDRN Movie Night: Waste Land
March 12, 2012 starting
at 6:30 PM until
March 12, 2012 8:30 PM
Join us for this film night, presented by the International Development Research Network (IDRN).
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Field Debrief: Putting a finger on the trouble: Multispecies fieldwork on live wildlife capture economies in the Maya Forest
March 13, 2012 starting
at 12:30 PM until
March 13, 2012 1:30 PM
Presented by Rosemary-Claire Collard, Department of Geography, UBC.
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Development Speed Networking
March 14, 2012 starting
at 5:00 PM until
March 14, 2012 8:00 PM
Networking for international and human development, hosted by the International Development Research Network.
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Lobby Gallery Opening: Reframing Waterscapes
March 15, 2012 starting
at 4:00 PM until
March 15, 2012 6:00 PM
Please join us for the opening of this exhibit in the Lobby Gallery. Hosted by the Global and Transnational Ethnographies Research Network.
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North American Futures
March 16, 2012 starting
at 8:30 AM until
March 17, 2012 5:00 PM
A Berkeley - British Columbia Symposium
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Monitoring Canadian Mining in the Philippines through Social Media
March 19, 2012 starting
at 11:00 AM until
March 19, 2012 12:30 PM
A fieldwork report by Honey Mae Caffin, co-founder of the Mobit Project, and member of Canada-Philippine Solidarity for Human Rights. Opening by Dr. Philippe Le Billon, Liu Institute, and Department of Geography. Hosted by the Philippine Studies Series.
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Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences: A Design-Based Approach
March 19, 2012 starting
at 1:00 PM until
March 19, 2012 4:00 PM
A mini book conference presented by Thad Dunning, Political Science, Yale University.
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IDRN Movie Night: Burma VJ
March 20, 2012 starting
at 6:30 PM until
March 20, 2012 8:30 PM
Join us for this film night, presented by the International Development Research Network (IDRN).
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A Film Series: Terror, Occupation, Partition: Making Meaning of Post/Colonial Violences
March 21, 2012 starting
at 4:00 PM until
March 23, 2012 8:00 PM
Hosted in partnership with the Centre for Race Autobiography Gender and Age studies.
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Violence against Girls Living in Poverty & Canada’s Commitments to Girls’ Human Rights
March 23, 2012 starting
at 11:00 AM until
March 23, 2012 12:30 PM
Presented by Asia Czapska, Advocate/Coordinator at Justice for Girls. Hosted by the Transitional Justice Network.
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Lobby Gallery: Reframing Waterscapes, Artist Talk with Gu Xiong
March 26, 2012 starting
at 12:00 PM until
March 26, 2012 1:00 PM
Presented by the Global and Transnational Ethnographies Research Network.
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Health Now Mahrajan (Festival): Nowruz and Spring Celebration
March 27, 2012 starting
at 10:30 AM until
March 27, 2012 4:30 PM
Take part in this inaugural global health festival that celebrates learning with fun, exchanging experiences, and enhancing the global health network through interactive exhibits, dialogue circles, songs and conversation.
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Health Now Fair, Songs for Sustenance, Dialogue Circles
March 27, 2012 starting
at 10:30 AM until
March 27, 2012 2:30 PM
The program of activities based at the Liu Institute for Global Issues for the Health Now Mahrajan (Festival).
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Health Now Parade
March 27, 2012 starting
at 2:30 PM until
March 27, 2012 3:00 PM
From the Liu Institute for Global Issues to Green College. This is part of the of Health Now Mahrajan (Festival),
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Songs and Conversation with Bob Bossin and Danny Bakan, and Raffle
March 27, 2012 starting
at 3:00 PM until
March 27, 2012 4:30 PM
The program of activities based at Green College for the Health Now Mahrajan (Festival).
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Off track, onside? Realising the water and sanitation MDG may be possible, but what will it achieve?
March 28, 2012 starting
at 5:00 PM until
March 28, 2012 6:30 PM
Part of the Thematic Series, "The United Nations Millenium Development Goals: Progress and Prospects", co-sponsored by Green College, the Liu Institute for Global Issues and the International Development Research Network (IDRN).
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Constructing Statistics for Global Governance
March 30, 2012 starting
at 11:30 AM until
March 30, 2012 2:00 PM
Presented by Professor Martha Finnemore, George Washington University.
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