Events at: Case Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues

Canada-US Border Issues and Impacts post-Covid

CMS Borders Research Group, Speaker Series Speaker: Dr. Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly Topic: Canada-US Border Issues and Impacts post-Covid Wednesday, September 21, 2022 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm— Pacific Time (PT) Location: Case Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Hosted by the UBC CMS […]

Witnessing Empire’s Bordering Practices: Afghan American Diasporic Politics in the Aftermath of Withdrawal

Witnessing Empire’s Bordering Practices: Afghan American Diasporic Politics in the Aftermath of Withdrawal Helena Zeweri Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Anthropology Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Abstract: Based on preliminary and ongoing ethnographic research and community advocacy, this talk examines an emergent set of critiques around empire that […]

Reconsidering the Origins of Assimilation Theories

Reconsidering the Origins of Assimilation Theories Aryan Karimi Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Sociology Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Abstract: Classic, segmented-, and neo-assimilation theories explain intergroup relations. They, respectively, draw specific attention to ethnic pluralism, to the possibility of downward mobility into the underclass, and to […]

Climate Change, Domestic and Foreign Investment, and Migration in Ghana

Climate Change, Domestic and Foreign Investment, and Migration in Ghana Jemima Baada Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Geography  Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Abstract: The world’s resource-poor populations bear a disproportionate burden of global climate change effects. And according to the World Bank, as of 2018, four out […]

Beyond Implementation: The Negative Consequences of Bureaucratic Innovation and Cooperation

Beyond Implementation: The Negative Consequences of Bureaucratic Innovation and Cooperation Angie Bautista-Chavez Assistant Professor at the School of Politics and Global Studies Arizona State University Co-organized by the CMS Borders Research Group and UBC Latin American Studies Group Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Abstract: Through an analysis […]