Author: GRC
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Bonus Episode 3: Summer, Soccer, and Saudi
What you think you know about sportswashing
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Bonus Episode 2: FIFA’s Club World Cup Circus
The Club World Cup ends with cheers, boos, and confusion
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Bonus Episode 1: Is Los Angeles Ready?
Amid ICE raids, protests and federal friction, is LA prepared for the FIFA World Cup?
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Bribe, Inc. is screening at UBC on Feb 5
Join the GRC for a free screening of Peter Klein’s latest documentary, Bribe Inc., on Feb 5 at 5:30 PM at UBC’s Frederic Wood Theatre. Followed by a Q&A with Klein and anti-corruption activist Alexandra Wrage.
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HOW DOES DISINFORMATION AFFECT DEMOCRACY?
Dr. Heidi Tworek’s research examines the history and policy of communications, focusing on how new media technologies impact democracy. Her interest in democracy was spurred by writing her prize-winning book, News from Germany: The Competition to Control World Communications, 1900-1945 (2019). Dr. Tworek’s insights have been featured in major outlets including The New York Times,…
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EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND THE FUTURE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES
Dr. Lisa Tobber is an Assistant Professor and the Principal’s Research Chair in Resilient Buildings at the University of British Columbia Okanagan and earned her PhD in Structural Engineering from UBC Vancouver. She leads the ASSET Group, a team of researchers dedicated to improving the seismic resilience of multi-story buildings through large-scale testing and numerical…
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CHASING SHADOWS: CYBER ESPIONAGE, SUBVERSION AND THE GLOBAL FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
Ronald Deibert is a global expert in digital technology, security, and human rights, known for his groundbreaking work on cyber security. His latest book, Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society (2020), based on his Massey lectures, won the 2021 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. He is also the author of Black Code: Surveillance,…
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RIOPELLE AND MUSICAL IMAGINATION
Blair Thomson is an accomplished composer and orchestral arranger, celebrated for his recent 75-piece composition for orchestra and choir commemorating the centenary of Jean-Paul Riopelle, which was recorded and premiered by the Orchestre Symphonique de MontrĂ©al (OSM) in 2022. His work spans orchestral, ensemble, theatre, dance, opera, musical theatre, and film and television compositions. He…
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LEGACIES OF ALLOTMENT: SETTLER LAND PRIVATIZATION AND THE DISMEMBERMENT OF INDIGENOUS NATIONS
Dr. Daniel Heath Justice, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is a leading scholar in Indigenous cultural and literary studies. His research explores questions of nationhood, kinship, and belonging, with a growing focus on intersections between Indigenous literatures, speculative fiction, and other-than-human peoples. His latest work is the co-edited anthology Allotment Stories: Indigenous Land Relations…
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CONVERSATION IN AN AGE OF RAGE
Carol Off is a renowned reporter covering Canadian and international current affairs. She was the co-host of the multi-award-winning CBC radio program, As it Happens. A prolific writer, she wrote the best-seller The Lion, The Fox, and the Eagle: A Story of Generals and Justice in Yugoslavia and Rwanda (2000), The Ghosts of Medak Pocket:…