Category: Vancouver Institute
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THE FUTURE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT IN CANADA
Four-time Olympian and Olympic rowing silver medalist, Ms. Tricia Smith, O.C., O.B.C., has been the president of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) since 2015 and was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2016. A practicing lawyer and UBC alumna, Ms. Smith is also a member of the Canadian Olympic Hall…
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BACK TO THE FUTURE: REVISITING THE CLIMATE CHANGE CRISIS A DECADE LATER
Dr. Andrew Weaver, O.B.C., has served on numerous national and international committees, including being a Lead Author in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Dr. Weaver is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society and the American Association…
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WHAT TO DO ABOUT OCEAN CLEARCUTTING & ANNIHILATION FISHING
Dr. Amanda Vincent was the first person to study seahorses underwater, to document the extensive trade in these fishes, and to initiate a seahorse conservation project. She is very active in marine management and policy issues.
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LETTERS, CONNECTIONS, AND CURES
Ivan Coyote performing spoken word has contributed to depicting the complexities of gender, sexuality, and identity in the representation of queerness in Canadian literature, collaborating with musicians to combine storytelling and music. They have written eleven books that have been awarded or shortlisted for literary awards.
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OVERDOSE: HEARTBREAK AND HOPE IN CANADA’S OPIOID CRISIS
Professor Benjamin Perrin’s research covers issues related to victims of crime, and the opioid crisis. He is an advocate for compassionate, evidence-based approaches to pressing criminal justice and societal issues.
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A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE: HOW UNIVERSITIES MUST EVOLVE IN A POST-COVID WORLD
Dr. Joy Johnson has led several initiatives to mobilize research and influence policy. Prior to her appointment as president, she was SFU’s vice-president, research and international. She was also the Scientific Director for the Institute of Gender and Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; in this capacity she is credited for ensuring gender…
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THE EXTRAORDINARY AFTERLIFE OF OSCAR WILDE
Dr. Gregory Mackie specializes in Victorian and Modernist literature, drama, and book history. His monograph Beautiful Untrue Things: Forging Oscar Wilde’s Extraordinary Afterlife (2019) examines a lost archive of Wilde forgeries that flooded the rare book market in the 1920s.
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Be Kind, Be Calm, Be Safe: Leading in the Time of COVID
Dr. Penny Ballem is a clinical professor Emeritus of medicine at the University of British Columbia and a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She has been the recipient of several awards for her dedicated work in medicine and public service.
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Infinity Fish: Economics and the Future of Fish and Fisheries
Dr. Rashid Sumaila’s research focuses on bioeconomics, marine ecosystem valuation and the analysis of global issues such as fisheries subsidies, marine protected areas, illegal fishing, climate change, marine plastic pollution, and oil spills.
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Restoring Democracy in an Age of Populists and Pestilence
Jonathan Manthorpe has been a foreign correspondent and international affairs columnist for then Southam News, the Toronto Star, and the Vancouver Sun. He is a founding columnist with Facts and Opinions, and contributor to iPolitics.