UNBC To Host Inaugural "Trudeau Lecture"
 

October 21, 2008

The effects of globalization will be the topic of a presentation thisThursday evening that will mark the first-ever “Trudeau Lecture”presented by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.

The Foundation was established in 2002 and selects leading scholars tobe Trudeau Fellows examining public policy issues related to theenvironment, globalization, social justice, and citizenship. This year,for the first time, the Foundation is presenting one talk from each ofits five Fellows in communities across Canada. Collectively, they willbe the first Trudeau Lectures and they will be published in Canada’stwo official languages. The lectures will be presented between Octoberand May, and the first one will be at UNBC’s Prince George campus.

The presentation – Globalization and British Columbia: A Long History?– will be presented at UNBC by Dr. William Coleman, a Trudeau Fellowand a Canada Research Chair on Globalization Studies and Public Policyat McMaster University in Hamilton. Dr. Coleman grew up in Pentictonand will speak about how British Columbia is influenced by globalforces and what it can do to shape these forces.

His talk will be Thursday, October 23, at 6:30pm in the Weldwood Theare(7-238), which is located between the Bookstore and the Canfor WinterGarden.

“UNBC is honoured to have been selected as the host for the firstTrudeau Lecture,” says John Young, Acting Dean of Arts, Social andHealth Sciences at UNBC and a professor of Political Science at theUniversity. “The timing of this presentation couldn’t be any better,coming on the heels of the global financial crisis. At the same time,communities such as Prince George know all about the effects ofglobalization and the dependence we have on foreign customers for ournatural resources.”

Dr. Coleman will be arriving in Prince George on October 22nd and will be available for media interviews on October 23rd.

The other 2008-09 Trudeau Lectures will be in Lethbridge, St. John’s, Moncton, and Ottawa.

Contact:
Rob van Adrichem, Director of Media and Public Relations, UNBC – 250.960.5622