September 17, 2009
The Global Fridays at UNBC speaker’s series begins Friday, September 18 at the University of Northern British Columbia with a presentation by a prominent human rights lecturer from Harvard Law School. Bonnie Docherty, a Clinical Lecturer in the Human Rights Program at Harvard, will give a lecture titled “Forging Links: Integrated Approaches to Protecting Human Rights and the Environment.”
Global Fridays at UNBC brings international scholars to the University to give presentations on international issues, including human rights, politics, poverty, environmental issues, and race and gender relations:
- September 25 – Emilie Smith of the Diocese of New Westminster and the Guatemalan Anglican Church will lecture on “Gold Lust: Canada and Mining on Sacred Land in Guatemala.”
- October 2 – Dr. Julie Drolet of the School of Social Work at Thompson Rivers University will give a presentation titled “Women and Micro-Credit.”
- October 9 – Dr. Paul Summerville, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria, will present on “The Global Context of Canada’s Future.”
- October 30 – Professor James Peck, Canada Research Chair in Urban and Regional Political Economy at the University of British Columbia, will give a presentation titled “Neoliberalism: Dead or Alive?”
- November 13 – Juliet Olory of Development in Nigeria (DIN), a community action project in that country, which promotes forest conservation, poverty reduction and sustainable livelihoods, will give her presentation on “Poverty Reduction in Rural Nigeria.”
- November 20 – UNBC professor of International Studies Don Munton, will give a speech titled “Canada as a Global Spy: Demolishing the Myth of the International Boy/Girl-Scout.
All Events are at 12pm in the Senate Chambers of UNBC’s Administration Building.
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Michael Kellett, Communications Officer, UNBC - 250.960.5621
