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Sep 28: PWIAS Connections Lunch
Climate and Nature Emergency The PWIAS Connections Lunch is an opportunity for scholars, students, emeriti and invited guests to build connections and…
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Sep 27: Decolonizing Climate Coloniality
A public talk by Dr. Farhana Sultana presented by The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, The Centre for Climate Justice and The Centre for Ind…
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Sept. 22: Political Obstacles and Opportunities for Canadian Climate Policy
The Wall Catalyst Emeriti cohort meet monthly to share research experience and engage with guest lecturers on the topic of the “Climate and Natu…
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Aug 25: Your Self in Cyber-Space – Perils and Promises
Join the UBC B.R.A.I.N. Lab and experts with diverse backgrounds to discuss opportunities and risks brought by our increasing involvement with digital…
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Aug 8: Global Change at the Nexus of Climate, Biodiversity and Disease
Climate change, biodiversity loss, and disease emergence are the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. While the pairwise interactions b…
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July 5: From Neanderthals to COVID-19 – genetic and evolutionary sources of human immune response variation
Join Dr. Lluis Quintana-Murci, visiting scholar in the French Scholar Lecture Series, for a seminar on the role of genetic diversity in human adaptati…
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June 8: Nanostructured materials for catalysis
Join Prof. Chloe Thieuleux, visiting scholar in the French Scholar Lecture Series, for a seminar on innovative nanostructured materials for catalysis …
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Everyday activism: Civil society in Central and Eastern Europe 30 Years after Communism’s Collapse
Prof. Lisa Sundstrom, Department of Political Science, leads a PWIAS International Research Roundtable on May 12-13, 2022. This Roundtable will explor…
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May 12: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine – Impacts on Civil Society Around the Region
This public event is part of a PWIAS International Research Roundtable on 21st century civil society activism in Central and Eastern Europe led by Pro…
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May 7: Social Exposome Science Fair
This free all-ages event is part of the Social Exposome Roundtable on May 2-4 supported by PWIAS and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. The …
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May 5: The Guelph Lecture – On Being 2022
For 19 years the Guelph Lecture has been offering insightful and exciting performances, literary readings, and keynote presentations to our community …
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The Social Exposome in Child Health and Development
Despite being the 5th most prosperous country in the world, when compared to other developed countries, Canada’s rankings are alarmingly low on key me…
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