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The Peter Wall Institute is proud to host the 2013 Biannual University-Based Institutes for Advanced study (UBIAS) in September. This conference is an…
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On Monday January 21, 2013, Institute Associate Dr. Stephen Sheppard facilitated an interesting discussion at the Wall Scholars Café on Changing socia…
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Videos from the Institute’s Spring and Fall 2012 Wall Exchange lectures and discussions are now available on our YouTube channel. Included are: …
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As food crises around the world continue to raise questions about the security and safety of global food production, a new book examines global agricu…
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On October 6, 2012, Wall Associate and former Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Professor Dolph Schluter was inducted into the American Academy of A…
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Dr. Derek Gregory, Distinguished Professor at the Peter Wall Institute since July 2011 and Professor of Geography at UBC, was awarded the first ever I…
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Read the interviews with Judith Butler, Wall Exchange 2012 speaker Feminist scholar Judith Butler foresees rising repression against protests in the w…
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Dr. Brett Finlay, Wall Distinguished Professor, received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal on April 11, 2012. The Medal is awarded to Canad…
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Wall Distinguished Professor, Dr. Derek Gregory, FRSC, FBA, Dr. h.c. (Roskilde), Dr. h.c. (Heidelberg), delivered the British Academy Lecture in Londo…
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Christina Laffin, Assistant Professor Asian Studies and 2006-2007 Wall Early Career Scholar, has been appointed as the new Canada Research Chair in Pr…
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Watch the September 29, 2011 webcast for the Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence public talk co-sponsored with Green College Aristotle’s Ethics an…
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The Consul General of France, Evelyne Decorps, and the scientific attaché of the Consulate General of France in Vancouver, Didier Marty-Dessus, were s…
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