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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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UBC professor Derek Gregory questions “surgical” drone strikes Published in the Georgia Straight Magazine, September 22, 2011…
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Wall Exchange speaker Craig Venter featured in the Georgia Straight Magazine: Scientist J. Craig Venter says synthetic cells create the potential to s…
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On the unanimous recommendation of Professor Dianne Newell and the Academic Advisory Committee of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at UBC…
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