MPPGA Student Association

Sound bites of student life at the UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program.

[MPPGA Student Association @pubpoli]

Check out our upcoming event on March 30th from 12-1pm PST to help you learn all the tips and tricks for job negotiation! Click the link in the poster and sign up for this informative event!

[MPPGA Student Association @pubpoli]

Happy International Women's Day! Today we celebrate and uplift women's achievements, continue to raise awareness against bias and take action for equality. This year's theme is #choosetochallenge - what will you choose to challenge to help forge a gender equal world?

[MPPGA Student Association @pubpoli]

The spread of Incel ideology is being bolstered by the rise of right-wing extremism around the world. To combat the ideology, policy makers must act. By @realnicjensen

https://t.co/lFssNAnYwy

[UBC SPPGA @ubcSPPGA]

We are proud to release our 2019/2020 SPPGA Annual Report! Learn more about the way we work, our faculty-led research projects, the @ubcMPPGA program, and our convening, learning, and engagement activities: https://t.co/Ut4abytcyZ

[MPPGA Student Association @pubpoli]

Welcome to UBC and Vancouver, Professor Macfarlane!

[UBC SPPGA @ubcSPPGA]

We welcome Prof. Allison Macfarlane who has now begun her 5 year term as Director of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, @UBC_Arts, @UBC. We wish to thank Prof. @MaxwellACameron (@UBCPoliSci) for his tremendous efforts as Acting Director. https://t.co/5OIPy1zK17

[MPPGA Student Association @pubpoli]

Fighting systemic racism is a major theme of the ongoing protests. In this Q&A session from the #Lind19 event last year, @DrBobBullard shows how ending the institutional racism that persists in city planning is also crucial to environmental justice. https://t.co/nWapOgAY11

[UBC SPPGA @ubcSPPGA]

In light of #GeorgeFloyd’s death, Roxane Gay, a speaker for #Lind20 Thinking While Black, writes on the blatant injustices and #racism faced by Black people in the #US, doubly exasperated by the #COVID19 situation. Read more @nytimes: https://t.co/uYixmVeuwQ #BlackLivesMatter

[MPPGA Student Association @pubpoli]

In light of global efforts to amplify the voices of Black communities—Earlier this year @JoshuaDiemert hosted fellow students @edwinaedou and Esther Ocheni on the PRT Podcast, where they discussed how UBC can improve the Black experience on campus.
https://t.co/qgEepbelzY

[UBC Public Humanities @UBC_PH]

Dr. Annette Henry (@GRSJInstitute) spoke about the need to recognize systemic anti-Black racism that targets Black people and continues to subject them to state violence.

"We don't talk about it enough...
We like to look at things as isolated incidents."

Listen below.

[Canadian Intl Resources & Development Institute @CIRDI_ICIRD]

@ubcSPPGA @UBCPoliSci @ubcMPPGA @pubpoli FYI

[The Ubyssey | UBC's independent student newspaper @Ubyssey]

BREAKING: President Ono, the AMS and the AUS have posted statements amid ongoing anti-racist protests across Canada and the United States.
https://t.co/Ak9fx7RT5p

[MPPGA Student Association @pubpoli]

There's a new article on The Pub! Today, Guilherme Rosales shows why governments have the responsibility of conducting further public engagement when responding to crises, rather than meeting the bare minimum of informing the public. https://t.co/LLzlGBWMMW

[MPPGA Student Association @pubpoli]

Check out a new article on The Pub! Today @DKirupa discusses the issue of climate migrants not being addressed in the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and its potential impacts as the effects of climate change worsens across the world. https://t.co/ZS3iSTPLiE

[MPPGA Student Association @pubpoli]

@ubcMPPGA students! A reminder that the Student Association will be holding its AGM this Thursday to discuss proposed constitutional amendments! Hope to see you there!

[MPPGA Student Association @pubpoli]

New article is up on The Pub! Today second-year MPPGA student Guilherme Rosales discusses indigenous epistemology, and how exploring this type of learning could allow everyone to see the world in a more sustainable and less exploitative mindset. https://t.co/IOss5PZfJT

[MPPGA Student Association @pubpoli]

Hey all, check out a new podcast episode this weekend! This week, @JoshuaDiemert sits down with SPPGA professors
@MaxwellACameron and @jdierkes to discuss electoral reforms in Mongolia. https://t.co/RkYK9PswHN

[MPPGA Student Association @pubpoli]

Exciting Upcoming Event!

Memory, Intimacy & Difficult Knowledge: A Dialogue between @noosarowiwa and Dr. Juliane Okot Bitek

November 29th
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

👉RSVP: https://t.co/8CeNCFRGps👈

@UBC @liuinstituteUBC

[UBC SPPGA @ubcSPPGA]

Join us for a conversation on how should Canada navigate the increasingly complex Canada-US-China relationship. This @ubcMPPGA student-led event will take place at the Allard School of Law on Nov. 18 at noon. Please RSVP: https://t.co/TKWGlqv7vJ @pubpoli

[Joshua @JoshuaDiemert]

Another episode of the Pub in the books, talking about conservation, sustainability and the attention-seeking otters at Vancouver aquarium @ubcSPPGA @pubpoli

[MPPGA Student Association @pubpoli]

Hey all, don't forget to check out the first episode of this year's PRT Podcast! Here @JoshuaDiemert sits down with Matthew Colenbrander on his experience as a staffer on Parliament Hill! https://t.co/UECCibc7fh