UNBC Global Friday Speaker Series

Global Fridays serve as a forum for faculty and students interested in all things 'global.'

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The next @UNBC Global Friday will be on February 28, with Dr Vanda Felbab-Brown delivering a talk titled ‘Drugs, Security, and Tariffs in Mexico’. Please join us at 12pm in room 7-152 or online at https://t.co/HU1P4GnHpY

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Join us for the next @UNBC Global Friday talk on February 7! Dr Edward Akuffo will be giving a talk titled ‘Africa’s Geopolitical Space and Canda-Africa Relations in a Shifting Global Order’, in room 7-152 at 12pm.

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We're excited to launch our Winter 2025 series in collaboration with @UNBC Northern Days! Dr. Gail Fondahl, UNBC Professor Emerita, will give a talk titled ‘A Fractured North: Musings on Coping with the Closure of the Russian North to Scholars’. Join us in room 7-152 at 12pm!

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https://t.co/eUL7Nn101l

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A huge thank you to Dr. Jay Dolmage for such an important and engaging talk on November 22! And thank you to all who have attended and engaged in the Global Friday talks this semester. We look forward to seeing you in the new year - keep an eye out for the Winter 2025 schedule!

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The final Global Friday talk of the Fall 2024 semester will take place on November 22. We are excited to welcome Dr. Jay Dolmage (@JayDolmage ) to @UNBC for a talk titled ‘Academic Ableism and its Alternatives’. We look forward to seeing you at 12pm in room 7-152!

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For our next Global Friday, on November 15, we are so excited to welcome Dr. Nathan Andrews (@Nathan_Andrews1) back to @UNBC for a talk titled ‘Unpacking the Visible and the Hidden: Racism, Whiteness and Epistemic Oppression in the Canadian Academy’, at 12pm in room 7-152!

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For our next Global Friday, on November 1, we’ll be welcoming Dr. Andy Hira to UNBC for his very timely talk titled ‘The 2024 US Presidential Election as an Historical Conjuncture’, taking place at 12pm in room 7-152!

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We’re looking forward to welcoming Dr. David J. Hornsby to UNBC for his talk titled ‘The Future of Universities: Towards the Citizen Scholar’, on October 25 in room 7-152 at 12 pm!

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We are excited to welcome Dr Miriam Anderson for our next Global Friday talk on Oct 18! Join us via Zoom for her talk titled 'Feminism in the Face of Failure'.
https://t.co/9owu2Hf7Q5
Webinar ID: 696 2129 2935
Webinar passcode: 608003

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We are very excited to welcome journalist Brandi Morin for our next Global Friday talk on Oct 4 at 12pm. Join us via Zoom for her talk titled ‘Lessons in Resilience’!
https://t.co/9owu2Hf7Q5
Webinar ID: 696 2129 2935
Webinar passcode: 608003

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We open the '24-25 #unbc Global Friday Series with Dr Christine Campana, Department of English, UNBC. Join us for her talk, “Indigenous Perspectives on More-Than-Human Movement in the Poetry of Gloria Alvernaz Mulcahy and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson" on Sept 20 in 7-152 at 12pm.

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Please join us today for Dr. Pedro Monaville's talk, Student Power, Decolonization, and Worldmaking!
This will be the final Global Friday talk of the Semester, so be sure to come to Room 7-152 at noon today for this #globalfriday presentation.

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Global Friday, Polar Days & Northern Studies proudly presents Dr. Jenanne Ferguson with her talk - The City as a New Language Stronghold? Sakha Language Practices in Yakutsk in the 2020s.
Join us today in Rm 7-152 at #unbc from 12pm - 1:30pm.

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Join us at the #princegeorge campus, Room 7-152, on Friday, March 15th for Dr. Paulo Ravecca's talk 'Beyond self-righteousness: Neoliberalism, democratic deficit and the global rise of the far-right'.
https://t.co/QUMdebeGnk

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We are honoured to have Dr. Chamindra Weerawardhana
@drchamie
here to present at Global Friday on International Women's Day - March 8th 2024. #globalfriday #DecolonialFeminisim #InternationalWomensDay2024 #unbc https://t.co/Bkj3q7jgjn

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Join us March 1 in room 7-152 to see Dr. Nick Dorzweiler present on “Human Nature in Action”: Harold Lasswell, NBC Radio, and the Psychotherapy Program for the American Masses"

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Join us February 2, 2024 in room 7-152 to hear Dr. Emmanuel Chilanga present on "Accessibility of Sanitary Facilities Among Food Sellers in African Secondary Cities: Implications for Food Safety and Urban Planning Policies"

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Join us this Friday, January 26th for a talk by Dr. Davide Panagia on "After Free Speech: #datapolitik and the Failures of Liberalism"

Webinar Link: https://t.co/9SC2n488VR
Zoom Webinar ID: 617 7934 4111
Zoom Passcode: 602288

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Please note this has been moved to online due to the inclement weather.

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Opening the Winter 2024 series is Dr. Vaibhav Saria. Their talk on "Global Health, Death, and the Moral Work of the Doctor in India" will happen January 19th in 7-152 in the Agora.

Find the abstract and speaker's bio on our website: https://t.co/TqnD1FedJ8