What It Means For the West To Meet the East: Jen Loong
Name: Jen LoongTalk Title: “What It Means For the West To Meet the East”Notes: Sauder School of Business, Finance & Specialization, Minor in Economics, 5th yearTopic: This talk aims to address the...
View ArticleHow to Solve a Complex Problem – Kristian Dubrawski
Name: Kristian DubrawskiTalk Title: “How to Solve a Complex Problem”Notes: Faculty: Applied Science, Department: Chem. Bio. Engineering, Degree Program: PhDTopic: In the 1970s, various NGOs, including...
View ArticlePower to the People: Bringing electricity to rural Tanzania – Naeem Mawji
Name: Naeem MawjiiTalk Title: “Power to the People: Bringing electricity to rural Tanzania”Notes: Faculty: Applied Science, Department: Chem. Engineering, 4th yearTopic: This talk is about an...
View ArticleRebecca Gu – Conservation Challenges in Development.
Name: Rebecca GuTalk Title: “Conservation Challenges in Development.”Notes: Sauder School of Business;Topic: Environmentalism was a movement that was largely born out of the United States some 40-50...
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Killing Bill C-393 would be a facepalm of the highest possible order.
(Reprinted from Boingboing) Access to life-saving medicines is not a luxury, but a human right. ~Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal NetworkTo me, the above statement is one of those things that sound like a...
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Missing Al Jazeera reporter deported to Iran
Kim says:“I’m writing about a non-work matter that I thought you might be able to help me with. My dear friend Dorothy Parvaz is a journalist with Al Jazeera. In April she travelled to Syria to cover...
View ArticleGlobal dance moves: Matt is at it again.
I especially loved one of the comments:“WHY IS A VIDEO ABOUT A PUDGY DUDE DANCING WITH PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD MAKING ME CRY?”
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Piece of Mine: A Conflict Minerals FAQ
Image by the ENOUGH project (att-nc-nd)– – –What are conflict minerals? Conflict minerals are natural resources whose illegal exploitation and trade in a context of war make millions in revenue for...
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Children from around the world and where they sleep.
I always find this kind of photojournalism incredibly compelling (for instance, one of my favourite books to give as a present is Menzel D’Aluisio’s Hungry Planet). It’s alway an eye opener to see the...
View ArticleCollaborative Lessons Learnt from the Ugandan Deaf Community: Nidhi Joseph...
During a UBC International Service Learning summer placement, Nidhi Joseph and Ooi Koon Peng travelled to Uganda to work on literacy programs with a community library. During their placement they built...
View ArticleThe Story of Obedience | Serbulent Turan | TEDxTerryTalks
In this TEDx talk, Serbulent Turan tries to formulate an answer to the age-old question “why do we obey?” using the hybridity between political science and psychology. Turan explores different cases of...
View ArticleKe Nako! Changing the African Conversation | Malaika Kapur & Kuzi Mutonga |...
This talk offers a refreshing perspective on Africa by recognizing it as a thriving global business hub, and the epicentre of a youth dividend that will form the world’s largest labor force by 2035....
View ArticleA Journey of Purpose: From Refugee Camp to University | Rhoda Philip |...
Rhoda was born in a displaced peoples’ camp and at the age of 9 was moved to one of the world’s largest refugee camps (Kakuma). Here, she shares her own story of how she took education as a ship to...
View ArticleForced Migration and Resilience: How Countries Stand to Benefit | Miguel Rozo...
His family a victim of of political persecution, and even a kidnapping attempt on himself, Miguel talks about how an immigrants’ resilience to move forward compels them to be contributing members of...
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