Prospects and Challenges for a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) in Canada: What Have We Learned So Far?
Science Building (SCI) 1177 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, CanadaJoin us for an economics colloquium featuring four speakers.
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Peasant Strategies Towards Consumption Risk: Potential Lessons for Economic Development From Medieval England
Arts Building (ART) 1147 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, CanadaThis talk will present evidence for the effectiveness of peasant strategies toward subsistence risk and that such strategies ultimately shaped many aspects of the Medieval English economy.
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The Persistence of Economic Outcomes Over the Very Long-run: The Coevolution of Cooperation and Punishment Norms
Arts Building (ART) 1147 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, CanadaThis presentation reviews the growing persistence literature with the goal of motivating a focus on the historical roots of economic development.
The Meaning of Walls: Learning within Walls in an Arctic Hamlet
Okanagan Regional Library (Downtown Kelowna) 1380 Ellis, Kelowna, BC, CanadaJoin us for a lively discussion about the walls we do not see right in front of us.
Labour After Socialism: A Comparative Perspective
Arts Building (ART) 1147 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, CanadaExplore how workers and trade unions have followed very different trajectories since the end of the Cold War and collapse of state socialism.
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From the Anti-Confederates to Wexit: Regional Alienation and Federal Transfers in Canada
Arts Building (ART) 1147 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, CanadaDr. Trevor Tombe from the University of Calgary surveys the history of various fiscal transfer programs, exploring their scale, scope, and design, using comprehensive data from Confederation to the present.
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Power, Conflict and Ideas Speaker Series Presents Dr. David McNally
Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences presents: Dr. David McNally Cullen Distinguished Professor of History & Business Department of History University of Houston CRISIS and RESISTANCE: Theses on Capitalism, the Pandemic, and the Anti-Racist Uprising September 28, 12-1:30 Ctrl + click to follow link: Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61132754174?pwd=M0pvTFNCWDBsRWd1NFJKaC9BbjM1QT09 Meeting ID: 611 3275 4174 Please […]
Public Humanities Hub – Okanagan Book Club: Policing Black Lives by Dr. Robyn Maynard
Online virtual eventThe Public Humanities Hub - Okanagan (PHH-O) Book Club is an initiative that provides a virtual space for the UBCO and Okanagan community to discuss chosen books monthly. The Public Humanities Hub - Okanagan, in collaboration with The African Caribbean Student Club, presents this month’s event featuring Robyn Maynard's Policing Black Lives: State Violence in […]
Conjuring a ‘Cooler’ World? Blockchains, Imaginaries and the Legitimacy of Climate Governance
Online virtual eventThe Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science presents: Conjuring a ‘Cooler’ World? Blockchains, Imaginaries and the Legitimacy of Climate Governance A talk by Dr. Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn, University of Groningen Wednesday, October 28 at 12:00 p.m. There will be an opportunity for Q&A after the talk, plus an opportunity for informal conversation following the Q&A. […]
Power, Conflict and Ideas Speaker Series presents Dr. William Robinson
Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences presents: Dr. William Robinson Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Global and International Studies University of California Santa Barbara THE GLOBAL POLICE STATE October 29, 2020 12:00-1:30 pm on Zoom Ctrl + click to follow link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63398300050?pwd=SDU0S1Nza1NRNzVIQ29kRWJobXhMZz09 Meeting ID: 633 9830 0050 Please contact Jasmin Hristov for […]
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Facing Up to Racism at Work with Dr. Hadiya Roderique
Online virtual eventOn Nov. 17, join Dr. Roderique for a timely discussion about racial inequities in the workplace.
Undergraduate Research Award Information Session: Where could your ideas lead?
Online virtual eventMark your calendars! The Undergraduate Research Award Information Session takes places virtually on November 18 from 1 – 2 p.m. Apply for the following awards: Barber School (URA), International Student Initiative (IURA), or NSERC (USRA). All applications are due Thursday, January 28, 2021. Registration for this session is required. Please contact Julie Martin at julie.martin@ubc.ca […]
Undergraduate Research Awards Writing Workshop – Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Online virtual eventDo you need support writing a URA/IURA application? Get the help you need at the URA Writing Workshop with Amanda Brobbel, Manager, Writing and Language Learning Support. Thursday, January 7 5:30-6:30 p.m. Via Zoom Learn more about the session and how to join by visiting the Undergraduate Research Awards page.
Climate Change and Human Rights Litigation
Online virtual eventThe Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science presents Climate Change and Human Rights Litigation, a talk by Natalia Kobylarz. Thursday, January 21, 2021 11:30am-12:30pm PST Register Now Speaker bio: Natalia Kobylarz, LL.M., works as a senior lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), where she teaches a Green Human Rights course and […]
In Camps: Vietnamese Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Repatriates
Online virtual eventThe Power, Conflict and Ideas Speaker Series presents Dr. Jana Lipman, associate professor at Tulane University, for her talk, In Camps: Vietnamese Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Repatriates. After the US war in Vietnam, close to 800,000 Vietnamese left the country by boat, survived and sought refuge throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific. In her talk, […]
UBC Okanagan Arts Career Apprenticeship Program Information Session
Online virtual eventThe UBC Okanagan Arts Career Apprenticeship Program (UBCO ACAP) connects upcoming Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Bachelor of Media Studies (BMS) graduates from the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) and the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies (FCCS) with Okanagan-based employers for one-year, early-career employment […]
Corporations, Moral Personhood and the Criminal Law: Much Ado about [almost] Nothing
Online virtual eventThe Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science presents Corporations, Moral Personhood and the Criminal Law: Much Ado about Nothing, a talk by Dr. Roger Shiner. Dr. Roger Shiner is an adjunct professor at UBC Okanagan and Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta. Wednesday, January 27 2:00-3:30pm PST Register Now Much time and energy […]
