Lecture

Neve Gordon introduces the “Gaza Doctrine,” a concept he uses to describe a pattern of modern warfare characterized by mass civilian displacement, significant civilian casualties, and extensive destruction of civilian infrastructure.

In this talk, Dr. Macfarlane will speak on to the relationship between specific governments and the judiciary. Extending a previous study of the records of the Mulroney, Chrétien, and Harper governments before the Supreme Court of Canada, and applying a conception of political regimes adapted from American scholarship, this paper analyzes the impact of judicial review on the Trudeau governments’ legislative agenda.

Technological innovation increasingly shapes how we live, care, decide, and relate to one another. Yet conversations about these futures often revolve around regulations, technical feasibility, or business models. What happens if we create spaces where these futures can be felt, questioned, and collectively imagined?

Dr. Do will be speaking on her book, Process as Power, published at UBC Press. The book examines how Indigenous consultation is implemented in B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Process.

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Dr. Kim TallBear, professor, author, and expert in historical and ongoing roles of science and technology in the colonization of Indigenous peoples.

Dr. Allison McCulloch will be speaking on her upcoming book Gender, Peace, and Power-Sharing, which explores how power-sharing and the women, peace, and security agenda intersect in peacebuilding practices. It offers a feminist “alternative telling” that captures the tensions and potential of these frameworks

Join Political Science's latest event in the Scholar Spotlight Series featuring Eleanor McGrath

This lecture will explore the role of poetry in capturing and contextualizing the realities of contemporary Palestinian life and cultural expression in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and beyond. 

In this talk, Dr. Robinson will interrogate the phenomenon of false Indigenous identity claims and their corrosive effects on Indigenous communities. Drawing on personal experience, historical precedents, and critical Indigenous scholarship, he situates these practices within the broader logic of settler colonialism and its drive toward self-indigenization.

The Global Engagement Seminar Speaker Series presents a talk with robot and tech writer Evan Ackerman.