Events at: Buchanan Tower 225

Feminist Infrastructures for Better Weathering

  Please RSVP below in Advance     Abstract: In the context of climate change, large infrastructure adaptation projects fortify against increasingly bad weather to protect the status quo. If infrastructure is a substrate for life and sociality that suggests what is possible, we argue that a transformative feminist response to climate change demands different […]

Thumbnail with text "Debility, the Body, and Death" over a background with earth tones and patterns representing human and more than human forms“Many Ways of Being Human” with Karen Lord

The Social Justice Institute Noted Scholars Series presents Many Ways of Being Human by Karen Lord When & Where October 18, 12-1pm Buchanan Tower 225 This event will be recorded but not livestreamed. Please wear a mask if you are attending this event. A sandwich lunch will be served at 1pm. Abstract In her science […]

WHAT’S GOING ON IN HAITI & WHY DOES IT MATTER?

The Social Justice Institute Presents: Dr. Tamanisha J. Johan Assistant Professor of Politics, York University Dr. Gerald Horne Moores Professor of History, University of Houston Dr. Peter James Hudson Associate Professor, Geography, UBC & Dr. Jemima Pierre Professor, GRSJ, UBC   MODERATOR : Dr. Jasbir Puar Professor, GRSJ, UBC “WHAT’S GOING ON IN HAITI & […]

Trans People and the Choreography of Reproductive Healthcare with Dr. A.J. Lowik

The Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice Noted Scholars Series presents Trans People and the Choreography of Reproductive Healthcare Dr. A.J. Lowik in conversation with Allison Campbell WHEN & WHERE Wednesday, January 24, 12:30-1:30pm Buchanan Tower 225 / Zoom Please RSVP below in advance A sandwich lunch will be served at 1:30pm. ABSTRACT […]

Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert with Dr. Sunaura Taylor

Co-presented by The Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice, and Ecologies of Social Difference Social Justice, UBC. Part of the GRSJ Noted Scholars Speaker Series. Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert an online book reading  with Dr. Sunaura Taylor WHEN & WHERE Wednesday, February 14, 12:00-1:00pm Zoom Please RSVP below in advance […]