Upcoming Author Events
The Phil Lind Initiative: Safiya Noble
2023 Phil Lind Series: (Un)Civil Discourse | Get Tickets
Thurs, March 2nd | 6:00 - 7:30 PM | Frederick Wood Theatre
How do search algorithms perpetuate stereotypes and reinforce systemic inequalities? In what ways does technology further fuel the political divisiveness in our society? Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble shares expertise on these and other pressing issues in her Phil Lind Initiative talk, moderated by SPPGA Prof. Hugh Gusterson.
Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble is a 2021 MacArthur Fellow, the first recipient of the NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Department of Information Studies where she serves as the Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry. She is the author of a best-selling book on racist and sexist algorithmic bias in commercial search engines, entitled Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (NYU Press), which has been widely-reviewed in journals and periodicals including the Los Angeles Review of Books, featured in the New York Public Library 2018 Best Books for Adults (non-fiction), and recognized by Bustle magazine as one of 10 Books about Race to Read Instead of Asking a Person of Color to Explain Things to You.
The Phil Lind Initiative is presented by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the UBC Vancouver campus, with live streaming. Tickets are FREE, registration required for both live stream and in-person attendance.
ILS Book Talk Series: Doug Sanderson & Andrew Sniderman
Authors of Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, A White Town, and The Road to Reconciliation
Allard School of Law | Farris Hall, Room 106
Monday, March 6th | 12:20 - 2 PM
Join Indigenous Legal Studies at the Allard School of Law for the return of the ILS Book Talk Series. We are pleased to host the authors of “Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation”, Professor Doug Sanderson & Andrew Sniderman.
Books will be available for purchase and signing by the authors. The event is free to attend and lunch will be provided.
Refugee Lifeworlds: Celebrating Dr. Y-Dang Troeung
Celebration of Life & Book Event | In-Person & Virtual | RSVP
Marine Drive Ballroom | 2205 Lower Mall
Tuesday, March 7th | 4:00 - 7:30 PM
This in memoriam book event will celebrate the life and work of Dr. Y-Dang Troeung (7-Jan-1980 - 27-Nov-2022), whose generosity and sharpness of mind made her a treasured colleague and friend across the UBC community.
This celebration of life will feature two panel discussions on Refugee Lifeworlds and announcements about her forthcoming publications. Copies of Refugee Lifeworlds will be available for in-person cash purchase throughout the event. This event can be attended in-person or virtually via Zoom. Reception to follow.
This event is organized by the Department of English Language & Literatures and the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program, and co-sponsored by the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice, Canadian Literature, Public Humanities Hub, St. John’s College UBC, and the Faculty of Arts.
Mclean Lecture Series: Fireside Chat with Tajja Isen
Brenda and David McLean Lectures 2023: the Another Canada series
Wednesday, March 22nd | 7:30 PM | Green College Coach House
Join the department of Canadian Studies for a fireside chat with Some of my Best Friends author Tajja Isen.
The Phil Lind Initiative: Linda Greenhouse
2023 Phil Lind Series: (Un)Civil Discourse | Get Tickets
Thurs, March 23rd | 6:00 - 7:30 PM | Frederick Wood Theatre
Who Owns the US Constitution?
The United States is polarized like never before. The 2023 Phil Lind Series (Un)Civil Discourse explores some of the major factors fueling the rancor and divisiveness in American politics and asks: how can citizens and leaders find common ground across a range of political issues that divide them?
The 2023 Phil Lind Initiative series continues on March 23 with Linda Greenhouse — a senior research scholar in law at Yale Law School, where she has taught since 2009. For the previous thirty years, she was the Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for her coverage of the Court.
The Phil Lind Initiative is presented by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the UBC Vancouver campus, with live streaming. Tickets are FREE, registration required for both live stream and in-person attendance.
