Advancing public-facing, community-engaged research and interdisciplinary collaboration to address the climate crisis. Co-Directors @NaomiAKlein @carolmliao
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Centre for Climate Justice retweeted
Geog Profs Geraldine Pratt, Mohammed Rafi Arefin and @UBCKin's Liv Yoon launch their Right to Cool report – a bold, rights-based vision for equitable climate resilience in response to extreme heat in British Columbia. 🌆🥵
Read the full paper here! tinyurl.com/2fer2bad
Centre for Climate Justice retweeted
Heat waves can worsen health inequities, as vulnerable groups lack resources to stay cool & healthy. VCHRI expert Dr. Liv Yoon unveils how heat impacts health & the role of research in protecting people from severe weather: vchri.ca/stories/2024/07/02/… @CCJ_UBC @UBCKin @UBCEducation
Centre for Climate Justice retweeted
Allard Law Professor Dr. Carol Liao (@carolmliao) discusses the legal intersections of climate risk, Indigenous rights & corporate fiduciary obligations in a new blog post for the Business and Human Rights Journal (@BHRJournal).
@canclimatelaw @CCJ_UBC bhrj.blog/2025/07/22/legal-i…
Join us for The Long Arc Of Fascism: An Action-Oriented Teach-In April 18 & 19. How We Got Here - and How We Get Out. From colonial genocides to climate apartheid, time for action & understanding is now. 1/5
Hosted by @NaomiAKlein of @CCJ_UBC, Adel Iskandar (@MinotaurLives) of SFU’s @CCMS_SFU, & Sundance Chief Rueben George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. This teach-in is not your average lecture – be prepared to engage, question, and strategize for a better future together. 4/5
Centre for Climate Justice retweeted
The Inflation Reduction Act was the biggest US climate investment ever—but was it enough? Join Tova Gaster, Seth Klein & Holly Caggiano for a discussion on what worked, what didn’t, and key takeaways. March 11, 6:30 PM, GEOG 229. Bring your questions!
Centre for Climate Justice retweeted
By centering public engagement as both a research approach and an ethical stance, this panel highlights how arts-based research methodologies facilitate collaborative knowledge production and open new avenues for participatory research, teaching, and social transformation.
Join us for the next PHH Public Scholarship panel. The speakers will highlight how arts-based research methodologies facilitate collaborative knowledge production and open new avenues for participatory research, teaching, and social transformation. publichumanities.ubc.ca/even…
ALT Speaker headshots and details are shown under the title of their panel, "Arts-Based Approaches to Public Engagement with Research", taking place Tuesday, March 11, 1:00 - 2:30PM online via Zoom. The speakers are Dr. George Belliveau, Dr. Amanda Claudia Wager, Dr. Christina Cook, and JS Valdez, and moderator Dr. Marika Kunnas. Short abstract: "Join us for this panel discussion to explore public-engaged arts-based research and its role in reimagining knowledge creation through applied theatre and dramaturgical methodologies." Full details at the tweeted link.
Our report with RAMA is now in Spanish! Migrant workers in BC endure extreme heat in employer housing with no way to adapt or demand better. Housing is a health & safety crisis. We need stronger standards, climate adaptation & permanent status. Read here: bit.ly/41HwO75
📢 Join Brenna Bhandar, CCJ, & UBC Middle East Studies for a talk by Prof. Adam Hanieh on Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power and the Making of the World Market!
🗓️ April 3, 2025 | 🕦 5-7 PM PST
📍 Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute, UBC
📣 No registration required!
📣Join us for the CCJ Faculty Affiliate Gathering!
This will be an opportunity to celebrate and evaluate our progress since the launch of our Strategic Plan and build a stronger political community!
🗓️March 4, 2025 | 🕦3-6pm PST
📣 Register here: shorturl.at/5zNMy
Centre for Climate Justice retweeted
Professors @jessicaadempsey and @GeogSFU's Rosemary Collard shed light on the problem of leaning on "resource extraction as an economic cure" in BC.
@UBCNews @CCJ_UBC
Opinion: B.C.'s resource extraction lifeboat is full of holes biv.com/news/commentary/opin… via @BIVnews
Opening for postdoctoral fellow for ‘Housing Equity and Adaptation for Tenants (HEAT)’ Project - detailed job posting with application instructions kin.educ.ubc.ca/postdoctoral… | Apply by March 7
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🚨Reminder: Join us and @CCJ_UBC , @MWACCanada & Sacred Earth Solar today for this important conversation!
⏰7pm ET / 4am PT
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📣Join us and @MigrantRightsCA, @NaomiAKlein from @CCJ_UBC & Sacred Earth this Wednesday to discuss the current political moment and progressive responses that centre people, not profit.
🕓 7pm ET | 4pm PT
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In honor of Climate Emergency Week, the Centre for Climate Justice has released a report with actionable steps for UBC to create climate justice standards and support researchers transitioning from fossil fuel funding. Read now! tinyurl.com/mswuvdmm
Tariffs, profiteering & deregulation fuel economic anxiety. How do we build a people-first response?
Join our Co-Director @NaomiAKlein, @CANRacCanada, Syed Hussan of @MigrantRightsCA, and @Melina_MLM of Sacred Earth Solar:
🕣Wed Feb 12 4-5pm PT: tinyurl.com/5n8r7he8
