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Professor Mark Jaccard’s lecture on climate emergency emphasizes the importance of sincerity and citizen action

Madeleine Chan February 24, 2020

Mark Jaccard, SFU Distinguished Professor and Director of the School of Resource and Environmental Management, gave a talk about climate action at SFU’s Harbour Centre last week. He is also one of the four SFU experts recently recruited to the newly established Canadian Institute for Climate Choices. The lecture was based on his new book The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths that Hinder Progress, which details actions against climate change in relation to citizen efforts.  Jaccard began the talk to a lecture hall almost filled to capacity with an invitation and reminder to the audience to think critically…

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Environmental reform must commence in the next decade, scientist says

Youeal Abera January 21, 2019

On January 10, SFU Harbour Centre hosted a public lecture from Dr. Joeri Rogelj, a renowned environmental scientist and contributing author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In his lecture, titled “Solutions For 1.5 Degrees: Which Path to…

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Urban planning displaces Black populations, says professor

Michelle Gomez November 6, 2018

  A public lecture held at SFU Harbour Centre on October 24 tackled the issue of how urban planning constantly fails to consider the Black population. The talk was held by Ted Rutland, associate professor in the department of geography,…

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SFU public square lecture takes on the idea of a “Brown New World”

Kitty Cheung July 6, 2018

As a means of exploring the brown perspective, Kamal Al-Solaylee presented the 2018 Milton K. Wong Multiculturalism Lecture titled “It’s a Brown New World. Now What?” on Wednesday, July 27 at the BMO Theatre Centre in downtown Vancouver. This event…

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Why many educators ban laptops from class

EIC October 26, 2015

Over the past couple of years, a number of articles have been published in The Peak discussing the pros and cons of students using laptops in classes, including one earlier this fall titled “Don’t ban my laptop from class.” As…

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