http://www.ligi.ubc.ca http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=511 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:23:49 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=512 Congratulations to Charles Roger, Kieran Findlater, and Chris Tenove, who were recently awarded three of 10 Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grants (for Canada-based Students). Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:57:19 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=510 Taylor Owen has been looking into a remarkable database detailing the previously classified U.S. bombing campaign in Cambodia during the Vietnam War. Bill Clinton declassified the data, which includes geospatial coordinates for thousands of bombing runs, in 2000. The information would make it easier to find and dismantle unexploded ordinance. Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:17:20 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=509 An opportunity for one influential scholar, activist, artist, leader, or practitioner to locate at the Institute for a 4-month period, and to participate in the intellectual and social life of a graduate residential college with a mandate for interdisciplinary studies. Applications due May 15, 2012! Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:43:02 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=508 Liu Institute Associate Professor Dr. Milind Kandlikar is a co-investigator for the “Nanomaterials for Alternative Enegery Applications” project, which has been awarded a Peter Wall Institute Major Thematic Grant. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:45:28 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=507 In this Think Tank piece for the Canadian International Council, Professor Erin Baines suggests that we celebrate #Ugandans2012, rather than #Kony2012. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:52:35 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=506 Chelsey Hauge, a PhD student in the Dept. of Language and Literacy Education (LLED) at the Faculty of Education has won an all-expense paid Digital Media and Learning Institute scholarship at Microsoft Research New England to participate in a Summer Institute, “Thinking In and Out of the Box: How Innovation and Policy Shape Networked Learning.” This one-week institute, hosted by social media superstar, danah boyd, is designed to support the development of junior scholars working in digital media and learning. Microsoft Research New England, located in Cambridge, is an emerging destination for scholarship in social media. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:49:47 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=505 Researchers in British Columbia are looking for a solution to a problem affecting nearly half the planet’s population: the lack of clean burning cooking fuel. They presented their work at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. About 2.5 billion people worldwide rely on burning wood, agricultural residues or animal dung for cooking and another half a billion rely on burning coal. The World Health Organization estimates that two million people die each year due to the indoor pollution. Scientists are looking for ways to get people to switch to using cleaner cookstoves. “We’re fundamentally talking about households having to make choices to get new technologies,” said Hisham Zerriffi, with the Liu Institute for Global Issues at UBC. “That’s a complex decision because if you’re a household using biomass, you might be collecting that biomass for free.” Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:56:18 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=504 Applications due March 1, 2012. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:02:23 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=503 Limited access to clean sources of energy, known as energy poverty, makes nearly half the world’s population reliant on burning wood, animal waste, coal or charcoal to cook. This leads to severe respiratory diseases that kill roughly two million people worldwide each year, a problem University of British Columbia researchers are trying to solve. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:12:55 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=502 Research Fellow Paulette Regan has been shortlisted for The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences’ (CFHSS) Canada Prize in Social Sciences for her book Unsettling the Settler Within: Indian Residential Schools, Truth-telling and Reconciliation in Canada. Awarded annually to one work in French and one in English in each category, the prizes are a benchmark for outstanding scholarly work in the humanities and social sciences. The four prizes are each valued at $2,500 and will be presented at a special award ceremony on March 30, 2012 at the Musée des beaux-arts in Montreal. The nominees are chosen from works supported by CFHSS’s Awards to Scholarly Publications Program and winners are selected by a jury of scholars from across the country. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:58:10 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=501 As Stephen Harper goes courting in China this week, several sinologists are offering a sobering analysis of the Canada-China relationship. Liu Institute Professor, Paul Evans, argues China has been a challenge for Conservatives who came to power in 2006 with “little experience in foreign affairs [and] an ideological antipathy for China.” The Harper crowd realized in 2007 their approach was a failure, Evans says, and reversed gears in 2009 with Harper’s first trip to China. He says Harper may be set on re-engaging with China but he has yet to explain, beyond economics, what’s behind Canada’s sudden interest. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:21:33 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=500 Distinguished Fellow Linda Coady recently plumbed the future of forestry with Alternatives Journal editor-in-chief Nicola Ross. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:38:32 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=499 Application deadline extended to MARCH 1, 2012. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:13:06 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=498 On January 12 2012, Michael Nest presented this lecture on Coltan. A podcast of this event is now available. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:02:19 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=497 On November 21 2011, Profess James Struthers of Trent University presented the Annual Dr. Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy. A podcast of this event is now available. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:04:50 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=496 Liu Institute for Global Issues Energy Security Postdoctoral Fellowship Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:01:45 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=495 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:08:53 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=494 Liu Institute researchers are providing recommendations for managing a $100 billion annual commitment made by the international community at last year’s United Nations climate conference to help the developing world respond to climate change – a funding promise almost equal to all existing official development aid from major donor countries today. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:06:58 http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=493 The Lobby Gallery at the Liu Institute for Global Issues would like to invite submissions for visual based exhibits starting in January 2012. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:23:24