Prof. Alfred Hermida will be talking about social media and political movements at a panel discussion at UBC Robson Square in downtown Vancouver on Thursday, Nov. 18.
The evening brings together three UBC scholars to consider the increasingly complex set of political, economic and social frameworks which shape the ways in which countries around the world conceptualize justice and injustices and act upon them in diverse institutional environments.
The other speakers are Benjamin Perrin, Assistant Professor, UBC Faculty of Law and author of Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground World of Human Trafficking, and Jo-Anne Dillabough, Associate Professor, UBC Department of Educational Studies and David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education.
The event will be moderated by the Honourable Stephen Owen, QC, PC, UBC Vice-President, External, Legal and Community Affairs.
Each speaker will speak for 15 minutes followed by 45 minutes of questions and discussion.
The event runs from 7:00-9:00 pm. It is free but seats should be reserved by calling 604-822-1444. Reserved seats will be released 10 minutes before the start of the panel.
This special event is a collaboration of the Laurier Institution, the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education and UBC Continuing Studies.
Thursday’s event is followed on Saturday, November 20, by the first annual UBC-Laurier Institution Human Rights Lecture, “How Can the West Support Human Rights in Other Parts of the World?” by Dr. Sima Samar.
The lecture is at 8 pm at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC.
The UBC-Laurier Institution Human Rights Lecture is presented by the Chan Centre in partnership with UBC Continuing Studies, CBC Radio One and the Laurier Institution.
