Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by alumni UBC. For years the possibility of new and expanded pipelines running across BC have raised questions related to First Nations land rights, coastal tanker traffic, and the nature of inter-provincial relationships. Underlying these questions, however, has always been the larger question of why we are continuing to invest in fossil fuel infrastructure at all given our international climate commitments. Join our panel of experts as they examine the economic, environmental, and public policy ramifications of the recent approvals.
Moderator:
Dan Burritt, BA’04 – Host and Producer, CBC Vancouver News
Speakers
Kathryn Harrison, PhD’93 – Professor, Political Science, UBC Faculty of Arts
George Hoberg – Professor, Liu Institute for Global Studies, UBC
Stewart Muir, MA’94 – Executive Director, Resource Works
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip – President, Union of BC Indian Chiefs
Solomon Reece – President and CEO, Four Eagles Sustainable Development
Select Books and Articles Available at UBC Library
Hoberg, G. (2013). The battle over oil sands access to tidewater: A political risk analysis of pipeline alternatives. Canadian Public Policy / Analyse De Politiques, 39(3), 371-391. [Link]
Hoberg, G., & Meadowcroft, J. (2015). Climate action. Alternatives Journal, 41(1), 58. [Link]
St-Laurent, G., Hagerman, S., & Hoberg, G. (2017). Emergence and influence of a new policy regime: The case of forest carbon offsets in british columbia. Land use Policy, 60, 169-180. [Link]