Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Policy Salon is an annual event to bring the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) community of faculty, students, and staff together alongside interested members of the community, and to showcase SPPGA’s expertise on pressing public policy and global issues.
The 2021 Policy Salon, Shaping the Post-COVID World, aims to acknowledge the precarious situation that we remain in globally with respect to COVID-19, while also looking ahead to consider how key lessons can be applied to overcoming other global challenges such as climate change. What lessons need to be learned from COVID-19 and from the worsening climate crisis? What are the key policy learnings from these twin crises and how can we can strengthen and accelerate global efforts to collectively address these types of challenges?
Given the risks that both pandemics and climate change pose globally, we acknowledge that this moment should be a turning point for policy and global affairs, even if we are collectively not moving in that direction.
Emcee: Assistant Professor Veena Sriram, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the School of Population and Public Health, UBC
Traditional Land Acknowledgement: Elder Larry Grant, Musqueam
Welcome Remarks: Professor Ramana, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, UBC
Panelists:
- Kelley Lee, Professor, Canada Research Chair Tier I, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
- David Boyd, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, UBC and United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
- Sandeep Pai, Senior Research Lead, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Moderator: Associate Professor Heidi Tworek, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Department of History, UBC
For full bios and event details, visit:
sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/2021-virtual-sppga-policy-salon-shaping-the-post-covid-world
The Policy Salon is an annual event to bring the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) community of faculty, students, and staff together alongside interested members of the community, and to showcase SPPGA’s expertise on pressing public policy and global issues.
The 2021 Policy Salon, Shaping the Post-COVID World, aims to acknowledge the precarious situation that we remain in globally with respect to COVID-19, while also looking ahead to consider how key lessons can be applied to overcoming other global challenges such as climate change. What lessons need to be learned from COVID-19 and from the worsening climate crisis? What are the key policy learnings from these twin crises and how can we can strengthen and accelerate global efforts to collectively address these types of challenges?
Given the risks that both pandemics and climate change pose globally, we acknowledge that this moment should be a turning point for policy and global affairs, even if we are collectively not moving in that direction.
Emcee: Assistant Professor Veena Sriram, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the School of Population and Public Health, UBC
Traditional Land Acknowledgement: Elder Larry Grant, Musqueam
Welcome Remarks: Professor Ramana, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, UBC
Panelists:
- Kelley Lee, Professor, Canada Research Chair Tier I, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
- David Boyd, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, UBC and United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
- Sandeep Pai, Senior Research Lead, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Moderator: Associate Professor Heidi Tworek, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Department of History, UBC
For full bios and event details, visit:
sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/2021-virtual-sppga-policy-salon-shaping-the-post-covid-world
