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UBC's Office of Regional and International Community Engagement (ORICE) offers experiential education programs that connect academic learning with real-world impact. In this video, students reflect on their experiences conducting community-engaged research across diverse global and local contexts. With projects spanning mental health systems strengthening in Kenya, gender-based violence analysis in BC, and human rights advocacy for imprisoned scholars, students share how their research has contributed to a variety of community-based organizations.
Learn more about ORICE here orice.ubc.ca
UBC's Office of Regional and International Community Engagement (ORICE) offers experiential education programs that connect academic learning with real-world impact. In this video, students reflect on their experiences conducting community-engaged research across diverse global and local contexts. With projects spanning mental health systems strengthening in Kenya, gender-based violence analysis in BC, and human rights advocacy for imprisoned scholars, students share how their research has contributed to a variety of community-based organizations.
Learn more about ORICE here orice.ubc.ca
![[Book Launch] Active Non-Alignment: An IR Doctrine for this Century](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S6-89I6ZLu0/mqdefault.jpg "[Book Launch] Active Non-Alignment: An IR Doctrine for this Century
On Monday, February 28, 2022, UBCs School of Public Policy and Global Affairs co-hosted a virtual book launch with the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) to explore a new book by Ambassador Jorge Heine, Research Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, titled El No Alineamiento Activo y América Latina: una doctrina para el nuevo siglo (Active Non-Alignment and Latin America: A Doctrine for the New Century). The discussants addressed the topic from American and Canadian interests and potential reactions.
Welcome Remarks: Clara Renault, Student, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Speaker: Ambassador Jorge Heine, Research Professor, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
Discussant: Jeff Reeves, Vice-President, Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Discussant: Paul Evans, Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Moderator: Grace Jaramillo, Sessional Instructor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
View more SPPGA events: https://sppga.ubc.ca/events")
