Archived Events

*For other events please see 'ethics seminars' and 'workshops' under the Events page

January 2012

Visual Data and Research Ethics II Critical Photo and Video Practices: Research Methods and Forms of Dissemination Lara Rosenoff Gauvin

Interview with Trauma Survivors Workshop:
Facilitated by Ricardo Chaparro & Kirby Huminuik

October 2011

A Social Event and Information Session. Hosted by the Transitional Justice Network.

May 2011

Open Discussion Forum on Anti-queer Violence and Anti-Homosexual Legislation  Hosted by the Global Queer Research Group (GQRG)

International Perspectives on Reconstructing Historical Memory in Conflict and Post-Conflict Zones, in partnership with the Historical Memory Commission of Colombia.

April 2011

The Milk of Sorrow: Film Screening and Lobby Gallery Reception. Film by Peruvian director Claudia Llosa, inspired by Kimberly Theidon’s book, Entre Prójimos.

Militarized Masculinities, Gender and Transitional Justice Presented by anthropologist Kimberly Theidon. 

After the Truth: Reparations and the Legacies of Sexual Violence in Peru. Presented by anthropologist Kimberly Theidon.

Language, Culture and Politics: Identities in Transition. An expert panel in a discussion exploring the connections between language, culture and politics as frames for identities in transformation.

My Neighbor, My Killer. Film screening and discussion

The Land We Are: Arts, Culture and the Politics of Reconciliation. Colloquium and Book Launch.  

Gender, Violence and Armed Conflict. Symposium & Dialogue. 

March 2011

'Nation-building in Timor-Leste: The Unfinished Contribution of Timor-Leste’s Truth Commission'. A talk by Patrick Walsh

'Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths' A film screening and panel discussion.

Drawing Maps, Telling Stories Lobby Gallery Installation with: Juliane Okot Bitek, Shannon Tito, and Kevan “scruffmouth” Cameron. *Hosted by Dr. Erin Baines.

January 2011

Indigenous Women Weaving Resistance and Memory - from Canada to Colombia. Jill Harris (Snumithiya) and Pilar Riano-Alcala (First Nations House of Learning)

2010

Transplanting (International) Laws: Cultural and Traditional Implications in Africa 

Women and War Presented by Veronica Fynn

How the Arts Support Societies in Civil Conflict. Art, music and discussiona t the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Commerce and complicity: Corporate responsibility for human rights abuses as a legacy of Nurember

Sexual Violence: Evidence from Colombia. Presented by Elizabeth Wood

Human Rights, Haiti's Earthquake, and the International Community. Presented by Nicole Phillips (Attorney, Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti).

Networking Justice: The Local and Global in Transition. A Tri-University Workshop between The University of British Columbia, The University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University.

Arts and Mass Violence: New Forms of Engagement. Featuring Judith Marcuse, Pilar Riano-Alcala, and Moberley Luger.

 “Her Name is Beatrice, My Name is Lara: experiences in witnessing, internal displacement and conflict after 23 years of war in Northern Uganda,” Lobby Gallery Installation, a photo-based exhibition/installation by Lara Rosenoff (TJN Member, PhD Student, and Liu Scholar).

Raven smashes his face into a rock: Indigenous storytelling. Truth-telling and community approaches to reconciliation, featuring Dr. Jeff Corntassel (University of Victoria), Chaw-win-is (University of Victoria) and Nahla Valji (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation).