Posts by Elysa Hogg

Life+work-balance=me

Last week as I was updating my Twitter account I noticed a link that fellow-Terry blogger Jody Wright had posted on a Tedx Talk on ‘Life-Work…

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Mubarak Resigns, Egypt Celebrates

Image credit to Al Jazeera Online Mubarak has resigned power to the military and steps down from Presidency after a 30-year rule. A momentous moment for…

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International Development Week at UBC, thanks to the Global Lounge

International Development Week (IDW) at UBC will be happening at the Simon K.Y. Lee Global Lounge  and Resource Centre (henceforth referred to as the GL) from…

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Excuse me ridiculously long list of readings, I am trying to LEARN here!

Do you know how frustrating it is to READ about actor-based models of transition to democracy when transition might ACTUALLY be taking place? Pardon me, Samuel…

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Islamophobia: Implications for Global Health

Join us for a dialogue on how Muslim identity and the current social and political context in which it is shaped affects the health of Muslims…

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Africa, A Place of Promise

Last semester, Terry had the pleasure of hosting two notable African speakers at the Terry Global Speaker Series. We kicked off the term with K’Naan who…

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Does it get better?

Many of you have likely noticed reports over the last few months (mostly South of the border) of increased homophobic bullying and the resulting spike in…

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Dambisa Moyo Debrief Update

Hello Everyone, Thank you so much for your interest in the Dambisa Moyo debrief scheduled for November 16th, at 6pm. Unfortunately, we will be cancelling the…

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An Introspective Look at Colored Bodies in Academia

The COLORED COLLECTIVE (COCO) are holding another fantastic event that promises to showcase a whole new perspective in academia. The Dialogue Series, ‘Performing Difference” will be…

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Canada, Where Are You? Shaping Our Future With Africa: A Nation-wide Citizen Consultation

Workshop: “So, you want to ‘save’ Africa?” Recent advocacy campaigns have done a lot to bring armed conflict and human suffering, especially in Africa, to the…

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