World Issues Forum

 

 

World Issues Forum Spring 2023

Welcome to Fairhaven College’s Spring 2023 World Issues Forum (WIF). World Issues is Western Washington University’s human rights and global justice speaker series. The WIF challenges students, faculty, staff, and community members to be active and engaged global citizens. Distinguished guest speakers address urgent global justice topics including planetary survival; decolonization and anti-racism; human rights; migrations; and the world economy. 

For Spring 2023on borders and belonging, on topics including Indigenous marine foodways, transboundary water governance, social and ecological justice, shared waterways, climate refugees and asylees, Indigenous geographies and settler borders, the Jay Treaty and Indigenous education rights, and the Adventure Learning Grant.

We gratefully thank our colleagues Mary Tuti Baker, Regina Jefferies, Laurie Trautman, and Hilary Schwandt for speaker nominations. Special thanks to our cohosts: Border Policy Research Institute; Canadian-American Studies; The Center for Law, Diversity, and Justice; the Institute for Global Engagement; Department of Political Science; and the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity.

We’re very excited to reopen the Forums in the Fairhaven Auditorium in person to campus and community members. The WIF can also be accessed via:

Zoom Link

You can access older World Issues Forums 2009-2020 on WWU Cedar

 

 

 

Upcoming World Issues Forum

There are no upcoming forums at this time—please check back in for updates!

Spring Quarter 2023 Forum Lineup

THURSDAY May 18th 12:10 - 1:10

Jordan Carey, Bella Millikan, & Carlee Heger. Adventures in Portugal and the Balkans.

 

 

Past World Issues Forums 2009-2020