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World Issues Forum Spring 2025

Wednesdays 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

Welcome to Fairhaven College’s Spring 2025 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.

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

 

The views expressed in the World Issues Forum do not necessarily reflect those of Western Washington University.

Spring Quarter 2025 Forum Lineup

April 9th 2025

Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

April 16th 2025

Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

 

April 23rd 2025

Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

 

A portrait of a woman

Funmilola OlaOlorun, Community Health Physician & Women's Health Researcher

Men Matter in Women's Matters: Understanding Reproductive Health Issues in Nigerian Women

 

April 28th 2025

Monday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

 

a man's head

Niall Ó Dochartaigh, Professor of Political Science, University of Galway

The Island of Ireland after Brexit

May 7th 2025

Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

 

A portrait of a woman

Janelle Kwee, Full Professor and Director of Clinical Training in the Psy.D. program at Adler University in Vancouver, BC.

Saying 'Yes' to Life: Existential Wisdom for Troubled Times

May 14th 2025

Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

May 21st 2025

Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

A portrait of a woman

Silondile Luthuli, Researcher, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Building trust in Global North-South Health Partnerships

May 28th 2025

Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

A portrait of a woman

Tamara Lea Spira, Associate Prof, Fairhaven College, WWU

Queering Families: Reproductive Justice in Precarious Times

WIF 08/2024 - 12/2024

Past World Issues Forums 2009-2020