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Policy Talks Lecture Series

Policy Talks

Upcoming Lectures:

To be announced

 

 

 

Past Lectures:

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Link to video available here:  Coming soon

Naomi Alboim

 

Canada’s Response to Refugee Crises: What have we learned?

Sept. 22, 2022
12:00 PM 

Lecturer: 
Naomi Alboim, Distinguished Fellow, School of Policy Studies

Responding to a refugee crisis is never easy and each refugee movement comes with its own complexities and challenges. What have we learned from the way Canada has responded to the Indochinese, Syrian, Afghan and Ukrainian crises that could inform our responses going forward? What are some elements that are key  to success?

Recording Available Here

 David Walker

Canaries and Coal Mines: the ER as ultimate healthcare performance metric

Oct. 6, 2022
12:00 PM
Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202
138 Union Street, Kingston

Lecturer: 
David Walker, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and School of Policy Studies

 

Recording Available Here

Warren Mabee

 

Fires, floods, and the new normal of climate change: Ranking Canada’s response

Oct. 20, 2022
12:00 PM
Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202
138 Union Street, Kingston

Lecturer: 
Warren Mabee, Director and Associate Dean, School of Policy Studies

It has been a summer of extreme weather across much of the northern hemisphere.  Europe has seen major rivers dry up and major fires; in Canada, provinces including BC and Newfoundland and Labrador have suffered from extensive forest fires.  The Arctic region continues to be hard-hit by the rapidly changing climate, with new data indicating that warming is happening 4x faster in this region than elsewhere around the world.  Canada is building an increasingly complex policy response to the threat of climate change; we review where we are at and the likelihood of achieving these goals..

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