Fall 2012
70 Years Later: Japanese Canadians and the Urban Legacy of War
September 20: Destination Vancouver: Labour Migration and the Development of Powell Street
Audrey Kobayashi
Queens University
This talk is co-sponsored by the Lansdowne Lecture Series in the Geography Department.
October 18: Suspect Properties: The Vancouver Origins of the Decision to Liquidate Japanese-Canadian Real Estate
Jordan Stanger-Ross
University of Victoria
November 8: Lansdowne Lecture: Why Don't American Cities Burn?
Michael Katz
University of Pennsylvania
November 22: My Road to Nagasaki Goes Through Nanking — Thoughts from a Work in Progress
Joy Kogawa
Spring 2013
Making Cities Healthier: It's Not About Health Care!
January 24: Healthy Cities: Past, Present and Future
Trevor Hancock
University of Victoria
February 28: Making Healthy & Equitable City Planning Work: Lessons from Three Continents
Jason Corburn
University of California, Berkeley
March 21: The Challenge of Improving Urban Health Equity Globally
Sharon Friel
Australian National University