UBC Professor Kathryn Harrison to Speak on Civil Disobedience and Climate Change April 22 at Western
Western Washington University will host Kathryn Harrison, professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, for a presentation on civil disobedience and climate change at noon on Wednesday, April 22 in Haggard Hall 253.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Harrison’s presentation is part of the 草榴社区 Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies World Issues Forum series.
Washington state and British Columbia are both involved in debates over proposed carbon export infrastructure: two bitumen pipelines across British Columbia, new coal ports in both Washington and British Columbia and numerous liquefied natural gas projects in British Columbia.
There is a strong local opposition to most of these projects, which has resulted in the arrests of more than 100 people on Burnaby Mountain in efforts to block exploratory work for the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline. This presentation will examine the role of civil disobedience as a political strategy in the climate movement and will consider the potential impact of civil disobedience on public opinion and, potentially, the 2015 Canadian election.
Harrison will give a second presentation the same day at 4 p.m. in Communications Facility 105. She will discuss international carbon trade and domestic climate politics
Harrison is the recipient of many awards including two Fulbright Fellowships, the Gilbert White Fellowship at Resources for the Future and the John Vandercamp prize for the best article in Canadian Public Policy. She is the author of “Passing the Buck: Federalism and Canadian Environmental Policy."
For more information contact Shirley Osterhaus, coordinator of World Issues Forum, 360-650-2309 or shirley.osterhaus@wwu.edu.