Tue, May 3, 2016 12:00 PM - 4:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. "Nuclear Dangers from Hiroshima to Fukushima" Panel Discussion
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
12:00 noon – 2:00pm (Lunch served at 12:00 noon; panel will begin promptly at 12:30pm)
Multipurpose Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW Marine Drive, UBC
Chair: Jennifer Allen Simons, Founder and President, The Simons Foundation
Panel:
“Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament: A Japanese Perspective”
Fumi Yoshida, Visiting Scholar, The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
“Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament: A Canadian Perspective”
Paul Meyer, Adjunct Professor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security at the Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University; and Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
“North Korea as a Nuclear Danger”
Brian Job, Professor of Political Science; Associate Director, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia
“Nuclear energy in Japan: The public and political debate”
Yves Tiberghien, Associate Professor of Political Science; Director, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia
ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. A light lunch will be provided – for catering purposes, please RSVP to ehynes@thesimonsfoundation.ca or call 778-782-7779
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From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Poetry of Nuclear Survival
3:00 PM
Chan Telus Studio Theatre, 6265 Crescent Rd, UBC
This free event is now at capacity. Any guests without tickets are welcome to join the standby line prior to the event.
Renowned actor Sayuri Yoshinaga and composer / pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto present a reading and musical performance of poems by survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs and the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This unique event will be followed by a reception at the Liu Institute for Global Issues.
Sponsored by: Centre for Japanese Research, UBC; Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC; The Simons Foundation; and the Simon Fraser University Centre for Dialogue.