Donald Trump & International Relations: Salt Spring Forum - UBC Student Workshop

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Saturday, March 9th, 2019

Join students from the University of British Columbia who will present research papers on topics relating to Donald Trump and international relations. This free and highly informative workshop takes place in Salt Spring Elementary's Multipurpose Room, and is open to the public with any donations greatly appreciated at the door.

The workshop schedule is as follows:

Saturday, March 9:

2:30-3:00 PM – Liam Mell-Cobb, “Strange Bedfellows: Did Russia Steal the US Election?”

3:00-3:30 PM – Vasudha Jalan, “He Said, They Said: Who Speaks for the Trump Administration?”

3:30-4:00 PM – Paul Thornton, “Trump, Twitter, and the Death of Diplomacy”

4:00-4:30 PM – Break

4:30-5:00 PM – Chrisanne Kouzas, “The Dark Triad: Trump, Psychology, and US Foreign Policy”

5:00-5:30 PM – Valenda Koster, “Hard Security, Soft Threats”

5:30-6:00 PM – Zak Vescera, “Fake News and the Global War on Truth”

6:00-6:30 PM – Sandra Hansen, “It’s Cold Outside: Climate Science in a Post-Truth Era”

Sunday, March 10:

9:00-9:30 AM – Moira Wyton, “AWOL: Tackling Climate Change Without the United States”

9:30-10:00 AM – Gwen Tan, “Fentanyl: A Western Health Crisis Caused by the East?”

10:00-10:30 AM – Sky Shin, “Arrested Diplomacy? Hostage Taking as a Tactic in State-to-State Negotiations”

10:30-11:00 AM – Break

11:00-11:30 AM – Luyanada Zwane, “Trump, Xi, and the 21st Century Scramble for Africa”

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM – Yuehui Ji, “Infectious Neighbour: Should Canada Follow US Environmental and Health Deregulations?”

12:00-12:30 PM – Shauntel Batchelor, “No Safe Harbour: Should the Safe Third Country Agreement be Scrapped?”

12:30-1:00 PM – Emma McDonald: “Nations Apart? Canada, the US, and Indigenous Agency”

https://www.saltspringforum.com/