UBC Allard School of Law In this short presentation I will be introducing my Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Policy Studies (M.A.A.P.P.S.) research and thesis, as well as the film I am currently directing “Dragon Tears.” My thesis, which is entitled “Dragon Tears: a critical analysis on the political ecology of planetary survival” examines China’s environmental collapse, human rights and health crisis, China’s policy environment and environmental legal doctrine in the context of neoliberalism, global disparity, transnational pollution, climate change, and the survival of the human species. The three case studies which constitute my analysis have been carefully chosen to synthesize the complexity of China’s environmental collapse, policy environment and enforcement capacity. My (M.A.A.P.P.S.) research has been effectuated as the core research for the production of “Dragon Tears,” a feature documentary film currently in production on the topic of China’s environmental collapse and health crisis in the context of climate change and the possibility of human extinction. “Dragon Tears” examines the context of contemporary global capitalism that has led to extreme inequality, ecological destruction, and the violent normalization of localized morbidity in China. This film demonstrates that both China’s and global ecological resilience capacities are decreasing rapidly and establishes ecological principles for a paradigm shift. I will be discussing briefly the research assistant position that was offered by Dr. Potter for one semester in China under the grant for the Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Research project awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada under its Major Collaborative Research Initiative Program. During this semester in China, I was expected to start the production of “Dragon Tears,” under the supervision of my host supervisor Dr. Wang Xi, which I did. Dr. Wang Xi is the director of the Environmental and Resources Law Institute (ERLI) at Jiao Tong University in Shanghai. I will be showing the 3-minute preview of “Dragon Tears.”
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SESSION 2: Discussion of Ongoing Research Friday October 27, 2017 Lew Forum - Peter A. Allard School of Law The University of British Columbia 1822 East Mall, Vancouver Canada The APDR project was designed to address the challenge of coordinating local compliance with international trade and human rights standards in the Asia-Pacific region. Through an interdisciplinary program of research, analysis and policy intervention, the project has contributed to conceptual understanding and policy analysis supporting coordinated compliance with international standards on trade and human rights. Through the application of normative and institutional compliance paradigms of Selective Adaptation and Institutional Capacity, the APDR project has confronted the conceptual and organizational challenges to coordinating local compliance with international trade and human rights standards. The results of the research are already enabling interdisciplinary scholars and policymakers in Canada and internationally to understand better the requirements for coordinated compliance with international trade and human rights standards. This session will involve panel discussions on future research initiatives and directions for the core theoretical and empirical findings of the APDR Project. 08:30-09:00 Welcome Remarks and Introduction Dr. Catherine Dauvergne (Professor of Law and Dean, Peter A. Allard School of Law) Dr. Pitman B. Potter (Professor of Law, UBC; APDR Project Director) 09:00-10:30 Panel 1: Trade Policy and Local Human Rights Chair: Dr. Ljiljana Biukovic (Associate Professor of Law, UBC) Presentations: Dr. Naayeli Ramirez (Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico) Erika Cedillo (Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC) Maia Berangere Parizeau (Institute of Asian Research, UBC) Alison Yule (Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC) Discussant: Dr. Moshe Hirsch (Professor of Law, Hebrew University) 10:30-11:00 Refreshment Break 11:00-12:00 Panel 2: Trade Policy and Labour Chair: Dr. Lesley Jacobs (Professor of Law, York University) Presentations: Adam Kingsmith (York University) Dr. Juan Li (College of Politics, Law & Public Admin, Hubei University) Dr. Bethany Hastie (Assistant Professor of Law, UBC) Discussant: Dr. Daniel Drache (Professor Emeritus, York University) 12:00-13:30 Lunch – Keynote Speaker: Nicole Barrett (Executive Director, Allard Prize Initiatives and Director, International Justice and Human Rights Clinic, Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC) 13:30- 14:30 Panel 3: Trade Policy and Development Chair: Dr. Richard Schwindt (Professor Emeritus of Economics, SFU) Presentations: Poushali Maji (IRES, UBC) Dr. Wenwei Guan (City University of Hong Kong) Gloria Liu (Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC) Discussant: Dr. Milind Kandlikar (Professor Liu Institute and Director IRES, UBC) 14:30- 16:00 Panel 4: Trade Policy and Government Accountability Chair: Dr. Haifeng Wang (Professor of Law, SASS) Presentations: Dr. Liu Yue (Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC) Karin Esposito (Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC) Dr. Chao Wang (Faculty of Law, University of Macau) Godwin Dzah (Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC) Discussant: Dr. Sarah Biddulph (Professor of Law, Melbourne University) 16:00-16:30 Wrap Up Session 16:30-18:00 Reception (Terrace Lounge) The celestial soul fabric of our 3D human existence evolves in a cosmologically infinite universe. The universe we live in is a profound mystery. Just thinking about it makes me smile. Unfortunately, in an oligarchic world thriving on greed, power, and political insanity, materialistic void and vanity, ecological destruction, war, and social mind control that most of us unconsciously moment by moment co-create for ourselves, seldom do we truly reflect on the mystery and magnificence of Mother Earth and the real mystery that is our cosmic universe. Many of us have had lucid dreams, near death experiences or psychedelic journeys that have lead us to other worlds. It is my humble opinion that is is hard to deny that the existential essence of the human spirit is naturally transcendental. The human soul is a divine multidimensional biodynamic spirit jewel that energetically flows through the fabric of time-space. The soul emerges and transforms within this dimension of reality, however it is well equipped, and older souls are deeply familiar with, parallel realms of spirit consciousness.
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BÉRANGÈRE MAÏA NATASHA PARIZEAU
My artwork, experimental films, and scholarly reflections emerge from a deep curiosity and fascination with the boundlessness of the human spirit, the limitlessness of the cosmic universe, the mythological, the spiritual, the exploration of my EARTH LIGHT body which emanates from infinity (this is the realm of the MYSTERY, the wildest imagination), as well as a real concern for our beautiful planet MOTHER EARTH. The premise of this heuristic body of work is that the current planetary crises are crises in human consciousness, crises of the humanity group soul/spirit. As an environmental advocate and consciousness activist, my work intends to intentionally participate in redesigning culture, the intentional participation in designing a post-growth ecological culture (this is the creative process of redesigning culture) for an ecologically sustainable and spiritually thriving planetary future. My intention is to shed light on the sacred multidimensional ways in which we potentiate the power of our consciousness. This body of work is a prayer to humanity to align our mind and hearts, to raise the power of our hearts, to develop methods and technologies to go inward towards the complexities and awareness of our individual connection to Source We are the Rainbow Warriors. If the world is indeed participatory, we manifest/dream this world into existence. Indeed, dear friends... a colourful future is ours to create! Archives
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