Articles tagged "Speaker Series"
OC Speaker Series: Unpacking the climate cost of the 2026 FIFA World Cup
February 9, 2026
What does the world’s biggest sporting event have to do with climate change? On Monday, February 23, Okanagan College’s Salmon Arm campus invites students, staff and community members to explore that question at a thought-provoking speaker series event from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.English professor and researcher Dr. Tim Walters will present a discussion on the climate impact of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.“This is a timely and urgent look at the environmental realities behind what is expected to be the biggest sporting event in history –...
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OC Speaker Series: Unpacking the climate cost of the 2026 FIFA World Cup
February 9, 2026
What does the world’s biggest sporting event have to do with climate change?On Monday, February 23, Okanagan College’s Salmon Arm campus invites students, staff and community members to explore that question at a thought-provoking speaker series event from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.English professor and researcher Dr. Tim Walters will present a discussion on the climate impact of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.“This is a timely and urgent look at the environmental realities behind what is expected to be the biggest sporting event in history – and w...
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OC Speaker Series: Exploring online conversations in Canada
January 14, 2026
Okanagan College (OC) invites the community to an upcoming OC Speaker Series event that explores online conversations using data. The talk, Making Big Data Qualitative: Sentiment Analysis on Reddit, will take place on January 15 from 12 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. at the Penticton Campus Lecture Theatre.The session will be led by Ashley Peckford, a criminology instructor and researcher. In her talk, Peckford will share her research on online discussions in the Canadian subreddit r/Canada. Her work looks at how extreme political ideas can...
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Signature Speaker Series explores slavery, murder, and piracy on the high seas
February 19, 2020
How do piracy, human trafficking and other serious international maritime crimes relate to commercial fisheries and the choices we are left with as a consumer? How does one go about solving cold cases? What is it like to defuse a hostage crisis and provide support to victims in the aftermath? Karsten von Hoesslin will delve into all this and more during his presentation “Slavery, Murder, and Piracy on the High Seas: Is there a direct line between human trafficking and the seafood that ends up on your plate?” on Monday, March 2...
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