Past Conferences
2015/16
Speakers:
Cate Cameron
Cate Cameron is a professional photographer working int he world of film publicity as a set-still photographer, and a cultural/humanitarian photographer. Her passionate work as a cultural and humanitarian photographer has taken her to places such as Haiti, India, Kenya, and Zambia, working with a full range of organizations from grassroots non-profits to international charities. Her topics focus on a wide range of social awareness issues, including HIV/AIDS, female genital mutilation and the world water crisis. Her work has been highlighted several times in the media, including for the Huffington Post and HYPERVOCAL, as well as having been collected both publicly and privately. Cate is also the founder of "Cameras4Change", a non-profit organization that delivers educational, arts-based workshops to communities, while bringing attention to pressing global issues.
Christopher J. Carter
Christopher Carter is a filmmaker and planner with his feet firmly planted in both storytelling and policymaking. Working with indigenous and remote communities - most notably in the Arctic and Coastal regions - he has completed participatory research, action planning and 20 award winning films in 10 languages. He holds a B.SC in interdisciplinary studies from Montana State University- Bozeman, where he focused on applied anthropology, geography and visual communications. He completed his M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia with a focus on natural resources management, and coastal risk management, where he was a fellow at the TerreWEB science communication program. He currently serves on the 2016 United Nations University working group on the Warsaw Mechanism for Loss and Damages as a part of the UN Climate Negotiations, is the UN Policy Lead for the Youth Arctic Coalition, and is actively involved in documentary filmmaking, photography and regional planning projects worldwide.
Speakers:
Cate Cameron
Cate Cameron is a professional photographer working int he world of film publicity as a set-still photographer, and a cultural/humanitarian photographer. Her passionate work as a cultural and humanitarian photographer has taken her to places such as Haiti, India, Kenya, and Zambia, working with a full range of organizations from grassroots non-profits to international charities. Her topics focus on a wide range of social awareness issues, including HIV/AIDS, female genital mutilation and the world water crisis. Her work has been highlighted several times in the media, including for the Huffington Post and HYPERVOCAL, as well as having been collected both publicly and privately. Cate is also the founder of "Cameras4Change", a non-profit organization that delivers educational, arts-based workshops to communities, while bringing attention to pressing global issues.
Christopher J. Carter
Christopher Carter is a filmmaker and planner with his feet firmly planted in both storytelling and policymaking. Working with indigenous and remote communities - most notably in the Arctic and Coastal regions - he has completed participatory research, action planning and 20 award winning films in 10 languages. He holds a B.SC in interdisciplinary studies from Montana State University- Bozeman, where he focused on applied anthropology, geography and visual communications. He completed his M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia with a focus on natural resources management, and coastal risk management, where he was a fellow at the TerreWEB science communication program. He currently serves on the 2016 United Nations University working group on the Warsaw Mechanism for Loss and Damages as a part of the UN Climate Negotiations, is the UN Policy Lead for the Youth Arctic Coalition, and is actively involved in documentary filmmaking, photography and regional planning projects worldwide.
2014/15
Speakers:
Wendell Phillips
The recipient of thirty-one "Picture of the Year" awards, two "National Magazine" awards, and "Canada's News Photographer of the Year" award, Wendell Phillips is a Vancouver based photojournalist with a focus on human development photography. With his work being featured in publications spanning from National Geographic to BBC World News, Wendell is recognized for his "socially engaged documentaries" and his documentation of the conditions of the human spirit in 70 different countries.
Farah Nosh
Farah Nosh is an award winning Canadian photojournalist and graduate of the University of British Columbia. Having worked in places such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Pakistan, Farah is recognized for her important coverage of the Middle East and was one of the only Western journalists working in Iraq during the start of the Iraq War. She has been featured in publications spanning from Life, The New York TImes, The Guardian, The Times, The National Post, and many more.
Ben Nelms
Ben Nelms is a Vancouver based photojournalist who is deeply passionate about the power of visual storytelling. His photographs have appeared in The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, Sports Illustrated, among others. His work spans both the global and local.
Julia Kozlov
Julia has spent many years doing editorial photography and photojournalism. Based in Vancouver, she work is various in scope, ranging from a focus on Vancouver's Downtown East Side (DTES) to martial arts, fashion, and lifestyle photography.
Speakers:
Wendell Phillips
The recipient of thirty-one "Picture of the Year" awards, two "National Magazine" awards, and "Canada's News Photographer of the Year" award, Wendell Phillips is a Vancouver based photojournalist with a focus on human development photography. With his work being featured in publications spanning from National Geographic to BBC World News, Wendell is recognized for his "socially engaged documentaries" and his documentation of the conditions of the human spirit in 70 different countries.
Farah Nosh
Farah Nosh is an award winning Canadian photojournalist and graduate of the University of British Columbia. Having worked in places such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Pakistan, Farah is recognized for her important coverage of the Middle East and was one of the only Western journalists working in Iraq during the start of the Iraq War. She has been featured in publications spanning from Life, The New York TImes, The Guardian, The Times, The National Post, and many more.
Ben Nelms
Ben Nelms is a Vancouver based photojournalist who is deeply passionate about the power of visual storytelling. His photographs have appeared in The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, Sports Illustrated, among others. His work spans both the global and local.
Julia Kozlov
Julia has spent many years doing editorial photography and photojournalism. Based in Vancouver, she work is various in scope, ranging from a focus on Vancouver's Downtown East Side (DTES) to martial arts, fashion, and lifestyle photography.
2013/14
Speakers:
Paul Watson
Paul Watson is Canada's only Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist for is his coverage of the 1990's civil war in Somalia. Focusing primarily on conflict journalism and war coverage, Paul's experiences span nearly three decades, He has covered conflicts in Somalia, South Sudan, Serbia and Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria among others. His award winning book "Where War Lives" details his experiences as a war journalists, and was hailed as the "years 100 most notable books" in 2007 by the Globe and Mail.
Steven Lee
Associate professor of History at the University of British Columbia as well as the chair of the International Relations program, Dr. Lee has research interests in international history, Canadian-US relations, and the social/political history of conflict and violence. With a variety of publications, Steven served as an associate editor for the Journal of American-East Asian Relations and a recipient of the prestigious Killam Teaching Prize.
Listen Now: "New UBC IR photo-journal 'Outside In' and their talk by Pulitzer-winning journalist Paul Watson"
by CiTR 101.9
Speakers:
Paul Watson
Paul Watson is Canada's only Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist for is his coverage of the 1990's civil war in Somalia. Focusing primarily on conflict journalism and war coverage, Paul's experiences span nearly three decades, He has covered conflicts in Somalia, South Sudan, Serbia and Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria among others. His award winning book "Where War Lives" details his experiences as a war journalists, and was hailed as the "years 100 most notable books" in 2007 by the Globe and Mail.
Steven Lee
Associate professor of History at the University of British Columbia as well as the chair of the International Relations program, Dr. Lee has research interests in international history, Canadian-US relations, and the social/political history of conflict and violence. With a variety of publications, Steven served as an associate editor for the Journal of American-East Asian Relations and a recipient of the prestigious Killam Teaching Prize.
Listen Now: "New UBC IR photo-journal 'Outside In' and their talk by Pulitzer-winning journalist Paul Watson"
by CiTR 101.9