Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 12:00

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.