{"id":3108,"date":"2013-09-24T08:46:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T15:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/?p=3108"},"modified":"2013-12-11T12:36:08","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T19:36:08","slug":"upcoming-symposium-on-international-development-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/2013\/09\/24\/upcoming-symposium-on-international-development-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Symposium on International Development &#8211; FREE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/upcoming-symposium-on-international-development-free\/pi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3109\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3109\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/files\/2013\/09\/pi-300x125.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/files\/2013\/09\/pi-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/files\/2013\/09\/pi.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Impact is the difference between what would happen with action and what would happen without it. In the end, this is what matters; it is what affects communities, students and institutions like UBC. This symposium will unpack the notion of impact in international development and critically examine our pursuit of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 19, 2013<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>9 am &#8211; 5 pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Henry Angus Building, UBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Symposium will feature;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An opening panel discussion hosted by Amnesty International, BCCIC, Capilano Global Stewardship Program and Oxfam<\/li>\n<li>A feature presentation on the Sustainable Livelihoods Program by AUCC Students for Development<\/li>\n<li>Returning International Service Learning student presentations<\/li>\n<li>A closing Keynote presentation by Jacky Essombe: An African Inspiration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This Event is Free and Open to the Public, Registration is necessary<\/p>\n<p>Register <a href=\"https:\/\/pursuingimpact.eventbrite.com\/\">here<\/a> to ensure a space at the event. If possible, spaces will be available for registration on the morning of the event but not guaranteed. To avoid disappointment, please register in advance<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Refreshments and Lunch will be provided<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impact is the difference between what would happen with action and what would happen without it. In the end, this is what matters; it is what affects communities, students and institutions like UBC. This symposium will unpack the notion of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/2013\/09\/24\/upcoming-symposium-on-international-development-free\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8015,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[889966,69305],"tags":[2423,426937,748999,1234,748998,749000,6545,6863,9092,2273],"class_list":["post-3108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-2","category-upcoming-events","tag-africa","tag-amnesty","tag-aucc","tag-development","tag-essombe","tag-free-lunch","tag-global","tag-jacky","tag-service-learning","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3108"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3432,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions\/3432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}