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UFV hosts online panel on Russia-Ukraine conflict

Session on Friday, March 11 features faculty discussing variety of issues
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People queue to receive hot food in the improvised bomb shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, Monday, March 7, 2022. University of the Fraser Valley is holding a panel discussion on Friday, March 11 on the Ukraine crisis. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

University of the Fraser Valley is hosting an online panel Friday, March 11 on the crisis in Ukraine.

The session runs from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and features faculty from a variety of disciplines and research backgrounds sharing their insights on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

They will discuss issues that include historical Russia-Ukraine relations, humanitarianism and refugees, media and communication, militarization, racism, economic sanctions, cybersecurity, nuclear weapons, geopolitics, and international diplomacy.

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The participating panelists are:

* Prof. Edward Akuffo (political science)

* Prof. Scott Sheffield (history)

* Larissa Horne (history/experiential education coordinator)

* Prof. Michael Batu (economics)

* Prof. Rita Atake (communications)

* Prof. Rashad Mamadov (communications)

* Sharanjit Sandhra (Race and Anti-Racism Network/history)

Moderating the session are:

* Prof. Satwinder Bains (director of South Asian Studies Institute)

* Prof. Jessica Price (political science)

* Prof. Catherine Liao (nursing)

Register for the session on Zoom by clicking here

For more information, contact Edward Akuffo at Edward.Akuffo@ufv.ca or 604-504-7441 (ext. 4444).

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