Refugee Integration - Prof. Alison Phipps

Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts (Culture, Literacies, Inclusion & Pedagogy) School of Education at the University of Glasgow where she teaches refugee studies,

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The Rise of Islamist and Right-wing Extremism - Prof Halim Rane leads the Islam-West Relations field of study at Griffith University. Hi focuses on the Islamic faith and political Islam, narratives and counter-narratives of Islamist extremism, maqasid & contextualisation in Islamic hermeneutics, media reporting on Islam and Muslim communities in the West.. Rane is a co-founder r of the Australian Association of Islamic (AAIMS). In 2015 he was awarded the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award of Australian University Teacher of the Year.

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Volunteering Sector Under Pressure - Alan Shanks Volunteering Otago acting Manager

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Mario Alzugaray Cuban Ambassador to New Zealand - Mario’s experience in New Zealand and the similarities and differences between New Zealand and we also discussed the photographic exhibit Cuba through Kiwi eyes by Kiwis who have visited Cuba. Cuba's relationship with the United States. We talked about how the economy was managing under the US's embargo & Cuba's ability to train doctors in Kiribati and other Pacific islands and how free tertiary education encouraged sense of obligation and solidarity from university graduates in Cuba.

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Climate Change - Dr Tammy Tabe on climate change and migration. We will be discussing Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation, Migration, Climate Change, , Pacific Cultures Diaspora,

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USA’s Foreign & Domestic Policy and the Democratic Parties Politics - Prof Stephen Zunes is an American international relations scholar specializing in the Middle Eastern politics, U.S. foreign policy, and strategic nonviolent action.

Stephen Zunes is a scholar and advocate of nonviolent people power movements, he has also served as a trainer and workshop leader for pro-democracy activists and community organizers in the United States, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.

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Economic and ideological alternatives - Bill Rosenberg Economist and Director of Policy, Council of Trade Unions,previously Deputy

at the University of Canterbury a Commissioner on TEC, & a member of the Regional Land Transport Committee of Environment Canterbury. He is widely published on globalisation, trade and e-learning and n active trade unionist 30 years including the Tramways Union and Association of University Staff where he was National President for several years.

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Dunedin Housing Crisis - Aaron Hawkins mayoral candidate and chairperson Mayors housing task force Dunedin housing crisis.

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Rocket Lab Putting New Zealand's Nuclear Free Policy at Risk - Ollie Neas

Lawyer at Public Defence Service

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Ollie Neas Solicitor and a leading civics journalism

Co-founder Manny director policy New Zealand

Multimedia journalist with writing and video published in The Sunday Star Times, The Spinoff,The New Zealand Herald, The Wireless, Salient and Concrete Playground.

Recently Published Article and Spin-Off Online Magazine On Rocket Lab Putting New Zealand's Nuclear Free Policy at Risk

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Jim O'Malley - Dunedin Councillor & Candidate for Mayor

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