Dr. Ross Michael Pink
BA (UBC), MA (McGill), PhD (Leicester)
Courses taught
- ARTS 1100 Experiencing the Arts
- POLI 1120 Canadian Government and Politics
- POLI 1125 Introduction to Political Science
- POLI 1145 Comparing Countries: Introduction to Comparative Politics
- POLI 1150 Introduction to International Relations
- POLI 2100 Sustainability and Government
- POLI 2140 Comparative Politics of Asia
- POLI 2150 States, Markets, Globalization: International Political Economy
- POLI 3100 American Government and Politics
- POLI 3131 The Politics of Continental Integration
- POLI 3147 Foreign Policies of the Major Powers
- POLI 3150 American Foreign Policy
- POLI 4191 Selected Topics in International Politics
- POLI 4330 International Human Rights
- POLI 4340 Public International Law
Areas of Interest
My academic focus and areas of interest are: water rights and development, child rights, human security, anti-child trafficking laws and policy, refugee rights. I am Co-Founder, Global Water Rights, an Educational NGO.
A scholarly book, ‘Water Rights in Southeast Asia and India’ that I authored has been published by Palgrave Macmillan in November 2015. The book is currently cited on their website.
In addition, as the co-founder of global water rights, www.globalwaterrights.com there is active engagement on water rights education to groups from children to university audiences and support for clean water projects in the developing world.
Recent activities include:
1. A donation to the clean water project in Dharamshala, India which supports a soup kitchen utilizing clean, safe water for refugees, July 2014;
2. Public lecture on water rights in Tibet, India, Mali and Indonesia at the Tibet parliament in exile, CTA, sponsored by the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA) in Dharamshala, India on July 4, 2014.
3. Delegate and featured speaker at the United Nations University, INWEH (Institute For Water Environment and Health) and McMaster University symposium called ‘Wash and Wellbeing’ held at McMaster University in November 2013.
4. Presentations on water rights to the KPU talk program audiences in 2014 and 2013
Guest lectures:
In February 2014, attendance at the Asia Pacific Sociological Association (APSA) international conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand to present a paper based upon the publication: 'Child trafficking in Thailand: Prevention and prosecution challenges,' in Asian Affairs: An American Review, vol. 40, issue 4, 2013
- NUS in Singapore
- Thammasat University in Thailand
- Taiwan National Normal University
- The Ministry of Health in Myanmar
- Tibetan parliament in exile in Dharamsala, India
- The University of the Philippines, Los Banos
- Thailand Department of Water Resources
Contributions at KPU:
Dr. Pink also served on the KPU Faculty Council representing the political science department in 2014
Co-chair with Dr. Greg Millard of the B.C. Political Science Association Annual Conference held for the first time at KPU in May 2014.
Dr. Pink has also been a frequent guest speaker for the KPU talk program public lecture series
Scholarly Work
- Further academic work:
- Researched and wrote a book, partially funded by KPU, on Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala, India. A trip was completed to Dharamshala in June and July 2014 where over 29 interviews were successfully conducted.
- The World Water Day Article
- "A Photo Journey Through Dharamsala" by Dr. Ross Michael Pink
- Ross Michael Pink, Author, The Climate Change Crisis, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
- Ross Michael Pink, Author, Water Rights in Southeast Asia and India, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
- Global Water Rights, NGO, Co Founders, Luthfi Dhofier & Dr. Ross Michael Pink
- 'Child Rights, Right to Water and Sanitation and Human Security,' Harvard University Health and Human Rights Journal June 2012
- 'Climate Change, Disaster Risks and Human Security' - Publication in 2021 by Springer - Chapter by Dr. Ross Michael Pink
- "The Climate Change Crisis" - Publication in 2018 By Palgrave Macmillan
- ‘Water Rights in Southeast Asian and India’ BOOK' publication November 5, 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
- ‘Child Trafficking in Thailand: Prevention and Prosecution Challenges’ in Asian Affairs: An American Review, Vol. 40, Issue 4 2013
- ‘Child Rights, Development and Water Security in India’ Jias, Vol. Xxiv, No. 1 Journal Article
- 'The Climate Change Crisis: Solutions and Adaption for a Planet in Peril' Publication in 2018 By Palgrave Macmillan
- 'Ross Michael Pink and Luthfi Dhofier: Climate change impacts water security in Egypt, India, Indonesia and Australia,' - Published in the Vancouver Sun, March 22nd 2020