Provost Presents

Provost Presents… is a speaker series organized by Dr. Diane Purvey, Provost & Vice President, Academic, at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Each event will provide opportunities for KPU students, staff and faculty to hear from experts in higher education about timely, compelling issues that are pertinent to work and study in the field of academia.

Elon Musk, President of Mars

“Elon Musk, President of Mars” by Michael Byers

Michael holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law. His work focuses on Outer Space, Arctic sovereignty, climate change, the law of the sea, the laws of war, and Canadian foreign and defense policy

Co-Author of Who Owns Outer Space? Click here for Open Access

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Date: Friday, April 11 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 11:45 am
Location: Online

Past Speakers

Robin Wall Kimmerer Discusses her Book, Braiding Sweetgrass - February 21, 2024

Sara Ahmed - Killjoys at Work - October 26,2023

Kumari Beck, PhD. & Sharon Stein, PhD. - Living With/in the Complexities of Internationalization - April 27, 2023

Jean Teillet - The North-West is Our Mother - January 19, 2023

Sunera Thobani, Benita Bunjun, Enakshi Dua - Coloniality and Racial (in)Justice in the University: Counting for Nothing? - March 10, 2022