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Axis of Englightenment

Week 9 - November 10, 2004
This Class was filmed live during the American assault on Fallujah. It features a woman named Dijla Al-Rekabi who lived in an Iraqi refugee camp from 1991 to 1996 on the Saudi Arabian border.

Wednesday December 1, 2004.
George W. Bush makes his first visit to Canada and Globalization Studies was there to provide the most serious discussion in the world of the event.

Week 2 - September 15, 2004
Conference with Professor Mohomed Elmasery, President of the Canadian Islamic Congress

Week 5 of Money Culture and Globalization
February 9, 2005

The Global Implications of George W. Bush’s Second term. Featuring Dr. Mohamed Elmasry, President of the Canadian Islamic Congress


Week 9 - March 10, 2004

Remembering Tooker Gomberg

Week 5 - October 06, 2004
Video-Conference with Micheal Kearney and Shawan Jabarin from the Irish National Univeristy, on the topic of international human rights and the Israeli / Palestinian conflict.

Week 11 - March 31, 2004
Globalization as Totalization, from the University of Manitoba

Week 6 - October 13, 2004
Week 6 of Globalization Since 1492 featuring Peter Kulchyski and Deborah Simmons from the University of Manitoba on the topic of Technology and Subversion.

Week 7 - February 25, 2004
Conceptualizing Resistance to Neo-Liberal Globalization from Simon Fraser University

Week 8 - November 03, 2004
David Orchard on Canada’s Historical Mandate, Free Trade Relations with the United States.

Week 6 of Money Culture and Globalization
February 16, 2005

Native Sovereignty in Canada, an Introduction to the Constitutional Question


Week 10 - March 24, 2004

Conference with McMaster University, Media and Conservatism


Globalization Studies: Past, Present and Future
September 21, 2007

David Hinger, the Director of the CRDC at the University of Lethbridge, shares with us his experiences of how Globalization Studies has progressed and the challenges that have been overcome to make the class a success. Dave also explores the future and disucsses how free internet applications are changing the way we view the media, and the new ways media companies are gathering data.