Think Global Link Local 2024

Organized by United Nations Association in Canada - Vancouver Branch

www.unacvancouver.org

We are thrilled to invite you all to the TGLL 10th Anniversary Celebration.

Get ready to connect, learn, and be inspired! Discover new perspectives, build valuable connections, and explore innovative ideas with like-minded individuals from Metro Vancouver.

Think Global, Link Local (TGLL) is a networking event started in 2013 and organized by UNAC-Vancouver in collaboration with Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU). This annual networking event held in March brings together 150+ recent graduates to network with up to 18 non-profit socially active organizations having an international focus. Keynote speakers have been drawn from a wide range of notable Canadian social activists.

The goals of TGLL are twofold:

1) to increase opportunities for Vancouver youth to learn from the experiences of leaders within the non-profit sector, public sector, and former UN staff; and

2) to discover more about careers with various non-profit organizations, as well as the UN’s international scope. TGLL allows young people to develop an understanding of the kinds of careers that are available either within Canada or internationally.

One of the most popular raffle prizes for the Think Global Link Local event is a follow-up coffee and dialogue session with members of the UNAC-Vancouver Executive Board who have had careers with the United Nations or other socially active organizations. Winners meet and talk with a UNAC Vancouver board member to learn directly from their professional experiences.

*Breakfast buffet will be provided for all ticket holders. Breakfast will be served starting at 8 a.m.

www.Global2local.ca

2023 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tara Cookson

Canada Research Chair and Assistant Professor of Gender, Development, and Global Public Policy at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia

Co-Founder at Ladysmith

Tara Patricia Cookson is Assistant Professor and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Gender, Development, and Global Public Policy at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) at the University of British Columbia. Tara is also an Associate Member of UBC’s Geography Department. She uses ethnographic and quantitative methods to study how power operates in development policy, with a focus on gender data, social protection, and care work. Her approach to public scholarship integrates academic research, practice-oriented publications, and direct engagement with international policy processes.

Dr. Cookson is the author of Unjust Conditions: Women’s Work and the Hidden Cost of Cash Transfer Programs (University of California Press, Open Access), winner of the Globe Book Award (American Association of Geographers), the Sarah A. Whaley Prize (National Women’s Studies Association), and a Development Studies Book Award Honorable Mention (International Studies Association). Her research has been published in Antipode, Gender Place & Culture, the International Journal of Feminist Politics, and Global Public Health. She regularly contributes commentary and analysis to outlets such as Devex, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, and the Toronto Star.

She also co-founded Ladysmith, a feminist research collective that connects academic scholarship to practitioner problem solving by helping international organizations collect, analyze and take action on gender data. She has collaborated with global development institutions such as UN Women, the International Labour Organization, UNICEF, Global Affairs Canada, USAID, Action Against Hunger, and the OECD-DAC Governance Network.

Learn More About Dr. Tara Cookson:

https://taracookson.com/
https://sppga.ubc.ca/profile/tara-cookson/

For all questions regarding ticketing, please contact [email protected].

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Holiday Inn Vancouver-Centre (Broadway), an IHG Hotel, @, Heather Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada