My background includes graduate work in Political Science at York University’s Centre for International and Security Studies, a one-year travel-study tour around the world focused on issues of peace and conflict resolution, and almost 20 years of teaching subjects from International Development to Canadian government. I have researched and published on topics like ecological modernization, global environmental governance issues, protected areas governance in North America, environmental discourses, and environment and trade in Canadian foreign policy. I am also energized by educational technologies and the latest news and information about teaching and learning in higher education.
Since 9/11, the wars on terror, economic crises, climate change, and humanitarian emergencies hav... more Since 9/11, the wars on terror, economic crises, climate change, and humanitarian emergencies have forced decision makers to institute new measures to maintain security. Foreign policy analysts tend to view these decisions as being divorced from ethics, but Unsettled Balance shows that arguments about rights, obligations, norms, and values have played a profound role in Canadian foreign policy and international relations since the 1990s.
Contributors to this volume deal with both the abstract notions of value, culture, norms, and eth... more Contributors to this volume deal with both the abstract notions of value, culture, norms, and ethics, and the concrete questions of policy, law, and enforcement. They assess the challenges and the opportunities presented by new concepts, such as human security, mutual vulnerability, soft power, global cultural scripts, "good governance," and niche diplomacy, for foreign policy decision making. The addition of suggested seminar questions, a list of further readings, and a sample course outline add to the usefulness of this text in a practical classroom setting.
FROM PEACEKEEPING TO PEACEMAKING: CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE YUGOSLAV CRISI... more FROM PEACEKEEPING TO PEACEMAKING: CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE YUGOSLAV CRISIS by Nicholas Gammer, McGill‐Queen's: Montreal and Kingston, 2001PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN SECURITY: NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION by M.V. Naidu, ed. Brandon, Manitoba: Canadian Peace Research and Education Association, 2001PEACE ENFORCEMENT: THE UNITED NATIONS EXPERIENCE IN CONGO, SOMALIA, AND BOSNIA By Jane Boulden Praeger, Westport Connecticut, 2001HUMAN SECURITY AND NEW DIPLOMACY:
ABSTRACT In order to improve visual communication of disaster research, this article provides a s... more ABSTRACT In order to improve visual communication of disaster research, this article provides a systemist visual representation of the cause and effect relationships, trends, and logical impacts of different pieces in the field of Canadian disaster risk reduction and corresponding policy decisions on assistance. Three studies are included. These works focus, in interconnected ways, on resilience, governance, and related factors vis-à-vis Canadian disaster risk reduction. In carrying out this graphic analysis, the article highlights areas of crossover as well as fruitful directions for future learning to further develop and improve the decision-making process and Canada’s efforts to reduce the risks of disasters. Work proceeds in six sections. The first section provides an overview of the project. Sections two through four create systemist visualizations of the respective studies. The fifth section engages in systematic synthesis based on the preceding graphics. Sixth, and finally, conclusions are offered, along with a few ideas about future research.
Canadian foreign policy historically has been an important international force in facilitating wi... more Canadian foreign policy historically has been an important international force in facilitating widespread acceptance of environmental goals. However, because of the particular ways in which environmental problems have been framed, deliberated, and decided, diplomacy in general has tended ...
The literature on ecological modernisation (EM) is reviewed from a critical political ecology vie... more The literature on ecological modernisation (EM) is reviewed from a critical political ecology viewpoint. Critical political ecology is centrally concerned with how change in industrial societies occurs. Does the EM literature presently offer a theory of ecopolitical change that is both ...
FROM PEACEKEEPING TO PEACEMAKING: CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE YUGOSLAV CRISIS by Nicholas Gammer... more FROM PEACEKEEPING TO PEACEMAKING: CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE YUGOSLAV CRISIS by Nicholas Gammer, McGill‐Queen's: Montreal and Kingston, 2001 PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN SECURITY: NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION by M.V. Naidu, ed. Brandon, Manitoba: Canadian Peace Research and Education Association, 2001 PEACE ENFORCEMENT: THE UNITED NATIONS EXPERIENCE IN CONGO, SOMALIA, AND BOSNIA By Jane Boulden Praeger, Westport Connecticut, 2001 HUMAN SECURITY AND NEW DIPLOMACY: PROTECTING PEOPLE, PROMOTING PEACE By Rob McRae and Don Hubert Montreal and Kingston: McGill‐Queen's University Press, 2001
ABSTRACT In order to improve visual communication of disaster research, this article provides a s... more ABSTRACT In order to improve visual communication of disaster research, this article provides a systemist visual representation of the cause and effect relationships, trends, and logical impacts of different pieces in the field of Canadian disaster risk reduction and corresponding policy decisions on assistance. Three studies are included. These works focus, in interconnected ways, on resilience, governance, and related factors vis-à-vis Canadian disaster risk reduction. In carrying out this graphic analysis, the article highlights areas of crossover as well as fruitful directions for future learning to further develop and improve the decision-making process and Canada’s efforts to reduce the risks of disasters. Work proceeds in six sections. The first section provides an overview of the project. Sections two through four create systemist visualizations of the respective studies. The fifth section engages in systematic synthesis based on the preceding graphics. Sixth, and finally, conclusions are offered, along with a few ideas about future research.
Since 9/11, the wars on terror, economic crises, climate change, and humanitarian emergencies hav... more Since 9/11, the wars on terror, economic crises, climate change, and humanitarian emergencies have forced decision makers to institute new measures to maintain security. Foreign policy analysts tend to view these decisions as being divorced from ethics, but Unsettled Balance shows that arguments about rights, obligations, norms, and values have played a profound role in Canadian foreign policy and international relations since the 1990s.
Contributors to this volume deal with both the abstract notions of value, culture, norms, and eth... more Contributors to this volume deal with both the abstract notions of value, culture, norms, and ethics, and the concrete questions of policy, law, and enforcement. They assess the challenges and the opportunities presented by new concepts, such as human security, mutual vulnerability, soft power, global cultural scripts, "good governance," and niche diplomacy, for foreign policy decision making. The addition of suggested seminar questions, a list of further readings, and a sample course outline add to the usefulness of this text in a practical classroom setting.
FROM PEACEKEEPING TO PEACEMAKING: CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE YUGOSLAV CRISI... more FROM PEACEKEEPING TO PEACEMAKING: CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE YUGOSLAV CRISIS by Nicholas Gammer, McGill‐Queen's: Montreal and Kingston, 2001PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN SECURITY: NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION by M.V. Naidu, ed. Brandon, Manitoba: Canadian Peace Research and Education Association, 2001PEACE ENFORCEMENT: THE UNITED NATIONS EXPERIENCE IN CONGO, SOMALIA, AND BOSNIA By Jane Boulden Praeger, Westport Connecticut, 2001HUMAN SECURITY AND NEW DIPLOMACY:
ABSTRACT In order to improve visual communication of disaster research, this article provides a s... more ABSTRACT In order to improve visual communication of disaster research, this article provides a systemist visual representation of the cause and effect relationships, trends, and logical impacts of different pieces in the field of Canadian disaster risk reduction and corresponding policy decisions on assistance. Three studies are included. These works focus, in interconnected ways, on resilience, governance, and related factors vis-à-vis Canadian disaster risk reduction. In carrying out this graphic analysis, the article highlights areas of crossover as well as fruitful directions for future learning to further develop and improve the decision-making process and Canada’s efforts to reduce the risks of disasters. Work proceeds in six sections. The first section provides an overview of the project. Sections two through four create systemist visualizations of the respective studies. The fifth section engages in systematic synthesis based on the preceding graphics. Sixth, and finally, conclusions are offered, along with a few ideas about future research.
Canadian foreign policy historically has been an important international force in facilitating wi... more Canadian foreign policy historically has been an important international force in facilitating widespread acceptance of environmental goals. However, because of the particular ways in which environmental problems have been framed, deliberated, and decided, diplomacy in general has tended ...
The literature on ecological modernisation (EM) is reviewed from a critical political ecology vie... more The literature on ecological modernisation (EM) is reviewed from a critical political ecology viewpoint. Critical political ecology is centrally concerned with how change in industrial societies occurs. Does the EM literature presently offer a theory of ecopolitical change that is both ...
FROM PEACEKEEPING TO PEACEMAKING: CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE YUGOSLAV CRISIS by Nicholas Gammer... more FROM PEACEKEEPING TO PEACEMAKING: CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE YUGOSLAV CRISIS by Nicholas Gammer, McGill‐Queen's: Montreal and Kingston, 2001 PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN SECURITY: NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION by M.V. Naidu, ed. Brandon, Manitoba: Canadian Peace Research and Education Association, 2001 PEACE ENFORCEMENT: THE UNITED NATIONS EXPERIENCE IN CONGO, SOMALIA, AND BOSNIA By Jane Boulden Praeger, Westport Connecticut, 2001 HUMAN SECURITY AND NEW DIPLOMACY: PROTECTING PEOPLE, PROMOTING PEACE By Rob McRae and Don Hubert Montreal and Kingston: McGill‐Queen's University Press, 2001
ABSTRACT In order to improve visual communication of disaster research, this article provides a s... more ABSTRACT In order to improve visual communication of disaster research, this article provides a systemist visual representation of the cause and effect relationships, trends, and logical impacts of different pieces in the field of Canadian disaster risk reduction and corresponding policy decisions on assistance. Three studies are included. These works focus, in interconnected ways, on resilience, governance, and related factors vis-à-vis Canadian disaster risk reduction. In carrying out this graphic analysis, the article highlights areas of crossover as well as fruitful directions for future learning to further develop and improve the decision-making process and Canada’s efforts to reduce the risks of disasters. Work proceeds in six sections. The first section provides an overview of the project. Sections two through four create systemist visualizations of the respective studies. The fifth section engages in systematic synthesis based on the preceding graphics. Sixth, and finally, conclusions are offered, along with a few ideas about future research.
As disasters are poised to increase in scope and frequency, it is appropriate and timely to exami... more As disasters are poised to increase in scope and frequency, it is appropriate and timely to examine the Canadian government's approach to the humanitarian challenge of global disasters through the lens of Canada's commitments to global disaster risk reduction. This article will argue, in accordance with the broad principles of disaster risk reduction (DRR) elaborated through the UNISDR process, that Canada's disaster response should pay greater attention to the need for resilience. Resilience-oriented assistance is tasked with helping communities to reduce vulnerabilities and risk by preparing for future disasters. Although it is not incompatible with relief, an orientation of resilience does contrast with one of relief in terms of the allocation of resources, the involvement of local authorities, and the underlying purpose of disaster response. Canada's recent response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti is used to analyse the way in which disasters are framed in Canadian foreign policy, the way in which competing frames affect the provision of disaster assistance, and the effects of this framing on the recipients of disaster assistance.
Enjoy my talk on March 11th at Okanagan College in Penticton! Since the mid-20th century observe... more Enjoy my talk on March 11th at Okanagan College in Penticton! Since the mid-20th century observers have been debating the rise, peak and decline of the United States as the world’s leading superpower. In this session, we will go beyond Trumpism to look at the deeper underlying economic, political and social factors that have led up to the current era of US leadership (or lack of), and ask what might be the impact of these changes on the rest of the world, especially Canada. Is the US in decline? What might that ‘look like’ in the years to come? How bad (or good) can it get?
The liberal international order (LIO) has been in place for half of Canada’s 150-year existence a... more The liberal international order (LIO) has been in place for half of Canada’s 150-year existence and Canada has been an integral part of it from the beginning. As one of the founding members of this order Canada has a stake and a role in preserving international law, peace, prosperity and human rights. However, the LIO is under stress. What will be Canada’s response to a new era of diverse challenges? From the U.S. effort to abandon NAFTA to the challenges of terrorism and environmental breakdown, Canada’s capacities are being put to the test. This session will open a conversation about Canada’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in a world of rapid and unexpected change.
The US presidential election results will have an impact worldwide for years to come. In this tal... more The US presidential election results will have an impact worldwide for years to come. In this talk, Dr. Rosalind Warner will look beyond the personalities and ‘fake news’ to explore the deeper social, political and economic origins of the 2016 election result. Participants will discover what made 2016 different and why it matters to the world what happens next.
A review of the campaigns for the 2016 U.S. Presidential election to help us understand the strat... more A review of the campaigns for the 2016 U.S. Presidential election to help us understand the strategies, personalities, and dynamics of the process. A discussion of the potential outcome of the election and the consequences for Canada.
With an average audience of 18.4 million viewers, Game of Thrones is among the most popular TV sh... more With an average audience of 18.4 million viewers, Game of Thrones is among the most popular TV shows ever produced. Many are drawn to the show for its grand storytelling of love, betrayal, war and power. However, those who study politics see much more beyond the plot. In this session, we will explore the politics of the show by reviewing select video clips and quotes and asking thought provoking questions. How do the themes of Game of Thrones help to inform us about world events today?
Today’s security threats pose ethical conundrums that are quite different from those of the previ... more Today’s security threats pose ethical conundrums that are quite different from those of the previous century. The wars on terror, economic crises, climate change, and humanitarian emergencies have challenged states and decision makers to think clearly and systematically about the ethics of ensuring security. Can we protect ourselves in a dangerous world while still respecting human dignity? In this session, Dr. Warner will ask participants to think deeply about the ethical dilemmas of our time, and to take a long view about who we are as Canadians, and what we are willing to do in order to secure a future for ourselves, our families, and our country.
Flipped Teams: Creating a Nexus between Home-Based Independent Study and In-Class Team-Based Lea... more Flipped Teams: Creating a Nexus between Home-Based Independent Study and In-Class Team-Based Learning
Team-Based Learning (or TBL) is a very specific form of collaborative learning. When students work towards a common goal, share their ideas and impressions, and use the ideas of others to build on their own knowledge, the positive effects of ‘flipping’ the classroom are multiplied by the power of the team. Please visit the Team-Based Learning Collaborative website: http://www.teambasedlearning.org/ Start Here: http://www.screencast.com/t/UiUEIC8M9T86
HI all--this is a link to a Youtube Video. There is no file to upload. A video for a talk at Co... more HI all--this is a link to a Youtube Video. There is no file to upload. A video for a talk at Connections, Okanagan College's annual employee conference.
Do you have challenges getting your message across? Do you sometimes feel like what you say is no... more Do you have challenges getting your message across? Do you sometimes feel like what you say is not heard or understood? A little time spent on honing your communication skills can have huge payoffs in learner satisfaction. When we focus only on the ‘spaghetti' (the content) and not the ‘sauce' (motivation) we lose a great opportunity to engage and excite learners about our chosen field. This interactive session will include lots of ‘tips and tricks' for communicating clearly and heightening learner satisfaction in the classroom setting.
This is a presentation I prepared a few years ago for the ISA in San Francisco and also in Vancou... more This is a presentation I prepared a few years ago for the ISA in San Francisco and also in Vancouver BC for the CPSA conference. I apologize for not uploading the file sooner, I thought I had done it but apparently I missed it.
Team teaching is when two or more instructors team up to design and teach one course. This means ... more Team teaching is when two or more instructors team up to design and teach one course. This means that both of the instructors work together to prepare readings, assessments, assignments, and lecture materials, and that both instructors are responsible for marking. Recently we taught two Political Science courses together, Introduction to Politics and the Government of Canada. In general, we found that learners benefited from exposure to different areas of expertise or opinion, from the advice and feedback provided by both instructors, and from their exposure to distinct teaching styles and course delivery methods. In this interactive session, we will lead the group in exploring the joys and challenges of teaching as a team. We hope to share our experiences, discuss learner feedback on the team teaching experience, talk about the steps we took to overcome challenges, and explore some ideas for how to avoid pitfalls and maximize the many benefits of team teaching.
Environmentalism has improved human quality of life, but...
Has had only a limited impact on the... more Environmentalism has improved human quality of life, but...
Has had only a limited impact on the non-human world.
Talk on the historical origins of human rights for Politics of Human Rights (Poli 220) Vernon, Ok... more Talk on the historical origins of human rights for Politics of Human Rights (Poli 220) Vernon, Okanagan College.
"In this session, participants will be treated to a ‘guided tour’ of our LOOC, offered by Okanaga... more "In this session, participants will be treated to a ‘guided tour’ of our LOOC, offered by Okanagan College February to March 2014. The session will also include an overview of the outcomes of our course. This session links together the philosophy of place-based sustainability education with a ‘connectivist’ learning approach and platform."
Looking at it from a birds’ eye view, the Valley is a whole ecosystem, yet the laws that govern i... more Looking at it from a birds’ eye view, the Valley is a whole ecosystem, yet the laws that govern it, and those that determine its future, are piecemeal. ‘Rights language’ can be used to transform the current framework of laws, policies, and decision making procedures that govern development.
I can only imagine how dizzying it must be to try to make sense of climate science as a non-clima... more I can only imagine how dizzying it must be to try to make sense of climate science as a non-climate scientist. My background and training doesn’t really equip me to engage in a discussion about the accuracy of climate models, the relative importance of various gas emissions in affecting degrees of heating, or the significance of sea ice extent in the summer in the Arctic. In fact, my engagement as a political scientist in these debates would be highly counterproductive to the discussion and would contribute zero to the stock of climate knowledge as it pertains to the prognosis for the earth.
Mars is about as far from habitable as we can imagine any environment. Pretty inhospitable, righ... more Mars is about as far from habitable as we can imagine any environment. Pretty inhospitable, right? So what is it about Mars that captures the imagination of the public?
As 2018 comes to an end and the world looks to an increasingly uncertain future, it is worthwhile... more As 2018 comes to an end and the world looks to an increasingly uncertain future, it is worthwhile to reflect on the importance of compassion in public life. On the one hand, it seems it should not be necessary to remind ourselves of the need for compassion, while on the other hand, there has never been a time when it is more vital to think about it.
The polarized state of politics in the US means that there is a tendency on both sides to oversta... more The polarized state of politics in the US means that there is a tendency on both sides to overstate the power, significance and uniformity of the deep state. This post explains the different meanings of this concept and concludes that the state is being degraded by divisions among the elite and inability to maintain legitimacy.
Do taxpayers have rights, over and above other interests? No, to argue they do is to elevate tax... more Do taxpayers have rights, over and above other interests? No, to argue they do is to elevate taxpayers above citizens, and to undermine the larger social contract.
As a community of thinkers and teachers about social affairs, the Social Arts & Sciences have a u... more As a community of thinkers and teachers about social affairs, the Social Arts & Sciences have a unique set of tools for understanding world events that can shed light on important questions. Like any tool, the value of analytical methods is only as good as the use they are put to.
This model makes sense of the challenges of designing an institution that supports learning and t... more This model makes sense of the challenges of designing an institution that supports learning and teaching, but which balances two sometimes conflicting goals: creating a culture of learning while achieving excellence in learning and teaching.
The hearbreaking image of a drowned toddler on the shores of Europe reminded us all of the respon... more The hearbreaking image of a drowned toddler on the shores of Europe reminded us all of the responsibilities towards others on this planet. Human ties towards distant ‘others’, however, have historically been loose and fickle. Only rarely do people feel closely committed to the needs and troubles of others beyond their immediate family. Distance usually decreases empathy, One of the reasons that states appeared was to deliberately overcome this innate human tendency to prioritize close relatives over strangers. If human settlements were going to work, large communal groupings required closer ties among people who did not interact daily on a face-to-face basis. To accomplish this, national groupings took on the trappings of families (the ‘motherland’, ‘fatherland’, ‘homeland’) and encouraged people to imagine the state as their proxy family writ large....
On June 8th and 9th 2018, researchers, students, community members and practitioners gathered at ... more On June 8th and 9th 2018, researchers, students, community members and practitioners gathered at Okanagan College to explore ways of articulating and sharing ethical international development ideas and practices. 50 attendees from across North America joined with leaders locally at Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus for an intensive 2-day conference and dialogue on equality, inclusion, and human dignity. Scholars and practitioners interacted in engaging sessions on gender, local governance, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Team-Based Learning (or TBL) is a very specific form of collaborative learning. When students work towards a common goal, share their ideas and impressions, and use the ideas of others to build on their own knowledge, the positive effects of ‘flipping’ the classroom are multiplied by the power of the team. Please visit the Team-Based Learning Collaborative website: http://www.teambasedlearning.org/
Start Here: http://www.screencast.com/t/UiUEIC8M9T86
http://youtu.be/ILbQR1x830Q
Has had only a limited impact on the non-human world.