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PGI Podcast #1: Media Coverage of the Haiti Earthquake

PGI Staff — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:25:51 +0000

The first episode of PGI’s new podcast series is now available! Our first show features an interview with Curtis Brainard of the Columbia Journalism Review on the media coverage surrounding the devastating earthquake in Haiti last month. Brainard speaks with Brianna Lee on how the coverage has been so far, the reporter/physician controversy, and the state of local Haitian media in the quake’s aftermath.

(If you cannot see the mp3 player above, you can download the podcast here: http://www.perspectivesonglobalissues.com/Curtis Brainard.mp3

Trivia Night THIS Thursday, February 11

PGI Staff — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:01:35 +0000

Just a reminder: PGI’s Trivia Night will be THIS THURSDAY, February 11 at Lilly O’Brien’s! There will be two rounds: one at 7pm and one at 9:30pm. RSVP via our website or Facebook page. See you there!

Site Redesign

PGI Staff — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:37:06 +0000

Have you noticed that the Perspectives on Global Issues website has been redesigned?

Come check out our new look!

http://www.perspectivesonglobalissues.com

Skepticism for Clean Coal

Jhelum Bagchi — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:49:23 +0000

Chris Morrison explains why we need to start accepting that there is nothing called ‘clean coal’.

What do you think is the most important issue in global affairs today?

PGI Staff — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:28:48 +0000

Here is a simple (yet thought provoking) question for your reflection.

What is the most important, salient or controversial issue in global affairs today?

Perspectives on Global Issues is interested in hearing your thoughts! Send us a paragraph or two on what YOU think is the answer to that question. All submissions will be posted on our blog as they come in and the editorial team will select ONE issue to be the thematic focus of the next issue of the journal!

Please send all submissions to pgi.editorial@gmail.com no later than November 30, 2009.

The winner of this ‘contest’ will receive school-wide recognition for their contribution. We actively encourage everyone to share in this discussion and please check back regularly for updates!

The PGI Editorial Team

Welcome Back!

Florence Au — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:06:39 +0000

It is Labor Day weekend and that means classes are just around the corner. As we make our way back from summer vacations and internships, there is always a certain level of anxiety about the beginning of a new school year. I remember feeling the same way exactly one year ago — only back then there were many more unknowns — and yet somehow I found my way and navigated through the first year of the Masters programme. The coming year presents new challenges and hopes — the challenge to complete a thesis or a capstone and the challenge of finding a career path, coupled with the hopes of taking in much more that the MSGA program has to offer while we are still students here.

At the same time, I sense that the CGA community has a fervent wish to contribute to academia, to social networking, to the school, and to each others’ success. In the coming year, there will be moments when the best of us will be swamped with midterms, papers and readings — but I invite you, in the busiest of times, to take a step back and to reflect on what is most meaningful to you. Some of us will come across contemporary issues in our coursework or in the news that shake us to the core; we can scarcely stop ourselves from thinking about or voicing our opinions on them. Others like to carefully weigh the issue from various perspectives, and then slowly come to their own conclusions. Whichever way you tend to critically analyse global affairs — we invite you to contribute. The PGI blog is a forum where a myriad of opinions come together and form a kaleidoscope of perspectives that reflect the diverse student body of the CGA community. There is much latitude in terms of the topic that you can choose or the style in which you discuss it — blogs can be written in a scholarly, academic style, or a lighter, conversational tone — after all, it is a blog!

On behalf of the PGI editorial team I would like to extend a warm welcome to new and current students — good luck with the Fall semester and we’ll see you around Woolworth!

Florence Au
Editor-in-Chief

PGI Blog Launch!

PGI Staff — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:37:40 +0000

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the launch of PGI’s official blog! This is a space for Global Issues news, opinions, and analysis by PGI’s own staff. Keep checking in for updates!