Advisory Board


Antje Ellermann

Antje Ellermann's research focuses on the politics of migration and citizenship. Read More about Antje Ellermann here.

antje.ellermann@ubc.ca


Bernard C Perley

Bernard is an activist/advocate Indigenous anthropologist. His academic training is interdisciplinary and aims to transcend disciplinary boundaries to serve his commitment to Indigenous community-based research and advocacy.

cis.director@ubc.ca


Gaoheng Zhang

章杲恆 Gaoheng Zhang is Associate Professor of Italian Studies at the University of British Columbia. He is a humanities scholar of migration, mobilities, multiculturalism, media, rhetoric, ethics, and masculinity. His recent research seeks to provide a road map for analyzing cultural mobilities concerning contemporary Italy’s and Europe’s global networks with Asia, America, and Africa, which are […]


Heidi Tworek

Read more about Heidi Tworek here.

heidi.tworek@ubc.ca


Igor Drljaca

Igor Drljaca is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia. He completed his Master’s in Film Production at York University in 2011. He is the recipient of the Ontario Art Council’s K.M. Hunter artist award for media arts in 2014. His work has been supported by dozens of organizations including Telefilm Canada, Eurimages, Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, Ontario Creates, and the Ontario Arts Council.

igor.drljaca@ubc.ca


Merje Kuus

Merje Kuus is a political geographer who investigates the workings of expertise in policy-making processes. She examines how national and transnational institutions, such as government agencies, international organizations, or civil society groups, know what they know, how they have come to know what they know, and how they persuade themselves and others that this is so.

merje.kuus@geog.ubc.ca