Provost Presents

Provost Presents… is a speaker series organized by Dr. Diane Purvey, Provost & Vice President, Academic, at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Each event will provide opportunities for KPU students, staff and faculty to hear from experts in higher education about timely, compelling issues that are pertinent to work and study in the field of academia.

Past Speakers

Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre – Niigaan Sinclair

Asset-based Approaches to Student Success – Liya Escalera

Michael Byers - "Elon Musk, President of Mars" - April 11, 2025

Robin Wall Kimmerer Discusses her Book, Braiding Sweetgrass - February 21, 2024

Sara Ahmed - Killjoys at Work - October 26,2023

Kumari Beck, PhD. & Sharon Stein, PhD. - Living With/in the Complexities of Internationalization - April 27, 2023

Jean Teillet - The North-West is Our Mother - January 19, 2023

Sunera Thobani, Benita Bunjun, Enakshi Dua - Coloniality and Racial (in)Justice in the University: Counting for Nothing? - March 10, 2022

Provost Presents: Prior Learning in Focus: Expert Perspectives and Collaborative Conversations - May 7, 2025