Rosalind Warner
Okanagan College, Political Science, Faculty Member
- Canadian Foreign Policy, Educational Technology, Critical Theory, Critical Thinking, Political Science, Environmental Politics, and 15 morePopular Culture, Knowledge Economy, Blended Online Learning Design, Student Motivation And Engagement, International Relations, Environmental Sustainability, Political Economy, Tourism Studies, International Studies, Environmental Studies, Energy and Environment, Political Ecology, Environmental History, Environmental Policy and Governance, and Natural Resource Managementedit
- My background includes graduate work in Political Science at York University’s Centre for International and Security ... moreMy 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. I tend to be organized and orderly, focus on the inner world, and get energy through reflecting on information, ideas, and/or concepts. I make decisions to create harmony and focus on person-centred values.edit
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... 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.
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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,... 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.
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As approaches to international disaster risk reduction have changed, the international community's responses have evolved since the issue arose in 1990 with the United Nations International Decade for Disaster Risk Reduction (henceforth... more
As approaches to international disaster risk reduction have changed, the international community's responses have evolved since the issue arose in 1990 with the United Nations International Decade for Disaster Risk Reduction (henceforth DRR). Canada has been a strong participant in these efforts, most recently through the Sendai Framework, designed to guide the world’s responses to disaster from 2015 to 2030. A key shift of the Sendai Framework is a move toward “disaster risk governance” rather than disaster management, suggesting a move away from relief-based governance and assistance models and toward resilience-based models. As DRR becomes more integrated into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it will theoretically blur the boundary between “relief” and “development” activities and policies. This paper will analyze the implications of this blurring for Canada’s international disaster assistance policies, and include some comparison with domestic disaster response policies. In the process, the work will review the history, development, and outcomes of Canada’s involvement in the global DRR process, with particular focus on Canada’s contribution to resilience-based governance. It will evaluate Canada’s progress toward the support of resilience-based governance as demonstrated through recent examples of disaster assistance responses, policies and programs.
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... 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.
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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... 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 coherent and relevant to the contexts prevailing today in industrialised countries? Two strands in the EM literature are discussed: the functional and socio-political accounts of change. From the perspective of critical political ecology, EM thinking does not provide an ethically or politically coherent argument for more radical change. The possibilities for elaborating a more nuanced ‘post-EM’ account of ecopolitical change that incorporates a politics of conflict and an expansion of the scope of politics itself are evaluated.
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In this article about Canada's environmental policy choices, the author contrasts two different organizing principles for global governance advanced within the international community: the first is an overarching project to link... more
In this article about Canada's environmental policy choices, the author contrasts two different organizing principles for global governance advanced within the international community: the first is an overarching project to link environmentalism with the global liberal political economy, and, is broadly labelled economistic environmentalism. Within this view, policy implications are prescribed by the doctrines of eco-efficiency and state competitiveness. The second organizing principle arises in direct opposition to the intensification of globalization and inequalities, encompasses what might be termed radical sustainability, and incorporates equity, accountability and ethics as normative purposes guiding policy decision making.
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This paper uses a comparison of ideas in US and Canadian national parks history and governance to explain the rationale for the development of national parks and protected areas. Comparisons of the Canadian and US national parks history... more
This paper uses a comparison of ideas in US and Canadian national parks history and governance to explain the rationale for the development of national parks and protected areas. Comparisons of the Canadian and US national parks history have either noted few significant differences, or have argued that there has been far less emphasis on preservation in Canadian parks governance. This paper uses two main axes to compare ideas about parks governance in the US and Canada: the first involves the discursive and cultural justification for restricting development; and the second is the degree of governmental leadership and conscious planning, orstatism, that goes into parks governance. A survey of the respective histories of parks governance
leads to the conclusion that differences between the US and Canada in parks governance exist. Nevertheless, these are largely a result of the historical interaction and relationship between the two countries, rather than inherent cultural differences or similarities in notions of "wilderness. " Conclusions centre on the effects of the tendency for Canadian patterns of economic development to produce greater path dependency and hence to restrict resistance to economic development within parks.
leads to the conclusion that differences between the US and Canada in parks governance exist. Nevertheless, these are largely a result of the historical interaction and relationship between the two countries, rather than inherent cultural differences or similarities in notions of "wilderness. " Conclusions centre on the effects of the tendency for Canadian patterns of economic development to produce greater path dependency and hence to restrict resistance to economic development within parks.
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This work critically re-examines the claims of governments and the information and communications technology (ICT) industry to foster more sustainable economies based on high technology in an era of climate change, resource depletion, and... more
This work critically re-examines the claims of governments and the information and communications technology (ICT) industry to foster more sustainable economies based on high technology in an era of climate change, resource depletion, and pollution. It argues that these claims are embedded in the orthodoxy of ecological modernizers (EM), and that a critical political ecology approach can more effectively re-embed information technology innovation in its material social, economic and political context. Using a ‘three-order effects’ measure, it surveys the environmental effects of ICT from manufacturing to widespread implementation. It focuses on the raw materials used, energy use, displacement effects, carbon emissions effects, chemical pollution, water pollution, and other social and environmental effects. It concludes that the ‘new economy’ is not all ‘new’, but rather is highly dependent on the polluting and destructive ‘old economy’, with significant and growing environmental consequences that are not currently given sufficient attention in public policy decision making.
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Recently, the idea of the green state has emerged as a way of understanding the state in the context of the international relations of the environment. By assuming the role of a public environmental trustee and responsible global... more
Recently, the idea of the green state has emerged as a way of understanding the state in the context of the international relations of the environment. By assuming the role of a public environmental trustee and responsible global environmental citizen, states can achieve changes at the ...
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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,... 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
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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... 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?
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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... 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.
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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... 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.
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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.
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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... 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?
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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... 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.
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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... 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
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
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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.
http://youtu.be/ILbQR1x830Q
http://youtu.be/ILbQR1x830Q
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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... 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 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.
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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... 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 non-human world.
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, Okanagan College.
"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... 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."
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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,... 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.
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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... 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.
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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?
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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... 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.
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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... 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.
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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.
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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... 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.
Research Interests: Critical Theory, Ancient History, Sociology, Political Sociology, Social Theory, and 9 morePolitical Philosophy, Humanities, Human Rights, Political communication, U.S. Foreign Policy, US in 2012 Election, Obama and R.Perry, 2012 american presidential elections., US Governments and Politics, Politics of Race In the Usa, and 2016 US Presidential Elections
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... 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.
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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... 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....
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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... 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).