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Early Career Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Victoria
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5. What advice do you have for a colleague who is thinking about applying for a teaching award
Expert Testimony
Witness, House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence. Zoom. May 9, 2022.
Witness, Standing Committee on National Security and Defence, Senate of Canada. Zoom. March 28, 2022.
Lectures and Public Events
“Beyond a Bed for a Night: The Limits of Humanitarianism for Responding to Domestic Disasters.” Climate Change Displacement Dialogue. York University. October 23, 2024.
Panel on “Climate and Human Security: Intersecting Risks and Priorities for Action.” Montreal Climate Security Summit. CDA Institute and the NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence. Montreal, QC. October 29, 2024.
Pacific Climate Security Conference at the University of Victoria, Feb 1 2024
Presentation, “International Security Challenges in the North,” Kingston Consortium for International Security (KCIS) Conference, November 3, 2022.
Interview, “Part 2: Security Challenges of Climate Change for Northern Indigenous Communities,” CDA Institute Expert Series, October 26, 2022.
Interview, “Part 1: Every Region of Canada is Vulnerable to Climate Insecurity,” CDA Institute Expert Series, July 28, 2022.
Lecture, “Climate Change and Canada’s Security Interests.” The Year Ahead 2020: A Strategic Outlook for Security, Intelligence, and Defence for Canada. Centre for Security, Intelligence, and Defence Studies, Ottawa ON. December 6, 2019.
In The News
Press Mentions
- Interviewed on the 2024 US election, Magazine 26. November 22, 2024. Fairchild TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2kHaOoFkhg&feature=youtu.be.
- Interviewed in Alec Lazenby, “What parallels can we draw from the U.S. and B.C. elections?” Vancouver Sun. November 8, 2024. https://vancouversun.com/news/parallels-between-us-and-bc-elections.
- Interviewed in Kori Sidaway, “How the U.S. election could impact Canadians,” Chek News. November 4, 2024. https://cheknews.ca/how-the-u-s-election-could-impact-canadians-1222498/.
- Interviewed in Shannon Waters, “What on earth just happened with BC’s carbon tax?” The Narwhal. September 13, 2024. https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-carbon-tax-drama/.
- Interviewed on the 2024 BC election, The Jeff Andreas Show. August 29, 2024. https://soundcloud.com/user-965676831/jeff-andreas-will-greaves-august-29.
- Interviewed on the 2024 BC election, The Jeff Andreas Show. August 1, 2024. https://soundcloud.com/user-965676831/jeff-andreas-will-greaves-august-1?utm_source=clipboard &utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing.
- Interviewed in Dana Hatherly, “Alaska governor, Yukon premier agree on matters they can’t determine: expert,” Yukon News. February 15, 2024. https://www.yukon-news.com/news/alaska-governor-yukon-premier-agree-on-matters-they-cant-determine-expert-7318408.
- Interviewed in Michael John Lo, “Flares fired as HMCS Ottawa military chopper buzzed by Chinese fighter pilots,” Times-Colonist. November 3, 2023. https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/flares-fired-as-hmcs-ottawa-military-chopper-buzzed-by-chinese-fighter-jets-7783077.
- Interviewed in Anne Casselman, “Canada in the year 2060,” Maclean’s. August, 2023. https://macleans.ca/society/environment/canada-in-the-year-2060/.
- Interview on the federal government Cabinet shuffle, The Jeff Andreas Show. July 26, 2023. https://soundcloud.com/user-965676831/jeff-bill-will-greaves-july-26.
- Interview on the British Columbia by-elections, The Jeff Andreas Show. June 26, 2023. https://soundcloud.com/user-965676831/jeff-andreas-will-greaves-june-26.
- Interviewed in Jim Bronskill, “CSIS warns climate change threatens Canadian security, prosperity,” The Globe and Mail [Canadian Press]. March 5, 2023. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-csis-warns-climate-change-threatens-canadian-security-prosperity/.
- Interviewed in Amanda Follett Hosgood, “Activists say they drilled holes in CGL pipeline, sabotaged materials,” The Tyee. March 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/01/Activists-Sabotage-CGL-Pipeline/.
- Interviewed in CDA Institute Expert Series Podcast, “Part 2: Security Challenges of Climate Change for Northern Indigenous Communities and Resolving Boundary Issues in the Arctic,” CDA Institute. November 9, 2022. https://cdainstitute.ca/will-greaves-security-challenges-of-climate-change-for-northern-indigenous-communities-resolving-boundary-issues-in-the-arctic/.
- Interviewed in Bob Weber, “Russian invasion of Ukraine forces Arctic defence back onto Canada’s agenda,” The Globe and Mail. August 25, 2022. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/ canada/article-nato-secretary-general-jens-stoltenberg-to-tour-arctic-defence-site-in/.
- Interviewed in CDA Institute Expert Series Podcast, “Part 1: Every Region of Canada is Vulnerable to Climate Insecurity,” CDA Institute. July 28, 2022. https://cdainstitute.ca/will-greaves-every-region-of-canada-is-vulnerable-to-climate-insecurity/.
- Interview on Brexit and the UK Conservative leadership race, The Ryan Painter Show July 17, 2022. https://www.ryanpainter.ca/podcast/episode/1e67566b/the-ryan-painter-show-07-17-2022.
- Interviewed in Noor Ibrahim, “U.S. Capitol hearings: Why should Canadians care? Extremism, security experts weigh in,” Global News. July 7, 2022. https://globalnews.ca/news/8967764/us-capitol-hearings-canada-extremism-security/.
- Interview on the Conservative Party of Canada leadership French debate, The Jeff Andreas Show. May 26, 2022. https://soundcloud.com/user-965676831/jeff-andreas-will-greaves-may-26?in=user-965676831/sets/morning-nl-news.
- Quoted in Joseph Stepansky, “‘Freudian slip’: Bush decries ‘invasion of Iraq’ – not Ukraine,” Al Jazeera. May 19, 2022. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/19/freudian-slip-bush-decries-invasion-of-iraq-not-ukraine.
- Interview on the Conservative Party of Canada leadership English debate, The Jeff Andreas Show. May 12, 2022. https://soundcloud.com/user-965676831/jeff-andreas-will-greaves-may-26?in=user-965676831/sets/morning-nl-news.
- Interview on Canada’s Arctic sovereignty, The Current with Matt Galloway, CBC Radio. April 5, 2022. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-the-current/clip/15904837-any-decision-north-made-north-says-nunavut-premier?featured=true.
- Interviewed in Defence Deconstructed podcast, “Arctic Stability and Climate Change,” Canadian Global Affairs Institute. October 14, 2021. https://www.cgai.ca/arctic_stability_and_climate_change.
- Interviewed in Robert Buffam, “Victorians react to swearing-in of President Biden,” CTV News Vancouver Island. January 20, 2021. https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/ victorians-react-to-swearing-in-of-president-biden-1.5275864?autoPlay=true.
- Featured interview on Beyond the Headlines podcast, “Canada and the Biden Administration.” January 18, 2021. https://www.beyondtheheadlines.net/episodes/canada-and-the-biden-administration.
- Interviewed in Sarah Lawrynuik, “Climate change will magnify risks to national security,” Winnipeg Free Press. November 28, 2020. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/greenpage/simmering-threat-573220391.html.
- Interviewed in Paul Musgrave, “Moving to Canada won’t save you from Trump,” Slate. October 29, 2020. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/move-to-canada-trump.html.
- Interviewed in Zach Kiedaisch, “Andrew Wilkinson steps down as leader of BC Liberals,” BCIT News. October 26, 2020. https://bcitnews.com/2020/10/26/andrew-wilkinson-steps-down-as-leader-of-the-bc-liberals/.
- Interviewed in Aaron Guillen, “Provincial snap election ‘one of the worst losses’ for Liberals, says UVic political expert,” Victoria News. October 25, 2020. https://www.vicnews.com/news/provincial-snap-election-one-of-the-worst-losses-for-liberals-says-uvic-political-expert/.
- Interviewed in Rochelle Baker, “NDP grapples with tension over environment, economy as B.C. election approaches,” National Observer. October 21, 2020. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/10/21/news/ndp-grapples-tension-over-environment-economy-bc-election-approaches.
- Interviewed in Rebecca Lawrence, “B.C. Liberal’s sexist comments NDP’s Bowinn Ma expected to be the focus of upcoming leadership debate,” ChekNews. October 12, 2020. https://www.cheknews.ca/b-c-liberals-sexist-comments-about-ndps-bowinn-ma-expected-to-be-the-focus-of-upcoming-leadership-debate-708890/.
- Interviewed in Mary Griffin, “US President Donald Trump diagnosis of COVID-19 shakes world,” ChekNews. October 2, 2020. https://www.cheknews.ca/us-president-donald-trump-diagnosis-of-covid-19-shakes-world-706466/.
- Interviewed in Roxanne Egan-Elliott, “As climate action moves online, activists worry momentum could stall,” The Times-Colonist. September 26, 2020. https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/as-climate-action-moves-online-activists-worry-momentum-could-stall-1.24210488.
- Interviewed in Lee Harding, “BC Election: Liberals campaign on axing sales tax,” The Epoch Times. September 19, 2020. https://www.theepochtimes.com/bc-election-liberals-campaign-on-axing-sales-tax_3518999.html.
- Interview on COVID-19 and the Trump Administration’s proposals for the Canada-US border, The Jeff Andreas Show. March 27, 2020. https://anchor.fm/jeff-andreas/episodes/Will-Greaves-mar-27-ec180a.
- Interview on political and institutional response to Covid-19, The Jeff Andreas Show. March 12, 2020. https://radiopublic.com/the-jeff-andreas-show-6LYv1v/s1!a65ea.
- Interview on “Canada can’t waste its plastic anymore,” Afternoons with Ryan Price, CFAX 1070. March 3, 2020. https://www.iheartradio.ca/cfax-1070/audio/canada-can-t-export-its-plastic-waste-anymore-1.10628737?mode=Article.
- Interviewed in Richard Watts, “Use of plastic cutlery irks political scientist on Ideafest panel,” Times-Colonist. March 3, 2020. https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/use-of-plastic-cutlery-irks-political-scientist-on-ideafest-panel-1.24088819.
- Featured interview in Battle Rhythm podcast, “Episode 16: Arctic Climate.” January 23, 2020. https://soundcloud.com/user-609485369/battle-rhythm-episode-16-arctic-climate.
- Interviewed in Ash Milton, “North America is Losing the Arctic,” Palladium Magazine. October 5, 2019. https://palladiummag.com/2019/10/05/north-america-is-losing-the-arctic/.
- Interviewed in Melanie Green, “Trudeau, Singh clash on climate as both head for B.C. battleground riding Tuesday,” The Star Vancouver. September 24, 2019. https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2019 /09/24/trudeau-singh-both-set-to-campaign-in-burnaby-south-on-day-14-of-federal-election.html.
- Featured in podcast, “Canada and the World, Episode 26: Foreign Policy in an Age of Flux,” org. February 1, 2019. https://www.opencanada.org/features/canada-and-world-ep-26-foreign-policy-age-flux/.
- Interview on the Trump Administration’s border wall proposal, The Noon Show on CFAX 1070 with Joe Perkins. January 8, 2019. http://www.iheartradio.ca/cfax-1070/u-s-president-donald-trump-will-address-americans-tonight-from-the-oval-office-on-the-funding-stalemate-over-a-wall-at-the-border-with-mexico-1.8653740?mode=Article& autoplay=1.8653740.
- Interview on climate change policy and social protest in France, The Noon Show on CFAX 1070 with Joe Perkins. December 4, 2018. http://www.iheartradio.ca/cfax-1070/paris-protests-dr-will-grieves-assistant-professor-of-international-relations-at-the-university-of-victoria-1.8597977?mode=Article&autoplay=1.8597977.
- Interviewed in Lowana Veal, “Traditional Knowledge and Education Major Themes at Arctic Circle Assembly,” InDepth News. October 25, 2017. https://archive-2016-2017-indepthnews.net/index.php/sustainability/gender-equality/1429-traditional-knowledge-and-education-major-themes-at-arctic-circle-assembly.
- Interview on Brexit and the Syrian conflict, The Scott Thompson Show Radio AM900. June 27, 2016. http://www.900chml.com/audio/ (interview starts at 12:35:00).
- Interview on “Canada is trying to get a seat back on the UN’s Security Council,” The Scott Thompson Show Radio AM900. March 17, 2016. https://soundcloud.com/ am900chml/canada-is-trying-to-get-a-seat-back-on-the-uns-security-council.
- Interviewed in Laura Fraser, “Canada’s pitch for UN security seat will cost ‘financial and political capital’,” CBC News. March 16, 2016. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/un-security-council-1.3494537.
- Interviewed in Sneh Duggal “US appears set to differ Arctic Council agenda from Canada,” Embassy Magazine. November 4, 2014. https://www.hilltimes.com/global/2014/11/04/us-appears-set-to-differ-arctic-council-agenda-from-canada/36341.