Naomi Klein: Facing the mirror world of digital doppelgangers
What if you found you’d acquired another self—an online double who seemed to be you but wasn’t you at all? In an era filled with conspiracy, disinformation, and digital distortion, what does it mean to be seen—but misrepresented and misunderstood? In this special virtual conversation, hear from acclaimed author, intellectual, and UBC professor Naomi Klein as she discusses her award-winning book, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World. Attend this talk to delve into shifting dynamics of identity, perception, and power—and what these changes reflect about our world.
This event in presented by the alumni UBC Book Club, the UBC Faculty of Arts, and the UBC Sauder School of Business.
Speaker
Naomi Klein (she/her/hers) — journalist, columnist, author; Associate Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Climate Justice, Department of Geography, UBC
Moderator
Carol Liao (she/her/hers) — Associate Professor at the Allard School of Law and Co-Director, Centre for Climate Justice, UBC
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
12:15pm–1:00pm PT
Online
Open to everyone. Registration is required.
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Speaker Biography
Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, columnist, and the international bestselling author of nine books published in over 35 languages including No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything, No Is Not Enough, On Fire, and Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World which won the inaugural Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction in 2024. A columnist for The Guardian and a contributor to Zeteo News, her writing has appeared in leading publications around the world. She is an honorary professor of Media and Climate at Rutgers University and an Associate Professor in Geography at UBC where she is a founding co-director of UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice.
Moderator Biography
Carol Liao
Dr. Carol Liao is an internationally respected legal expert in corporate sustainability, climate governance, and social justice. She is the UBC Sauder Distinguished Fellow of the Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics and Chair of the Canada Climate Law Initiative. She sits on the Steering Committee of the Climate Solutions Research Collective, Advisory Council of BCBusiness and Vancouver Magazine, and Solicitors’ Legal Opinions Committee of BC. She has been recognized as one of Canada’s Clean50, Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by WXN, and Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer. She is an Associate Professor at UBC Allard Law and co-director of UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice.
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