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SUMMARY:March 15\, 2022 Event Slides - The Nature Revolution: Global trends in the fight against species collapse
DESCRIPTION:03.22 – Group 78 – Graham Saul PresentationDownload\n\n\n\nEvent Summary: \n\n\n\nClimate Change and mass extinction have emerged as the twin existential environmental crises of our time. In response\, movements and decision-makers are increasingly advocating for new approaches and bold commitments that reflect the scale of the problem. In this talk\, Graham will cover many of the emerging trends related to nature conservation and reflect on how we can help put big new ideas into action in Canada. \n\n\n\nGraham Saul has more than 25 years of experience working on social and environmental justice issues. He has a strong background in the climate and environmental movements\, including work with Oxfam in Mozambique\, with various multilateral development banks\, as an international programme director for Friends of the Earth and Oil Change International\, as Executive Director of Climate Action Network and as a founding member of Ecology Ottawa. He brings this rich diversity of experience to his leadership of the remarkable and inspiring staff and volunteers that make up the Nature Canada team.
URL:https://group78.org/event/the-nature-revolution-global-trends-in-the-fight-against-species-collapse/
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SUMMARY:March 29\, 2022 Recording - Global Food Security and the Ukraine Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Event Summary: \n\n\n\nCorporate concentration has become a dominant feature of the modern industrial food system. In nearly all stages of global food supply chains\, from farm inputs\, to production\, to trade\, to food processing and food retail\, a common pattern is that just a handful of transnational firms tend to dominate markets and wield significant power. What does this concentrated power mean for food security and food system sustainability\, especially for the world’s poorest people and countries? \n\n\n\nThis talk examines the implications of concentrated corporate power in the global food system in the context of the current climate and COVID crises\, and the current war in Ukraine\, and maps out potential policy options to rein in corporate power in the sector. \n\n\n\nJennifer Clapp is a Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability and Professor in the School of Environment\, Resources and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo. She has published widely on the global governance of problems that arise at the intersection of the global economy\, food security and food systems\, and the natural environment. Her recent books include Food\, 3rd Edition (Polity\, 2020)\, Speculative Harvests: Financialization\, Food\, and Agriculture (with S. Ryan Isakson\, Fernwood Press\, 2018)\, and Hunger in the Balance: The New Politics of International Food Aid (Cornell University Press\, 2012. Jennifer is the Vice-Chair of the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the UN Committee on World Food Security and a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems. \n\n\n\nDownload Event Pdf
URL:https://group78.org/event/corporate-concentration-and-power-in-the-global-food-system/
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SUMMARY:April 26\, 2022 Recording - Why we must take control of Artificial Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:John Anderson will examine the importance of the regulation of AI and new forms of automation both as they effect jobs in the workplace\, privacy and use and abuse for monitoring people in and out of the workplace and use in cybersecurity and control. As Vladimir Putin put it in 2017\, “Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Anderson is a Senior Researcher with the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada. He represents PIPSC on the Canadian Labour Congress Task Force on Automation and Artificial Intelligence which will present its report in the fall of this year. Prior to this\, John was an independent researcher who wrote the major studies on postal banking for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and several reports for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives including one on regulating the digital giants. He also has been the Director of Policy and Research for the Federal NDP as well as Director of Policy for the Canadian Co-operative Association and Research Director for the Canadian Council on Social Development\, as well co-ordinator of the Technological Adjustment Research Project for the Ontario Federation of Labour. He taught Labour Studies at McMaster University for 13 years. He is a frequent op-ed contributor to major dailies. He has a BA and MA from McGill University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2022-04-26-Webinar-NoticeDownload\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation. \n\n\n\nPhoto credit link: – https://www.flickr.com/photos/152824664@N07/44405376514/
URL:https://group78.org/event/webinar-april-26-why-we-must-take-control-of-artificial-intelligence/
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SUMMARY:May 3\, 2022 Recording - What Ukraine tells us about nuclear deterrence and common security
DESCRIPTION:Event Summary: \n\n\n\nIn the shadow of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine\, moderator Peggy Mason will explore with panelists Robin Collins and Cesar Jaramillo what the crisis may mean for nuclear disarmament goals\, European security\, NATO’s reliance on nuclear deterrence\, and challenges to the UN and UN Charter framework itself. \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nPeggy Mason is the President of the Rideau Institute on International Affairs\, an independent think tank dedicated to revitalizing Canada’s diplomat\, peacekeeping and peacebuilding roles in the world. Her distinguished career highlights diplomatic and specialist expertise in the field of international security\, with a particular emphasis on the United Nations\, where she served as Canada’s Ambassador for Disarmament from 1989 to 1995. She has led Canadian delegations to NPT and BWC Review Conferences\, chaired UN expert groups on arms control verification and small arms regulation and served for two terms on the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nRobin Collins works with several civil society organizations on disarmament\, global governance and common security advocacy\, and war and peace issues. He is Co-chair of the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons\, and on the boards of Canadian Pugwash Group and World Federalist Movement — Canada. He is a member of the Group of 78 peace and security working group. \n\n\n\nCesar Jaramillo is executive director at Project Ploughshares. His areas of expertise include nuclear disarmament\, outer space security and conventional weapons control. As an international civil society representative\, Cesar has addressed\, among others\, the UN General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)\, the UN Conference on Disarmament\, the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)\, states parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)\, and states parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). He has also given guest lectures and presentations at academic institutions such as the National Law University in New Delhi\, the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing\, and the University of Toronto.
URL:https://group78.org/event/webinar-may-3-what-ukraine-tells-us-about-nuclear-deterrence-and-common-security/
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SUMMARY:June 15th Webinar Recording - Do Green Bonds Matter?
DESCRIPTION:Outline \n\n\n\nGreen bonds are one of the hottest options in the fight against climate change\, a chance for everyday and institutional investors to match their dollars with their environmental values while getting a return on their investment. At a time when we need a seven-fold increase in climate investment around the world\, every funding source has to be mobilized. But the details matter. What defines a green bond? How important are they as a source of climate finance? What difference have they made since they were introduced? How can bond buyers be sure their green investment dollars are going into legitimate climate solutions? Join us at 1 pm ET on Wednesday\, June 15 to find out. \n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\nSara Alvarado is Executive Director\, Institute for Sustainable Finance at Queen’s University. She is former Head of Risk\, Canada Infrastructure Bank. Prior to that\, she was Senior Officer\, Infrastructure New Products & Special Transactions at the European Investment Bank  based in Luxembourg. Before moving to the EU\, Sara held positions at Manulife\, Sun Life\, and Scotia Capital. Sara is current Co-Chair at the World Economic Forum’s Infrastructure 4.0 Initiative. She is Board Member at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. She is a CFA charter holder and holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School. \n\n\n\nMitchell Beer is Publisher and Managing Editor of The Energy Mix\, a news site and e-digest on climate change\, energy\, and the shift off carbon. He traces his background in renewable energy and energy efficiency to 1977\, in climate change to 1997\, and delivered a TEDx Ottawa talk in October\, 2019 on how to build wider public demand for faster\, deeper carbon cuts. A proud moment was building a model wind turbine out of wooden stir sticks with his then-11-year-old daughter\, and improv comedy practices are often the best part of his week. \n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite
URL:https://group78.org/event/do-green-bonds-matter/
CATEGORIES:Special Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:War in Ukraine: Possibilities for a Peace Settlement
DESCRIPTION:ER-Notes-revised.War-in-Ukraine-and-Possibilities-for-a-Peace-Settlement.5-Oct-2022.G78-webinarDownload\n\n\n\nAs the current phase of intense fighting in Ukraine stretches beyond six months\, news reports and analyses focus on key elements of the war – shifting battle fronts\, ground gained and lost\, weapons promised and shipped\, the still mounting tragedies of death\, displacement\, and physical destruction\, and the resulting economic and food insecurities that extend well beyond the borders of Ukraine. Another feature of what has become this grinding war of attrition has received much less attention – namely\, the sidelining of the diplomacy that will inevitably be central to silencing the guns and bringing the devastating hyper-violence of this conflict to an end. \n\n\n\nOn October 5\, the Group of 78 will host a webinar to explore diplomatic approaches to ending the fighting and to addressing the conflicts at the core of the fighting. Guest speaker Ernie Regehr will draw on insights from his decades of work on peacebuilding including his Resolving Conflict: Why peace cannot be won on the battlefield (2015) to explore pathways to a sustainable and just peace between Russia and Ukraine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nJohn Foster\, petroleum economist\, held positions at the World Bank\, Inter-American Development Bank\, BP and Petro-Canada. He is a member of the Group of 78’s Board of Directors and lives in Kingston ON. His blog is johnfosterwrites.com. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: \n\n\n\nErnie Regehr is Senior Fellow at The Simons Foundation of Vancouver and Research Fellow at the Centre for Peace Advancement\, Conrad Grebel University College\, the University of Waterloo. He is co-founder of Project Ploughshares\, and his publications on peace and security issues include books\, monographs\, journal articles\, policy papers\, parliamentary briefs\, and op-eds. He has traveled frequently to conflict zones\, especially in East Africa\, contributed to Track II diplomacy efforts related to the conflict in southern Sudan\, and is on the Board of the Africa Peace Forum of Nairobi\, Kenya. He is a former Commissioner of the World Council of Churches Commission on International Affairs\, where he was active in developing the WCC’s position on R2P. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada. \n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite
URL:https://group78.org/event/war-in-ukraine-possibilities-for-a-peace-settlement/
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SUMMARY:Watch the video: "What did two COPS Conferences achieve? Where did they fail?"
DESCRIPTION:In November and December 2022\, two crucial international conferences were held—one (COP- \n\n\n\n27)\, at Sharm el Sheikh\, Egypt\, on the climate crisis; and the second (COP-15)\, at Montreal\, on \n\n\n\nthe biodiversity crisis. The issues discussed at these two gatherings are intimately related; they \n\n\n\nboth focus on the survival of the planet as we know it. While there were some important \n\n\n\nbreakthroughs—an agreement to compensate poor countries for loss and damage from climate \n\n\n\nchange which is caused largely by rich countries over the past 200 years—many other \n\n\n\nobjectives were not met. In particular\, decisive action on eradicating emissions that are the \n\n\n\nprincipal cause of global warming was conspicuously absent.  \n\n\n\nWhat must be done in the wake of such failed international efforts to thwart climate catastrophe? \n\n\n\nModerator: Susan Tanner\, G78 vice-chair and coordinator of the CCWG \n\n\n\nSusan Tanner\, Vice-Chair Group of 78; Secretary\, OREC; Chair Conference Organizing Committee \n\n\n\nSusan Tanner\, L.L.B.\, M.E.S.\, L.L.M While holding senior positions in both federal and Ontario governments Susan has maintained an active role in the non-profit community. In 1982\, Susan was the founding chairperson of LEAF (Legal Education and Action Fund) to promote the rights of women under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In 1995\, Friends of the Earth (FoE) Canada accepted a UN Environmental Prize for work on the Montreal Protocol\, completed under her leadership. Susan continues to be actively involved with organizations such as Ottawa Renewable Energy Coop\, Women for Nature (Nature Canada)\, and Group of 78. Government positions included: Senior Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Justice on Gender Equality and Diversity; Forum Lead\, WUF Habitat Jam; Member of the Ontario Environmental Assessment Board; Vice-Chair of the Social Assessment Review Board; and mediator for the Ontario Grievance Settlement Board. She holds a Master of Environmental Studies and a Masters of Law. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Jennifer Bansard\, Writer\, Earth Negotiations Bulletin \n\n\n\nJennifer is a political scientist with expertise in climate\, biodiversity\, and urban governance\, as well as the role of science in environmental governance. She works at the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)\, which provides science-based advice on sustainability issues. \n\n\n\nJennifer holds Master’s Degrees in Environment & Resource Management (VU Amsterdam\, Netherlands)\, International Relations (Sciences Po Aix\, France)\, and Applied Political Sciences (University of Freiburg\, Germany). She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Potsdam. In her dissertation\, she examines the emergence of “blue carbon\,” a concept that refers to the carbon sequestration potential of coastal ecosystems\, such as mangroves\, seagrasses\, and salt marshes.  \n\n\n\nJennifer is passionate about all things environmental. When she is not in front of a computer\, she loves to hike around one of the many lakes in the Berlin area.
URL:https://group78.org/event/what-did-two-cops-conferences-achieve-where-did-they-fail/
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SUMMARY:Watch the video: Canada can't reach UN Climate Targets. Why not?
DESCRIPTION:Find out during our February webinar\, with Bruce Campbell and Jason MacLean\, as they discuss how Big Oil’s regulatory capture practices are preventing Canada from meeting the UN Climate Targets. \n\n\n\nBruce Campbell is the editor of “Corporate Rules: The Real World of Business Regulation in Canada: How government regulators are failing the public interest\,” James Lorimer\, 2022. He is an executive member of the Group of 78; an adjunct professor at York University\, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change; and a Senior Fellow\, at Toronto Metropolitan University\, Centre for Free Expression. He is the former Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. \n\n\n\nJason MacLean is a contributor to Corporate Rules. He is an Assistant Professor\, at the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law\, and an Adjunct Professor\, at the School of Environment and Sustainability\, at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. MacLean is one of Canada’s leading authorities on corporate regulatory capture in fossil fuels\, environment\, and agrochemicals sectors; their impact on climate; and how to overcome\, capture\, and catalyze transformative climate change.
URL:https://group78.org/event/canada-cant-reach-un-climate-targets-why-not/
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SUMMARY:View Video of Canada's Review of General Preferential Tariffs & Feminism
DESCRIPTION:Canada is currently undertaking a review of its General Preferential Tariff and the Least Developed Country (LDC) Tariff. At stake is whether Canada will continue to treat exports from female-intensive and growth-promoting industries favorably or not. \n\n\n\nCanada’s highest-value industrial imports from developing countries are in many cases apparel. LDCs Bangladesh\, Cambodia\, and Nepal have benefitted from a growth-promoting zero tariff but could be graduated to non-LDC treatment. \n\n\n\nNon-LDCs and non-FTA country exports to Canada are currently treated to a wage–depressing\, growth-destroying tariff peak of 17 percent. \n\n\n\nThe government is asking what should change. \n\n\n\nCanada needs to review this issue through the lens of its feminist international trade and development policies to come up with better trade relationships\, and better trade programming in female-intensive industries in the developing world.
URL:https://group78.org/event/canadas-review-of-general-preferential-tariffs-feminism/
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SUMMARY:Webinar April 6 - The Role of Innovation and Technology in Feeding the Future
DESCRIPTION:Today the same technologies that brought us the Internet and are transforming medicine are reshaping food and farming systems. Smart tractors know where they are in the field and plant the right seed in the right place and give it the right amount of fertilizer\, robotic milkers boost productivity while maintaining herd health and reduce potentially harmful inputs such as antibiotics\, vertical farms that allow any crop to be produced anywhere anytime\, and alternative protein products that provide high-quality foodstuffs to consumers at a minimal environmental cost are all examples of innovation and technology that are helping us to feed the future. These technologies are all on the cusp of going mainstream and are talked about with breathless anticipation in the media.  \n\n\n\nJoin us for this webinar! Dr. Evan Fraser from the University of Guelph will provide a high-level overview of the potential for these technologies to create stronger and more resilient food systems while also reflecting on limitations\, barriers\, and bottlenecks. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Evan Fraser  \n\n\n\nEvan is the Director of the Arrell Food Institute and a professor of Geography at the University of Guelph. There\, Evan works to bring large and diverse teams together to develop strategies that balance our need to produce and distribute accessible\, healthy\, and nutritious food while stewarding the ecosystems on which we all depend for life. He believes that it is only by building bridges between the corporate sector\, government\, civil society\, and academics that we will be able to create food systems fit for the challenges of the 21st century. \n\n\n\nAward-winning author\, Evan co-authored Empires of Food: Feast\, Famine and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations (with Andre Rimas)\, and Dinner on Mars: The Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Earth (co-authored with Lenore Newman). Evan’s graphic novel (#FoodCrisis) is a tool that is being used in classrooms around the world\, and his web series “feeding nine billion” has been watched over 600\,000 times. \n\n\n\nAs a researcher\, Evan is one of Canada’s most cited social scientists working on food and sustainability and between 2010-2020 was a Canada Research Chair. Between 2014-17 he was a Fellow of the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation\, he is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars. He sits on several boards that advise government\, industry\, and charities. This includes co-chairing the Canadian Food Policy Advisory Council and vice-chairing the Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security.  \n\n\n\nModerated by: Roy Culpeper  \n\n\n\nRoy is a development economist\, an Honorary Senior Fellow of the University of Ottawa’s School of International Development and Global Studies\, an Adjunct Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs\, Carleton University\, and a Fellow of the Broadbent Institute. He is Chair of the Group of 78\, which focuses on international affairs and Canadian foreign policy. From January until May 2011 he was Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington\, D.C. From 1995 until 2010 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of The North-South Institute\, Ottawa. Earlier in his career\, he was an official at the World Bank in Washington\, the federal Departments of Finance and External Affairs in Ottawa\, and the Planning Secretariat of the Government of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Roy Culpeper obtained his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Toronto. He has published widely on the issues of international development\, finance\, and global governance.
URL:https://group78.org/event/the-role-of-innovation-and-technology-in-feeding-the-future/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The Energy Transition
DESCRIPTION:Learn about what the shift to a zero-carbon economy will look like (including debunking common myths)\, understand the major milestones we need to meet in Canada and get an overview of the different levers that can help us meet our goals. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, SHIFT Director Adam Scott\,  IISD Senior Policy Advisor Nichole Dusyk\, and IISD Policy Analyst Zachary Repel will provide a clear and engaging introduction to the Energy Transition. This is critical for both seasoned activists and the climate curious to understand. \n\n\n\nOur speakers and chair: \n\n\n\nAdam Scott is a climate change expert with extensive domestic and international experience in policy\, energy and finance\, as well as campaign design and execution. He has a lifelong commitment to supporting the transition to a zero carbon economy in Canada. At Shift\, he works with wide-ranging stakeholders to bring international climate leadership into Canada’s financial sector.  \n\n\n\nNichole Dusyk is a senior policy advisor for IISD’s Energy program working on the Canadian Energy Transitions Team. The focus of her work is providing research and analysis to support a transition away from fossil fuels and toward a more just and sustainable energy system. \n\n\n\nZachary Repel is a policy analyst with IISD’s Energy Team working on carbon pricing strategies as well as international just transition implementation. \n\n\n\nRoy Culpeper is an Ottawa-based economist who has devoted his career to social justice issues. His work as a researcher and a public servant has focused on development in Canada and internationally. He is the volunteer Chair of the Group of 78 which works to advance the causes of peace\, justice\, and planetary survival.
URL:https://group78.org/event/webinar-the-energy-transition/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: What Can You Do to Green Canada's Financial System?
DESCRIPTION:Canada cannot achieve its climate goals without the full participation of the financial system. Canadians with bank accounts\, pension funds and/or insurance policies all have a vested interest in aligning this system with climate safety. Learn what financial actors are already doing\, what more needs to be done\, the role for regulation\, and what you can do. \n\n\n\nOur speakers and chair: \n\n\n\nAdam Scott is a climate change expert with extensive domestic and international experience in policy\, energy and finance\, as well as campaign design and execution. He has a lifelong commitment to supporting the transition to a zero carbon economy in Canada. At Shift\, he works with wide-ranging stakeholders to bring international climate leadership into Canada’s financial sector. \n\n\n\nJulie Segal Julie works as Senior Manager\, Climate Finance at Environmental Defence\, where she advances climate-related financial policy and regulation. She previously managed a portfolio of impact investments at the McConnell Foundation. She’s won national and global awards for her work integrating environmental justice into sustainable finance\, including winning First Prize Paper in the Ethics & Trust in Finance Global Prize. \n\n\n\nRoy Culpeper is an Ottawa-based economist who has devoted his career to social justice issues. His work as a researcher and a public servant has focused on development in Canada and internationally. He is the volunteer Chair of the Group of 78 which works to advance the causes of peace\, justice\, and planetary survival.
URL:https://group78.org/event/webinar-what-can-you-do-to-green-canadas-financial-system/
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SUMMARY:Watch the Webinar - What are the Prospects for Democracy in Latin America?
DESCRIPTION:Recent electoral victories by left-leaning leaders and parties mark another turn in the oscillations of Latin American politics\, but they also signal enduring changes. The electoral success of the left is a sign of both the durability of electoral democracy and the persistence of social pressures in highly unequal societies. \n\n\n\nJoin us for this webinar\, as Maxwell Cameron discusses how the electoral fates and governing strategies of leftist movements and parties reflect the conditions in which they emerged. He analyzes the political and organizational legacies of Cold War repression as well as the ways in which global events such as 9/11\, the commodity boom of the 2000s and its exhaustion\, the Covid-19 pandemic\, and the new global wave of progressive movements\, have shaped the ebb-and-flow of left-wing politics.  \n\n\n\nIs there a possibility for the construction of social democracy as an alternative to radical populist and right-wing oligarchical politics? Join us for this important discussion. \n\n\n\nOur speaker: Maxwell A. Cameron (PhD Berkeley 1989) specializes in comparative politics (Latin America)\, constitutionalism\, democracy\, and political ethics. He is the author or editor of a dozen academic books as well as over sixty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.  \n\n\n\nOur moderator: Laura Macdonald is a Full Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University. She has published numerous articles in journals and edited collections on such issues as the role of non-governmental organizations in development\, global civil society\, social policies and citizenship struggles in Latin America\, Canadian development assistance\, Canada-Latin American relations and the political impact of North American economic integration. Her recent work looks at transnational activism in North America around labour rights\, migration\, and human rights in Mexico\, trade and gender\, and policies to reduce crime and violence in Mexico City. 
URL:https://group78.org/event/what-are-the-prospects-for-democracy-in-latin-america/
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SUMMARY:Watch the webinar: International Climate Finance  Perspectives from Canada and the Caribbean
DESCRIPTION:It has become clear over the past few decades that the poorest developing countries are suffering the worst devastation from the climate crisis\, in the form of droughts\, flooding\, and rising seas\, despite being the least responsible for global warming. While the need for financial support for developing countries\, particularly for climate change adaptation\, has been acknowledged\, financing from donor countries has chronically fallen short of UN targets. This webinar reviewed recent trends in climate financing for the poorest countries and recommended possible ways to resolve the financing shortfall. \n\n\n\nOur panelists and moderator: \n\n\n\nDr. Spencer Thomas\, Lead negotiator for climate change and biodiversity for Grenada\, is currently the Vice Chair of the Clean Development Mechanism of the UNFCCC and the technology coordinator of the Alliance of Small Island States. He is a former Financial Secretary and Economic Policy Adviser in the Ministry of Finance of Grenada. Dr. Thomas holds a doctorate in Energy Economics from Howard University\, master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Economics from Iowa State University and Howard University respectively\, and a post-doctoral master’s degree in Telecommunications Regulation and Policy from the University of the West Indies.  \n\n\n\nBrian Tomlinson is the Executive Director of AidWatch Canada\, which focuses on issues related to Canadian and global aid priorities as well as global trends in the development effectiveness of civil society organizations (CSOs). Brian is an adjunct professor in the Department of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University. He facilitates several civil society Working Groups with the OECD Development Assistance Committee’s CSO Reference Group focusing on issues relating to donor policies and practices for Official Development Assistance (ODA). He retired in June 2011 as Senior Policy Analyst (Aid Policy) at the Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC)\, the platform for Canadian CSOs in development cooperation\, where he worked for 16 years. \n\n\n\nJennifer Bansard (Moderator) is a political scientist with expertise in climate\, biodiversity\, and urban governance\, as well as the role of science in environmental governance. She works at the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)\, which provides science-based advice on sustainability issues. Jennifer has an international academic education and holds Masters Degrees in Environment & Resource Management (VU Amsterdam\, Netherlands)\, International Relations (Sciences Po Aix\, France) and Applied Political Sciences (University of Freiburg\, Germany). She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Potsdam. In her dissertation\, she examines the emergence of “blue carbon\,” a concept that refers to the carbon sequestration potential of coastal ecosystems\, such as mangroves\, seagrasses\, and salt marshes. 
URL:https://group78.org/event/watch-the-webinar-international-climate-finance-perspectives-from-canada-and-the-caribbean/
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SUMMARY:Watch the webinar: Inequities in the Global Financial System: Tackling the Looming Debt Crisis in the Global South
DESCRIPTION:As geopolitical shifts and emerging uncertainties continue to drive up debt servicing costs across the world\, with disproportionate impacts across poor and vulnerable countries\, economic systems in much of the Global South are under severe stress. From Sri Lanka and Ghana to Lebanon and Zambia\, tightening global financial conditions are wreaking havoc across several emerging markets and developing economies. The situation is particularly dire in the least developed countries\, with many countries in sub-Saharan Africa at high risk of debt distress. For instance\, in Africa’s most populous nation and largest economy\, Nigeria\, some estimates show parity between the cost of debt servicing and government’s retained revenue. Soaring interest rates\, rapid inflation\, slowing growth\, a strengthening dollar\, shrinking fiscal spaces\, and the cascading and connected crises are revealing stress points in the global financial architecture. To a large extent\, these dynamics underscore systemic inequities in the deeply flawed world economic order. To ensure the ongoing crisis does not erase years of development gains in the Global South\, a bold and urgent reform of the global financial system is key. While multilateralism and shared responsibility will continue to be relevant\, far-reaching reforms are needed to support structurally weak and vulnerable economies.    \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio  \n\n\n\nFred Olayele is a public policy leader\, professor\, and economist\, with expertise in trade policy\, innovation\, political economy\, and inclusive development. He has published and shared best practices in these areas in scholarly and popular sources globally. He holds a PhD in Economics from Lancaster University\, United Kingdom\, and an MA in Economics from the University of Victoria in British Columbia\, Canada. He is Director\, Sprott Centre for African Research and Business\, Sprott School of Business\, Carleton University. Dr. Olayele serves on various non-profit boards and supports many social causes. Among others\, he is President\, Economic Innovation Institute for Africa and member of the Academic Advisory Board\, Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University.   \n\n\n\nChaired by Roy CulpeperRoy is a development economist\, Honorary Senior Fellow of the University of Ottawa’s School of International Development and Global Studies\, Adjunct Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs\, Carleton University\, and a Fellow of the Broadbent Institute. He is Chair of the Group of 78\, which focuses on international affairs and Canadian foreign policy. From January until May 2011 he was Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington\, D.C. From 1995 until 2010 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of The North-South Institute\, Ottawa. Earlier in his career\, he was an official at the World Bank in Washington\, the federal Departments of Finance and External Affairs in Ottawa\, and the Planning Secretariat of the Government of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Roy Culpeper obtained his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Toronto. He has published widely on the issues of international development\, finance\, and global governance. 
URL:https://group78.org/event/inequities-in-the-global-financial-system-tackling-the-looming-debt-crisis-in-the-global-south/
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SUMMARY:Watch the webinar: Anti-Inflation Policy\, Green Finance\, and the Climate Crisis
DESCRIPTION:In 2009\, a paper in Nature attempted to calculate how much of the world’s reserves of oil\, gas\, and coal would have to stay in the ground to hold rates of climate change to tolerable levels. Financiers and investors quickly realized the shattering implications: Companies and countries that thought they were sitting on the energy equivalent of goldmines were likely really holding worthless stranded assets.  \n\n\n\n​Soon a lively discussion started over the role central banks and financial regulators should play in making companies and countries acknowledge the reality of the climate crisis. But this discussion occurred in a long period of very low-interest rates. The recent turn to much higher interest rates by central banks to combat inflation along with a renewed emphasis on reining in government spending are now combining with a swing in policy toward LNG by the United States and other countries to bring climate policy to a fateful crossroads.  \n\n\n\n​This talk outlines what is at stake.   \n\n\n\nOur speaker:  \n\n\n\nThomas Ferguson is Director of Research at the Institute for New Economic Thinking\, Senior Fellow at Better Markets\, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts\, Boston. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and taught formerly at MIT and the University of Texas\, Austin. He is the author or coauthor of several books\, including Golden Rule (University of Chicago Press\, 1995) and Right Turn (Hill & Wang\, 1986). His articles have appeared in many scholarly journals\, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics\, the Journal of Economic History\, International Organization\, and International Studies Quarterly. He is Contributing Editor to The Nation and a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Political Economy.  \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nMario Seccareccia is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Economics at the University of Ottawa\, where he taught full-time since 1978 courses in macroeconomics\, monetary theory\, history of economic thought\, labour economics\, and economic history\, among others\, until his retirement in 2018. He is author to some 130 academic titles in scholarly journals or book chapters; he has also authored or edited a dozen books. Furthermore\, he is editor or co-editor of approximately 50 special issues of journals on numerous themes in political economy. He has ben visiting professor at various universities in France (Université de Bourgogne\, Université de Grenoble\, Université Paris 13\, and Université Paris-Sud) and Mexico (National Autonomous University of Mexico). Research Associate at the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives and\, since 2004\, editor of the International Journal of Political Economy\, an interdisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis focused on national and International Policy issues. Winner of the 2021 John Kenneth Galbraith Prize in Economics from the Progressive Economics Forum. He holds a doctorate in economics from McGill University.  \n\n\n\nOur Host \n\n\n\nSusan Tanner\, L.L.B.\, M.E.S.\, L.L.M While holding senior positions in both Federal and Ontario governments Susan has maintained an active role in the non-profit community. In 1982\, Susan was the founding chairperson of LEAF (Legal Education and Action Fund) to promote the rights of women under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In 1995\, Friends of the Earth (FoE) Canada accepted a UN Environmental Prize for work on the Montreal Protocol under her leadership. Susan continues to be actively involved with organizations such as Ottawa Renewable Energy Coop\, Women for Nature (Nature Canada)\, and Group of 78.
URL:https://group78.org/event/anti-inflation-policy-green-finance-and-the-climate-crisis/
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SUMMARY:Click here: Conference Registration & Program Info
DESCRIPTION:We warmly invite you to join our dialog for our 2023 Annual Policy Conference from September 25 to October 2.  Our theme is Preventing & Stopping Violence: Effective Actions to Curtail Conflict. For full information please click the button below. \n\n\n\n\nConference Information
URL:https://group78.org/event/g78-policy-conference-registration-and-program-information/
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SUMMARY:Unaffordable Housing: Market Failure or Market Success
DESCRIPTION:Join us on January 31\, 2024 for our first webinar of the New Year. Ricardo Tranjan and David MacDonald will discuss whether the current housing market is a failure or a success concerning how it impacts access to affordable\, accessible housing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRicardo Tranjan’s 2023 bestseller book\, The Tenant Class\, has generated much attention and controversy in public policy circles. A core argument in his book and other writings is that There is No Housing Crisis. “The rental housing market is designed to funnel income from working-class families to the property-owning class\, and as far as this goal is concerned\, it works like a charm.”  \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, Ricardo will present the theoretical and historical foundations of his argument and make the case for the need to re-politicize the housing question. He will share stories about social movement building across Canada\, highlighting the little support the tenant class receives from established civil society organizations. His presentation will set the stage for a discussion about what it means for housing advocates to go on the offensive\, a call he made in his most recent Policy Options op-ed. \n\n\n\nRicardo Tranjan is a political economist and senior researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Previously\, Tranjan managed Toronto’s Poverty Reduction Strategy and briefly taught at universities in Ontario and Quebec. His early academic work focused on economic development in Brazil\, his native country. His current research is on the political economy of social policy in Canada. He is the author of two books: a scholarly analysis of Participatory Democracy in Brazil (University of Notre Dame Press\, 2015) and the national bestseller The Tenant Class (Between the Lines\, 2023). Ricardo holds a PhD from the University of Waterloo\, where he was a Vanier Scholar. A frequent media commentator in English and French\, he lives in Ottawa. X: @ricardo_tranjan \n\n\n\nDavid MacDonald will moderate this discussion with Ricardo Tranjan. David joined the CCPA as its Senior Ottawa Economist in 2011\, although he has been a long-time contributor as a research associate. Since 2008\, he has coordinated the Alternative Federale Budget\, which takes a fresh look at the federal budget from a progressive perspective. David has also written on a variety of topics\, from child care to income inequality to federal fiscal policy. He is a regular commentator on national policy issues\, often speaking to the CBC\, Globe and Mail\, Toronto Star\, and Canadian Press.  \n\n\n\nClick the button below to register to join us. \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Affordable Housing Webinar
URL:https://group78.org/event/unaffordable-housing-market-failure-or-market-success/
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SUMMARY:Climate Change\, Love\, and Seniors
DESCRIPTION:Tired of beating your head against the table when talking about climate change and climate action with the seniors in your life? \n\n\n\nJoin us\, April 30\, 2024 at 1:00 ET for a webinar to learn how to communicate the urgency of our climate crisis and how we can most effectively affect change together from Dr. Louise Comeau. \n\n\n\nDr. Louise Comeau is a Senior Advisor at Re.Climate\, Carleton University’s centre for climate change communications and public engagement. She is also a member of the federal Net Zero Advisory Body. Louise has more than 30 years’ experience in climate change policy\, communications\, and solutions-related advocacy and programming. \n\n\n\nSusan Tanner\, Vice-President of G78 and CCEWG Chair\, will moderate the discussion. While previously holding positions in both the Federal and Ontario governments Susan has maintained an active role in community organisations as both a board and staff member.  She represented Friends of the Earth at the 1992 UNCED in Rio and in 1995\, Friends of the Earth Canada accepted a UNEP award for work on the Montreal Protocol done under her leadership. While serving as executive Director (2007-10) Canadian Environmental Network\, Susan was honoured as a United Nations Association of Canada “Championne” for her work on human rights and environment. Susan holds a Master of Environmental Studies and a Master of Law\, is a member of the Ontario Bar\, has consulted in the private sector on sustainability\, and taught as a sessional lecturer at Carleton University. \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Climate Change\, Love\, and Seniors
URL:https://group78.org/event/climate-change-love-and-seniors/
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