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SUMMARY:June 18\, Luncheon Speaker Series - An Assessment of The Feminist International Assistance Policy Three Years In
DESCRIPTION:Group of 78 Luncheon Speaker Series\nNicolas Moyer\n An Assessment of The Feminist International Policy Three Years In (PDF) \n\n\n\nTuesday\, June 18\, 2019 \n 12:00 p.m. \n Palais Imperial Restaurant\, \n 311- 313 Dalhousie St.\, Ottawa\n\n\n\n  \n$30 for luncheon and presentation (12:00 p.m.) \n$5 for presentation only (arrive 12:45 p.m. Coffee and tea will be available) \n RESERVATIONS: Group78@group78.org 613-565-9449 ext. 22 by Friday\, June 14\, 2019 \nLate registrations are welcome for presentation only. \nPayment/registration options:\n1) Interac e-transfer: direct deposit payment to group78@group78.org\, please include a note with registrants info.\n2) e-mail RSVP  (cheque\, cash\, credit\, debit at the door):\n3) Online (Eventbrite) \nOnline Registration \n*Individuals who do not cancel their reservations for the lunch at least 24 hours before the luncheon will be billed $30. \nNicolas Moyer \nNicolas joined the Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC) as President & CEO in August 2018. As the former Executive Director of the Humanitarian Coalition\, he is passionate about humanitarian and development policy\, advocacy\, and government relations. \nDriven by a commitment to social justice\, he began his career in international development in Ethiopia. He has founded and led Coalitions launched dozens of multi-platform fundraising and communications campaigns and raised tens of millions of dollars to assist survivors of humanitarian disasters. \nNicolas has degrees in Economics (Université de Montréal)\, International Relations (MacQuarie University\, Australia) and an Executive MBA (Queen’s University).  In 2016\, he was named as a top Forty Under 40 recipient by the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and the Ottawa Business Journal.
URL:https://group78.org/event/28-may-2019-luncheon-2/
LOCATION:Palais Imperial Restaurant\, 311- 313 Dalhousie St.\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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SUMMARY:To Remember…  The Women\, Men and Children of  Hiroshima and Nagasaki
DESCRIPTION:Event Poster PDF\nOn August 6th at 6:00 pm\, there will be an event at the Friends House (Ottawa Quakers) to remember the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb attack.\nActivities:\n6: oo pm – Lantern Making\n7:00 pm Program Presentation and Discussion\n8: 00 pm walk to Rideau Canal to float lanterns\nThanks will be given to Murray Thomson and many others who continue to struggle to rid the world of nuclear weapons.\n 
URL:https://group78.org/event/to-remember-the-women-men-and-children-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/
LOCATION:Ottawa Quakers – Friends House\, 91A Fourth Avenue\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1S 2L1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Corporate Coup D'Etat (Screening and Post Screening-Panel /Discussion)
DESCRIPTION:One World Arts  and the Group of 78\, have partnered to offer the Ottawa premiere of The Corporate Coup d’Etat . This event will open the Group of 78\, 2019 Annual Policy Conference\, Global Markets\, Inequality\, and the Future of Democracy. It is also the opening film of the One World Film Festival which is celebrating its 30th anniversary. \nFilm Screening will be followed by a panel discussion on the issues raised in the film. \nLocation: Academic Hall (SMN) 133 Séraphin-Marion Private\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1A2\nAdmission is free: We will be accepting voluntary donation at the door to help cover the cost of the event.\n*Seating will be first come first serve. Donating through Eventbrite does not guarantee a seat. We thank you for your support and look forward to seeing you there.  \nTHE CORPORATE COUP D’ÉTAT PDF \n \n \n\nDirector Fred Peabody\nProducers Peter Raymont \nExecutive Producers Peter Raymont\, Fred Peabody\, Steve Ord\, Jeff Cohen\, Hans Robert Eisenhauer\n\nA democracy should protect its citizens\, especially the most vulnerable among them\, but increasingly the United States is failing to do so. This investigative and persuasive documentary blends the insights of philosophers\, authors and journalists with the experiences of citizens of the Rust Belt in the U.S. Midwest\, where the steel industry once flourished\, but where closures and outsourcing have left urban areas desolate and hopeless. It’s here that Donald Trump finds some of his most fervent supporters\, as he’s not considered part of the hated Washington establishment. \nJournalist Chris Hedges\, argues that the crisis predates Donald Trump’s election by many years. As his source of inspiration\, the Canadian philosopher John Ralston Saul\, Hedges regards Trump as the symptom rather than the disease. Decades ago\, U.S. democracy began selling its soul to big corporations. Lobbyists and corporatism took control in Washington\, gradually undermining the will of the people. Journalist Naomi Klein recently described Trump’s administration as a “corporate coup d’état”. Hedges and Ralston Saul argue that the real coup took place long before. \nFeaturing: Chris Hedges\, John Ralston Saul\, Cornel West\, Sarah Jaffe\, Lee Fang\, Maude Barlow\, Phillip Martin \nThe screening date will be Thursday\, Sept. 26 and the start time will be 7:00 pm. There will be a Panel discussion on the issues raised in the film. \nParking is available at the rear of the building after 3:00 pm\, $4.50/hour\, max $9/day. Please see the map below. Please note that Séraphin-Marion is closed to vehicles directly in front\, but there is a loading zone adjacent to Tabaret Lawn not far from the entrance. 
URL:https://group78.org/event/corporate-coup-detat-screening-and-post-screening-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Academic Hall (SMN) UOttawa\, 133 Séraphin-Marion Private\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1A2
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SUMMARY:2019 G78 Annual Policy Conference: Global Markets\, Inequality and the Future of Democracy - September 27-28\, 2019
DESCRIPTION:University of Ottawa\, Faculty of Social Sciences Building\n120 University Private\, Ottawa\, September 27-28\, 2019\n\n  Program    Chair Statement \n  Credit Card Registration     Register by Cheque/Email Transfer \n\nStatement of Conference Chair: Manfred Beinefeld \n Democracies around the world are being eroded and destabilized by a tsunami of social challenges all ultimately linked to an explosive growth in inequality and economic insecurity. But although this fact is now all but universally acknowledged there is confusion and disagreement about the forces that have led to these totally unexpected outcomes. Well\, unexpected to those old enough to remember a time when the almost everyone believed in the idea of progress and the dream of a leisure society?” So how are we to understand the reasons why those dreams have now been all but forgotten\, especially since the hoped for technological progress that was to make that leisure society possible\, did actually materialize? Or to put this another way\, why did that technological progress occur in a form that is not only failing to usher in a leisure society\, but that is actually further accelerating the scourges of inequality and economic insecurity. \nAt heart this conference will focus on a critical examination of the proposition that despite the complexity of the issues\, and the diversity of the consequences\, the roots of this nightmare can be traced back to three fundamental – and interrelated – causes: the rise of a global financial system that can no longer be regulated in the public interest; the rise of an international trading system that has dramatically undercut the ability of labour to share in productivity gains; and the enshrinement of a deeply individualistic ideology that has greatly increased the power of corporate capital to act with virtual impunity – witness the US pharmaceutical industry’s pricing policies – while reducing the scope for effective collective action in the public interest\, either by governments\, regulatory agencies\, trade unions or civil society organizations. \nAttempts to resist – let alone reverse – these trends face formidable challenges\, in part because the underlying issues are so international in scope\, and in part because their complexity allows powerful interests to poison the efforts to deal with these problems rationally – and democratically – which is to say\, on the basis of an informed and free public debate. But that does not mean that such efforts are doomed to fail and\, at this conference\, we will seek to explore the most promising avenues for resistance always remembering that what progress was made at certain times in the past\, was made in the teeth of fierce resistance and vitriolic denunciation. If success does not seem imminent\, it is increasingly clear that business as usual is surely a recipe for a future that almost no one would willingly choose if presented with its true dimensions and characteristics. After all\, none of the political parties promoting the neoliberal reforms that brought us to the current impasse\, advised voters that they were voting for increased income equality and greater economic insecurity\, which should serve as a reminder that democracy can function as it should – and must – only when voters are making choices based on an open and well informed debate. \n\nProgram \n6:30 pm\, THURSDAY\, Sept. 26\, 2019\, Academic Hall (SMN) University of Ottawa\,133 Séraphin-Marion Private \nDoors Open: Special Film Screening and Panel: Free event\, donations are much appreciated\nOne World Arts and the Group of 78\, have partnered to offer the Ottawa premiere of The Corporate Coup d’Etat .  \n  \n5:00 p.m. FRIDAY\, Sept. 27\, 2019 Conference Registration opens\, University of Ottawa\, Faculty of Social Sciences Building\, 120 University Private\, Room 4007\n5:30 p.m. Keynote Address by Robert Kuttner: Saving Democracy From Globalization:  \nModerator: Roy Culpeper\, Chair\, Group of 78 \nIntroductory Remarks: Ed Broadbent \nKeynote speaker: Robert Kuttner\, Heller School for Social Policy and Management\, Brandeis University. \n 7:30 p.m. Dinner and Discussion: Q & A \nModerator: Roy Culpeper\, Chair\, Group of 78 \nDiscussants: \nManfred Bienefeld\, Professor Emeritus\, School of Policy and Public Administration. \nRobert Kuttner\, Heller School for Social Policy and Management\, Brandeis University. \nArmine Yalnizyan\, Former senior economist\, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives; Fellow at the Atkinson Foundation. \n 8:15 a.m. SATURDAY\, Sept 28\, 2019 Registration Opens\n9:00 a.m. Panel 1: Global and macroeconomic policies that drive increasing inequality and challenge democracy:  \nModerator: Peter Venton\, Former senior economist in Ontario Government \nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nMario Seccareccia\, Professor Emeritus of Economics\, University of\n\n\n\nOttawa \n\n\n\nJohn Myles\, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Senior Research\n\n\n\nFellow\, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy\, University of \nToronto \n 10:30 a.m.  Coffee/Health Break \n11:00 a.m. Panel 2: National\, microeconomic\, social and labour market policies leading to wage stagnation\, precarity\, the gig economy\, growing income disparities: \nModerator: Gordon Betcherman\, Professor\, School of International Development and \nGlobal Studies\, University of Ottawa \nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nLeilani Farha\, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing;\n\n\n\n        Executive Director\, Canada without Poverty \n\n\n\nKatherine Scott\, Senior Economist\, CCPA\, gender equality and public policy\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEllen Russell\, Associate professor in Digital Media and Journalism and Social and Environmental Justice programs\, Wilfrid Laurier University\n\n\n\n12:30 p.m. Lunch \n1:30 p.m. Keynote Address by Julie Delahanty: Public Good or Private Wealth? \nModerator: Roy Culpeper\, Chair\, Group of 78\nKeynote speaker: Julie Delahanty\, Executive Director\, Oxfam Canada \n2:30 p.m. Coffee/Health Break \n2:45 p.m.  Panel 3: Restoring policy space and national capacity to reverse growing inequality and strengthen democracy. \nModerator: Manfred Bienefeld\, Professor Emeritus\, School of Policy and Public Administration \nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nLars Osberg\, McCulloch Professor of Economics\, Dalhousie University.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToby Sanger\, Executive Director\, Canadians for Tax Fairness.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAngella MacEwen\, Senior Economist\, Canadian Union of Public Employees.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4:20 p.m. Robert Kuttner\, Keynote Speaker: Reflections on the Conference Proceedings \n4:35 p.m. Conference Conclusion and Closing Remarks \n4:50 p.m. Conference Adjourns \n5:15 p.m. Group of 78 Annual Meeting to follow immediately \n\nThank you to our Sponsors:
URL:https://group78.org/event/2019-g78-annual-policy-conference/
LOCATION:Faculty of Social Science\, Room 4004\, 120 University Private\, Ottawa\, Ottawa\, K1N 6N5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Youth Unstoppable - Free Screening
DESCRIPTION:Youth Unstoppable takes us inside the rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement. Canadian Slater Jewell-Kemker was 15 when she began documenting the untold stories of youth on the front lines of climate change activism\, refusing to let their future slip away. \nOver more than a decade\, set against stunning visuals of a planet in crisis\, this award-winning film follows the growth of a diverse network of youth\, rising up to shape the world they will live in. Through the lens of Jewell-Kemker’s camera\, we see the struggles\, events\, and firsthand effects on youth fighting to be heard\, both at home and within the complex process of UN Climate Change negotiations. \nFrom flood-ravaged villages in Nepal to luxury hotels in Cancún\, from the tailings ponds of the Alberta Tar Sands to the riots of Copenhagen\, culminating with the intense and defining events at the 21st UN Climate Change Conference in Paris\, this urgent and timely documentary shows us a powerful vision for the future of our planet and the young people who will lead us there. \nA joint presentation of The 30th One World Film Festival\, Our Time\, Green Screen Ottawa\,\nand the Group of 78. \nA panel discussion on Canadian responses to the climate crisis will follow the screening.
URL:https://group78.org/event/youth-unstoppable-free-screening/
LOCATION:ByTown Cinema\, 325 RIDEAU STREET\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1N 5Y4
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SUMMARY:October 29\, Carbon Tax On Trial - Luncheon Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Group of 78 Luncheon Speaker Series\nNathalie Chalifour\, PhD \n Carbon Tax on Trial (PDF) \n\n\n\nTuesday\, October 29\, 2019 \n 12:00 p.m. \n Palais Imperial Restaurant\, \n 311- 313 Dalhousie St.\, Ottawa\n\n\n\n  \n$30 for luncheon and presentation (12:00 p.m.) \n$5 for presentation only (arrive 12:45 p.m. Coffee and tea will be available) \nRESERVATIONS: Group78@group78.org\, 613-565-9449 ext. 22 or Eventbrite \nJoin us for Lunch RSVP by Friday October 25\, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.\, presentation only participants are welcome to walk in\, seating if first come first serve. \nPayment/registration options:\n1) Interac e-transfer: direct deposit payment to group78@group78.org\, please include a note with your name and email.\n2) e-mail RSVP  (cheque\, cash\, credit\, debit at the door):\n3) Online (Eventbrite) \nOnline Registration \n*Individuals who do not cancel their reservations for the lunch at least 24 hours before the luncheon will be billed $30. \nNathalie Chalifour\, PhD  \nNathalie Chalifour is an Associate Professor with the Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability at the Faculty of Law\, University of Ottawa. She is cross-appointed to the Institute of the Environment where she teaches in an interdisciplinary Masters of Environmental Sustainability. Nathalie was elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars in 2018.  Nathalie’s research lies at the intersection of environment law\, economics and social justice\, with a focus on climate change. Her most recent articles focus on the constitutionality of climate policies\, specifically the division of powers and Charter rights. Nathalie is currently leading a SSHRC-funded project on Environmental Justice in Canadian Law and Policy. She is the co-editor of three international books\, including “Energy\, Governance and Sustainability” (Edward Elgar\, 2016)\, and a fourth collection on Food Law in Canada (Carswell 2019). \nNathalie is actively engaged in the development of Canadian law and policy. She recently served as pro-bono co-counsel to Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission before the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal\, and the United Chiefs and Council of the Mnidoo Mnising before the Ontario Court of Appeal (with Westaway Law)\, in the constitutional challenges to the federal carbon price.  From 2011-2015\, she was Associate Director at the Institute of the Environment where she led the development\, and served as inaugural director\, of the interdisciplinary Masters of Environmental Sustainability. Prior to her academic career\, Nathalie was senior advisor to the President of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy\, Policy Advisor to the World Wildlife Fund\, and established TRAFFIC Canada (an NGO that focuses on wildlife trade). She was also an adjunct professor at Widener University and taught at the University of Nairobi\, Kenya. She obtained her Doctorate of Law at Stanford University\, and holds a Master in Juridical Sciences which she obtained as a Stanford Fellow and Fulbright Scholar.
URL:https://group78.org/event/29-oct-2019-luncheon/
LOCATION:Palais Imperial Restaurant\, 311- 313 Dalhousie St.\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:November 26\, Haiti: Another catastrophe in the making - Luncheon Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Group of 78 Luncheon Speaker Series\nStephen Baranyi\nEvent PDF \n\n\n\nTuesday\, November 26\, 2019 \n 12:00 p.m. \n Palais Imperial Restaurant\, \n 311- 313 Dalhousie St.\, Ottawa\n\n\n\n  \n$30 for luncheon and presentation (12:00 p.m.) \n$5 for presentation only (arrive 12:45 p.m. Coffee and tea will be available) \nRESERVATIONS: Group78@group78.org\, 613-565-9449 ext. 22 or Eventbrite \nJoin us for Lunch RSVP by Friday November 22\, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.\, presentation only participants are welcome to walk in\, seating if first come first serve. \nPayment/registration options:\n1) Interac e-transfer: direct deposit payment to group78@group78.org\, please include a note with your name and email.\n2) e-mail RSVP  (cheque\, cash\, credit\, debit at the door):\n3) Online (Eventbrite) \nOnline Registration \n*Individuals who do not cancel their reservations for the lunch at least 24 hours before the luncheon will be billed $30. \nOutline \nHaiti is attracting renewed attention by the world’s media\, as concerns mount over its converging governance\, economic and security crises. How did Haiti get to this point\, almost ten years after a catastrophic earthquake in January 2010? Who are the key players and what are their agendas? What scenarios can we envisage over the coming year? Where does Canada fit in that panorama? \nStephen Baranyi \nStephen is a professor at the University of Ottawa’s School of International Development\, where he teaches and does research at the intersection of security and development — on issues such as gender (in)equality\, security sector reform and Canada’s engagement in fragile and conflict-affected societies like Haiti. Before moving to uO in 2008\, he was a policy researcher and practitioner with non-governmental and governmental agencies in Ottawa\, London and Guatemala.
URL:https://group78.org/event/29-oct-2019-luncheon-2/
LOCATION:Palais Imperial Restaurant\, 311- 313 Dalhousie St.\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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SUMMARY:A Memorial Event to Honour the Life of Michael Shenstone
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 30\, 2019\nFairmont Chateau Laurier\n(Palladium Room)\n  \nMichael Shenstone Obituary\nMICHAEL SHENSTONE\, CM It is with great sadness that the family of Michael Shenstone announces that this devoted husband\, father and retired Canadian diplomat died peacefully on September 9\, 2019\, in Toronto. He was 91. Born in Toronto in 1928 to Allen and Molly Shenstone\, Michael spent most of his childhood in Princeton\, N.J.\, where his Toronto-born father was a lifelong professor of physics at Princeton University. He attended Ottawa’s Ashbury College during the war\, then studied history and modern languages at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. It was at Trinity that he met the ever-sparkling Susan Burgess\, a fellow member of the class of ’49\, who would soon become his wife and much-valued partner in his long career with the Canadian foreign service. (Michael died a few hours after their 68th wedding anniversary.) After receiving an MA from Cambridge University and marrying Susan\, Michael joined the Department of External Affairs in 1952\, and was soon sent to Lebanon\, first to learn Arabic and then take up a post at the Canadian embassy in Beirut. It was the start of a distinguished career that saw him become one of External Affairs’s foremost experts in Arab and Middle Eastern issues\, at a time when such issues were becoming of paramount importance. Michael and Susan’s three children\, Thomas\, Barbara and Mary\, enjoyed peripatetic lives as the family moved from Beirut\, to Ottawa\, to Cairo\, to Washington\, back to Ottawa and on to London and Geneva. Michael’s first ambassadorial posting came in 1973\, as Ambassador to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe\, in Geneva and Helsinki. In 1974 he was appointed Canada’s first resident ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Back in Ottawa in the late 1970s\, Michael played a significant role in the “Canadian Caper” that saw the rescue of six American diplomats during the hostage crisis of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. As Director-General of African and Middle Eastern Affairs at the time\, Michael was intimately involved as the key point of contact in Ottawa for Ken Taylor\, the Canadian ambassador in Tehran who spearheaded the top-secret operation. Michael later served as Assistant Deputy Minister of Political and International Security Affairs\, and then\, in 1985\, he and Susan embarked on their final — and endlessly fascinating — overseas posting\, in Vienna\, where Michael served for five years as Ambassador to Austria\, Head of Delegation to the talks on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions in Europe and Permanent Representative to the United Nations’s agencies in Vienna. In 1992 he retired from the Department of External Affairs after 39 years. Among his many post-retirement activities\, he co-founded and chaired an Ottawa-based human-rights organization\, Action Canada for Population and Development. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2002. A truly dedicated public servant\, Michael was blessed with a rigorous intellect\, a wide-ranging curiosity\, a lively sense of humour and a passion for books\, history\, language and\, of course\, current affairs. He was perhaps never happier than when sailing on the Annapolis Basin at the ancestral family cottage in Smith‘s Cove\, N.S. Michael leaves his beloved wife Susan\, his cherished children Thomas (Brenda)\, Barbara (Belinda) and Mary (Christopher) and four grandchildren of whom he was immensely proud\, Amy and Leith Shenstone and Sarah and Claire Shenstone-Harris. He will also be much missed by his cousins and legions of friends\, in Canada and around the world. The family would like to thank Michael’s personal support workers\, Tashi Lhamo and Dawa Kyizom\, for their care and tender devotion\, and the long-term-care staff at Meighen Manor in Toronto. An informal memorial service will be held at a later date. If desired\, donations in Michael’s memory may be made to Trinity College or the charity of your choice. \nPublished in The Globe and Mail from Sept. 14 to Sept. 18\, 2019
URL:https://group78.org/event/a-memorial-event-to-honour-the-life-of-michael-shenstone/
LOCATION:Fairmont Chateau Laurier\, 1 Rideau St\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 8S7\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Jingle\, Mingle and Birthday Bash! The Rideau Institute\, World Federalist Movement-Canada\, and Group of 78
DESCRIPTION:The Rideau Institute\, Group of 78 and the World Federalist Movement – Canada invite you to celebrate the 2019 holidays and the 70th birthday of Peggy Mason\, President of the Rideau Institute. To get everyone dancing\, we will be featuring the fabulous Ottawa band\, Three Times Lucky. There will be a cash bar\, lots of delicious nibbles and the odd fundraising activity to keep you on your toes. \n*This is a free event but please help us out by an RSVP through Eventbrite so we know how much food to order! \nDecember 19th\n7:00pm – 11:30pm\nKnox Presbyterian Church – Garden Entrance\n120 Lisgar St.\nOttawa\, ON K2P 2L7 Canada + Google Map \n  \nRSVP \nHere’s hoping we see you there! \nThe Rideau Institute\nWorld Federalist Movement-Canada\nGroup of 78
URL:https://group78.org/event/jingle-mingle-and-birthday-bash-the-rideau-institute-world-federalist-movement-canada-and-group-of-78/
LOCATION:Knox Presbyterian Church\, 120 Lisgar St.\, Ottawa\, ON\, K2P 2L7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200128T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200128T140000
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SUMMARY:January 28\, Justice Dies in Darkness - Luncheon Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Group of 78 Luncheon Speaker Series\nHassan Diab\nEvent PDF \n\n\n\nTuesday\, January 28\, 2020 \n 12:00 p.m. \n Palais Imperial Restaurant\, \n 311- 313 Dalhousie St.\, Ottawa\n\n\n\n  \n$30 for luncheon and presentation (12:00 p.m.) \n$5 for presentation only (arrive 12:45 p.m. Coffee and tea will be available) \nRESERVATIONS: Group78@group78.org\, 613-565-9449 ext. 22 or Eventbrite \nJoin us for Lunch RSVP by Friday\, January 24\, 2020\, at 12:00 p.m.\, presentation only participants are welcome to walk in\, seating is on a first-come first-serve basis. \nPayment/registration options:\n1) Interac e-transfer: direct deposit payment to group78@group78.org\, please include a note with your name and email.\n2) e-mail RSVP  (cheque\, cash\, credit\, debit at the door):\n3) Online (Eventbrite) \nOnline Registration \n*Individuals who do not cancel their reservations for the lunch at least 24 hours before the luncheon will be billed $30. \nOutline \nProf. Diab will focus on the repercussions of the little known oppressive Canadian Extradition Law.  He will talk about the absence of any legal protection (due process included) against that “rubber stamp Law” and provide his view of the dire price that anyone accused would pay. \nHassan Diab \nCurrently\, Hassan Diab is a part-time sociology professor at Carleton University. He did his undergraduate studies at Lebanese University in Beirut\, and received his Ph.D. in sociology at Syracuse University in New York. He has taught in many universities in the Middle East and North America.  He was teaching at Ottawa U and Carleton U when he was arrested in 2008 and spent the following decade either under house arrest or in Canadian and French jails. He was finally released from France’s largest jail in 2018.  Since that time he has been fighting for two things: a transparent public inquiry to what happened to him so it doesn’t happen to others; and a significant and meaningful change in the “lousy” Canadian Extradition Act.
URL:https://group78.org/event/01-jan-2020-luncheon/
LOCATION:Palais Imperial Restaurant\, 311- 313 Dalhousie St.\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Bowles":MAILTO:group78@group78.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200131T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200131T120000
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SUMMARY:Financing a Global Green New Deal: Trade and Development Report 2019
DESCRIPTION:  \nWhen: Friday\, January 31\, 2020\, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.\nWhere: International Development Research Centre\, 150 Kent Street\, 8th floor\, Hopper Rooms\, Ottawa \nRSVP: Seating is free but limited\, so please register for the event. \nThe International Development Research Centre (IDRC)\, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)\, and Group of 78 invite you to a dynamic conversation\, presenting the key findings from the Trade and Development Report 2019. Published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)\, this report calls for bold action in the face of the climate change crisis to finance a Global Green New Deal and meet the Sustainable Development Goals. \nThis event will launch our International Development Week activities and we would be delighted if you would join us. \nFrench and English simultaneous interpretation will be available. \nAbout the event\nThis year’s Trade and Development Report suggests that meeting the financing demands of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires rebuilding multilateralism around the idea of a Global Green New Deal\, and pursuing a financial future very different from the recent past. \nRichard Kozul-Wright\, UNCTAD Director of Globalization and Development\, will present highlights from the report and the changes needed nationally and internationally to significantly increase resources available for a big investment push into inclusive and sustainable growth. \nThe following experts will discuss implementation challenges from the perspective of developing countries\, low-income populations\, gender equality\, global governance\, and the role of advanced economies in reducing emissions and supporting adaptation in developing countries: \n\n\n\n•\nManfred Bienefeld\, vice-chair\, Group of 78\, Canada\n\n\n•\nAaron Shull\, managing director\, Centre for International Governance Innovation\, Canada\n\n\n•\nMartha Melesse\, program leader\, Employment and Growth\, IDRC\, Canada\n\n\n\nDominique Charron\, vice-president\, Programs and Partnership\, IDRC will moderate the panel.
URL:https://group78.org/event/financing-a-global-green-new-deal-trade-and-development-report-2019/
LOCATION:International Development Research Centre\, 150 Kent Street\, 8th floor\, W. David Hopper Room\, Ottawa\, ON\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200219T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200219T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T132719
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SUMMARY:Securing Our Common Future: Why Disarmament Matters Today as Much as Ever
DESCRIPTION:Date: February 19\, 2020\nReception 3:30-4:00\, talk begins at 4:00 pm\nLocation: FSS 4004\, 120 University Private\, Ottawa \nPresented by: CIPS and the Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention \nMs. Izumi Nakamitsu\, the UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament\, bluntly warns that the struggle for nuclear arms control and disarmament is “going backwards” and calls for “a new vision” to re-establish arms control dialogue and negotiations. \nThe year 2020 will be a crucial year for nuclear disarmament. The challenges facing the disarmament and non-proliferation architecture are well known and include regional dimensions\, increasing hostility between the nuclear-weapon states and a break-down of the Cold War-era arms control regime. \nHowever\, there are opportunities as well. The 2020 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) comes at a critical moment. Fifty years after the treaty’s entry-into-force and twenty-five years after its indefinite extension\, it remains as relevant as ever and continues to provide tangible security benefits to all states parties. The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs believes that this Review Conference is a key opportunity to return to a common vision and path leading to the total elimination of nuclear weapons. In line with the vision set out by the United Nations Secretary-General in his disarmament agenda Securing Our Common Future\, she has advocated for a return to dialogue based on respect for one another’s legitimate security interest. The foundations for this path have already been laid at past NPT Review Conferences\, including through the commitments made by all States Parties. \nHistorically\, states like Canada have played an important bridge-building and facilitating role. They will once again have the opportunity to do so at the 2020 NPT Review Conference. \nIzumi Nakamitsu is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament. Ms. Nakamitsu has extensive expertise and experience in global conflict management. A former professor of international relations and peacebuilding professional\, her United Nations work\, before heading up Disarmament Affairs\, included crisis response operations in the UN Development Program\, advising on large movements of refugees and migrants\, and directing the Asia and Middle East Division of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
URL:https://group78.org/event/securing-our-common-future/
LOCATION:Faculty of Social Science\, Room 4004\, 120 University Private\, Ottawa\, Ottawa\, K1N 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200225T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200225T140000
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SUMMARY:February 25\, Adapt to Survive - Luncheon Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Group of 78 Luncheon Speaker Series\nDR. Edward W. (Ted) Manning\nEvent PDF \n\n\n\nTuesday\, February 25\, 2020 \n 12:00 p.m. \n Palais Imperial Restaurant\, \n 311- 313 Dalhousie St.\, Ottawa\n\n\n\n  \n$30 for luncheon and presentation (12:00 p.m.) \n$5 for presentation only (arrive 12:45 p.m. Coffee and tea will be available) \nRESERVATIONS: Group78@group78.org\, 613-565-9449 ext. 22 or Eventbrite \nJoin us for Lunch RSVP by Friday\, February 21\, 2020\, at 12:00 p.m.\, presentation only participants are welcome to walk in\, seating is on a first-come-first-serve basis. \nPayment/registration options:\n1) Interac e-transfer: direct deposit payment to group78@group78.org\, please include a note with your name and email.\n2) e-mail RSVP  (cheque\, cash\, credit\, debit at the door):\n3) Online (Eventbrite) \nOnline Registration \n*Individuals who do not cancel their reservations for the lunch at least 24 hours before the luncheon will be billed $30. \nOutline \nIn an ideal world\, humanity would take such actions as are required to limit climate change to levels compatible with sustaining the global ecosystem.  It is becoming increasingly clear that the choice of a path that keeps global warming below 2 degrees is unlikely\, and that humans and other creatures will\, therefore\, need to live with the results. \nDr. Manning will discuss adaptation strategies prepared for various UN agencies and national governments primarily focused on small islands\, coastal zones and World Heritage sites\, and developing risk management methods for the UN World Tourism Organization. He will also cover work by international organizations to define scenarios and practical tools towards creating more robust responses in support of survival.   Ted will then review some global approaches\, such as those underway with Small Island Developing States and with tourism in coastal zones and fragile ecosystems. \nThe presentation will end with a brief discussion of what it may mean for individual Canadians and their communities.  Even if we get it right\, the transition is unlikely to be smooth and it does not hurt to be prepared. \nEdward W. (Ted) Manning \nTed Manning is President of Tourisk Inc.\, based in Ottawa Canada and providing integrated planning for heritage sites and tourism destinations worldwide.  Dr. Manning has worked in environmentally and culturally sensitive areas for the UN World Tourism Organization\, (UNWTO) the World Wildlife Fund and in over 50 countries in Asia\, Africa\, Europe\, and the Americas.  He served as Executive Manager\, Sustainable Tourism for Tourism Canada\, and as a planner for Environment Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency. He has published 23 books and over 100 articles on development\, tourism and environmental management topics. \nHe has also served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome\, as President of the Canadian Association of Geographers and as an Adjunct Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University.
URL:https://group78.org/event/25-02-2020-luncheon/
LOCATION:Palais Imperial Restaurant\, 311- 313 Dalhousie St.\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Bowles":MAILTO:group78@group78.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200331T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200331T140000
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SUMMARY:March 31\, 2020 WEBINAR - Battling pandemics in an era of populism: Lessons from coronavirus
DESCRIPTION:Webinar Speaker Series\nDr. Kumanan Wilson\nMarch 31\,2020 – 1:00-2:00 p.m.\nOutline \nPrompted by the European outbreaks of cholera in the 19th century there has been a recognition that fighting the spread of disease requires international cooperation. This became particularly evident after the SARS outbreak resulting in the approval of revised International Health Regulations. These Regulations were unprecedented in their scope and emerged in an era where there was a recognition of the importance of global collaboration. \nAs we enter a new era\, with a return of isolationism\, the battle against pandemics has become more problematic. The early responses to the coronavirus outbreak demonstrate some these emerging challenges. This talk will discuss the emergence of the current approach to battling global public health emergencies and warning signs for managing future such threats. \nDr. Kumanan Wilson \nDr. Kumanan Wilson is Professor in Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Ottawa and scientist and physician at the Ottawa Hospital. He is currently a consultant to both the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Health Organization. His research has examined issues related to global and national public health security\, leading him to develop the CANImmunize pan-Canadian digital immunization platform. \nDr. Wilson has published over 300 academic papers spanning the fields of digital health\, immunization\, pandemic preparedness\, blood safety and health policy. \nOnline Registration \nThe group of 78 is not holding public events at this time due to COVID-19.  We would like to continue our regular programming via webinar.  We are asking for a small fee to help cover administration and software expenses. \n$5 for presentation and question-answer \nRegistration options: \n1) Interac e-transfer: direct deposit payment to group78@group78.org\, please include a note with your name and email in the transfer. \n2) Online (Eventbrite) \nRegistration closes: Monday\, March 31\, 2020\, 11:00 am\, 2020. \nwww.group78.org
URL:https://group78.org/event/25-02-2020-luncheon-2/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Bowles":MAILTO:group78@group78.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200428T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200428T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T132719
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SUMMARY:April 28\, 2020\, WEBINAR: The Battle for the future of food in the deepening climate and coronavirus global emergencies\, ft. Timothy A. Wise
DESCRIPTION:This event is live streaming on Facebook.  Please visit our Facebook page to view the live event\nTimothy A. Wise\nApril 28\,2020 – 1:00-2:00 p.m.\nThis is a Free Webinar please register through Eventbrite\nEvent PDF \nOnline Registration \nOutline \nA series of recent United Nations reports on the growing climate emergency highlights the urgent need to change the way we grow\, market\, and consume our food if we want to meet the UN goals to end hunger by 2030. The current pandemic reveals additional vulnerabilities in our global food systems. Based on his extensive research in India\, Mexico\, the United States\, and several countries in Southern Africa\, Timothy A. Wise presents key findings from his recent book\, Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness\, Family Farmers\, and the Battle for the Future of Food (New Press\, 2019). He echoes UN calls to reduce dependence on fossil-fuel-based inputs and promote a transition to short supply chains\, local and regional food webs\, and low-input ecological agriculture. \nTimothy Wise \nTimothy A. Wise is a senior researcher at the Small Planet Institute\, where he directs the Land and Food Rights Program. He is also a senior research fellow at Tufts University’s Global Development and Environment Institute\, where he founded and directed its Globalization and Sustainable Development Program. He previously served as executive director of the U.S.-based aid agency Grassroots International. He is the author of Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness\, Family Farmers\, and the Battle for the Future of Food (The New Press) and Confronting Globalization:Economic Integration and Popular Resistance in Mexico. He lives in Cambridge\, Massachusetts. \nTwitter: @TimothyAWise\nInstagram: @TimothyAWise\nEmail: tim.wise@tufts.edu\nSpeaking invitations: info@smallplanet.org subject line: SPEAKER\nTo order: https://www.smallplanet.org/eating-tomorrow \n \nOnline Registration \nGuest Speakers: \nEmily Kocsis Bio  \nEmily is an interdisciplinary global health researcher and practitioner with a passion for systems thinking and ecosystem approaches to health. She earned her Masters of Science in Global Health from McMaster University\, and a Bachelors of Science in Biology from Western University. During her Masters\, Emily focused her research on traditional food systems in Kenya\, investigating the cultural\, social and nutritional importance of fermented foods. Emily has also worked on global health and development research projects in a number of different capacities. She worked as a Junior Consultant with the Canadian Cooperative Association to support smallholder cacao and coffee farmers in Peru\, and as a Research Assistant for an investigation on nutrition and food access among vulnerable populations in Vietnam. \nCurrently\, Emily works as a consultant for Indigenous health organizations in Ontario\, and as a Coordinator for the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research’s Students and Young Professionals Network. \nHailing from the fruit belt of Niagara\, Emily has spent much of her life surrounded by agriculture. With plans to investigate the interplay between agriculture\, migration and food sovereignty in Latin America through a PhD next year\, Emily hopes to continue exploring and contributing to the global effort to build more just and sustainable food systems. \nAwegechew Theshome \nAwegechew Teshome is an independent research scientist initially trained as wildlife manager at College of African Wildlife Management in East Africa. He developed expertise through post graduate studies in soils\, climate analysis\, geomorphology\, agricultural biodiversity\, genetics and the management of crop diversity by traditional farmers with Master’s and Doctoral degrees at University of Ottawa and Carleton University in Canada. Awegechew is the winner of the prestigious Vavilov-Franklin fellowship. \nAwegechew has worked as Manager and International Scientific Advisor to farmer-based agricultural biodiversity programs in Africa\, Asia and the Americas. He served as a resource person and trainer for International training workshops on Genetic resources conservation and utilization for livelihood and environmental sustainability. \nAwegechew has conducted field-based research in the center and origin of crop diversity in collaboration with Ethiopian and Canadian Universities.  He has co-published several peer reviewed scientific papers on the conservation\, uses and management of agricultural biodiversity by family farmers\, with an emphasis on the functions of agroecosystems for human and environmental benefits. His research work places genetic resource management within a landscape and ecosystem context\, and examines interactions between biotic\, abiotic and human factors in the management of biological resources. As a result\, he has developed a true appreciation for the dynamism\, resilience\, and functional diversity of family farming systems. \nAwegechew has provided scientific and evidence-based policy advice to UN Conventions on Biological Diversity\, Combating desertification\, and Climate Change.  He has a strong interest in wedding traditional farming systems with science to meet the challenges of food\, livelihood and environmental security\, empowering farmers over their genetic resources and time-tested knowledge and practices through sound policies and fair governance. He is particularly passionate about farmer-scientist collaboration and about the incorporation of field-based research and expertise into policies and programs for resilient livelihoods and environmental security. \n\nThis is a Free Webinar  please register through Eventbrite \nIf you would like to make a contribution to support our ongoing activities any contribution $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation. \nContribution options: \n1) Interac e-transfer: direct deposit payment to group78@group78.org\, please include a note with your name and email in the transfer. \n2) Online (Eventbrite) \nwww.group78.org \nThank you to our co-sponsors
URL:https://group78.org/event/2020-04-28-luncheon/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200526T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200526T140000
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SUMMARY:May 26\, 2020\, WEBINAR - The Battle for Universal Pharmacare in Canada Ft. Marc-André Gagnon
DESCRIPTION:May 26\, 2020 – 1:00-2:00 p.m.\nOnline Registration\nTickets:\n$5.00 – Regular Admission\nFree – Unwaged/Student\nEvent Pdf\n  \nOutline \nDrug coverage in Canada is a patchwork; an inequitable inefficient and unsustainable patchwork with no coherence or purpose. Some people think that we can solve the problem by adding more patches\, but the core of the problem is that it is a patchwork. For the working population\, access to medicines is still organized as privileges offered by employers to their employees. Universal pharmacare would not only provide better access to needed prescription drugs\, but also eliminate waste\, ensure value-for-money and help improve drug safety and appropriate prescribing. Opponents fear that a universal pharmacare plan would ration drugs\, and impede drug access for some patients. However\, these claims misunderstand the reality of drug coverage\, pricing and access. Opponents propose\, instead\, to “fill the gap” of current drug coverage by implementing catastrophic coverage\, which would serve commercial interests without maximizing health outcomes for the Canadian population. In spite of overwhelming evidence and consensus in the academic community in favour of universal pharmacare\, the battle is far from over. \nMarc-André Gagnon  \nMarc-André Gagnon is Associate Professor with Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration. He holds a PhD in Political Science from York University and a Master’s of Advanced Study in Economics from Paris-1 Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure de Fontenay/St-Cloud. He did his post-doctoral training with the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy at McGill University’s Faculty of Law\, and with the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. \n  \nHis current research focuses mainly on the political economy of the pharmaceutical sector. He analyzes comparative regimes of health and drug coverage\, regulatory capture of public institutions\, innovation policies and intellectual property in the knowledge-based economy. \n  \nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/webinar-the-battle-for-universal-pharmacare-in-canada/
LOCATION:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200615T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200615T190000
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Canada’s bid for UN Security Council
DESCRIPTION:Live discussion on Zoom \nDate: Monday June 15\, 2020 \nTime: 6-7PM EST \n\n\nThe Institute for Peace & Diplomacy (IPD) has organized a panel discussion about Canada’s bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council\, scheduled for Monday\, June 15th at 6-7 PM EST. \nOn June 17\, 2020\, the United Nations Security Council election will be held during the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly. This election will concern five non-permanent seats on the UNSC for two-year mandates. The Trudeau government launched an international campaign to secure a seat on the council and has been vigorously lobbying UNGA members to garner votes. \nCanada faces serious competition from its European counterparts\, particularly Norway and Ireland. This panel will discuss Canada’s uphill battle for a seat on the UNSC\, examining Canada’s potential role\, as a non-permanent seat on the council as well as its impact on its foreign policy. \nPanel will feature two distinguished Canadian UN experts:\n\nPeggy Mason\, former Canadian ambassador for disarmament to the UN and President of the Rideau Institute on International Affairs\,\nAdam Chapnick\, the deputy director of education at the Canadian Forces College and a professor of defence studies at the Royal Military College of Canada.\n\nThe IPD Research Fellow Pouyan Kimiayjan is moderating this discussion. \nClick here to register for the panel discussion on Zoom.
URL:https://group78.org/event/panel-discussion-canadas-bid-for-un-security-council/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Special Speaker Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy (IPD)":MAILTO:info@peacediplomacy.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200623T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200623T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T132719
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SUMMARY:June 23\, 2020\, WEBINAR - Getting to Net Zero\, Featuring: Senator Mary Coyle
DESCRIPTION:June 23\, 2020 – 1:00-2:00 p.m. (EDT\, GMT-4)\nOnline Registration\nTickets:\n$10.00 – Suggested\nor Free \nEvent Pdf\n  \nOutline \nOn February 6\, 2020\, just 7 sitting days into Canada’s 43rd Parliament\, and a week and a half after the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg confirmed Canada’s first case of Covid-19\, I launched a Senate Inquiry into finding the right pathways and actions for Canada and Canadians to meet our net zero carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions targets in order to slow\, arrest and hopefully reverse human- caused climate change\, to ensure a healthy planet\, a healthy society\, a healthy economy and a healthy democracy. \nDuring our June 23rd Group of 78 virtual gathering\, I will highlight the intention behind the launch of the inquiry\, the substance of my speech\, the contributions of my fellow senators and ambitions for amplifying the conversation and its impact. \nBiography \nA long-time champion for women’s leadership\, gender equality\, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples\, Mary Coyle has forged a distinguished career in the post-secondary education and non-profit sectors\, with a focus on international and local development. \nShe holds a diploma in French Language from the Université de Besançon in France and a Bachelor of Arts in Languages and Literature with a major in French and a minor in Spanish from the University of Guelph. After working for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry as a Cuso International cooperant in Botswana\, she earned a Master of Arts in Rural Planning and Development at the University of Guelph. She subsequently worked as a rural development advisor in Indonesia and later to support two State Islamic Universities develop their community engagement strategies. \nFor the next decade as Executive Director of Calmeadow\, Ms. Coyle helped the organization pioneer the creation of the world’s first commercial micro finance bank\, BancoSol\, in Bolivia and establish the First Peoples Fund to provide micro loans to First Nations and Métis communities in Canada. \nIn 1997\, she joined St. Francis Xavier University\, serving as Vice President and Director of the school’s Coady International Institute\, a world-renowned centre of excellence in community-based development and leadership education. During her tenure\, the Coady International Institute grew significantly\, enhancing its global education and innovation agenda and expanding programming for women\, youth\, and Indigenous Peoples. \nSince 2014\, Ms. Coyle has worked as the Executive Director of the Frank McKenna Centre for Leadership at St. Francis Xavier University\, a centre devoted to developing student leadership. She also continues to work as an advisor and facilitator for various organizations\, including the Haitian Centre for Leadership and Excellence and the Friends United Indigenous Arts and Culture Initiative. Mary Coyle played an instrumental role in the establishment of the Stephen Lewis Foundation\, the Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative\, and the Indian School of Microfinance for Women. \nShe has 3 daughters\, Emilie\, Lauren\, and Lindelwa\, and 6 grandchildren. \n  \nMilitante de longue date du leadership des femmes\, de l’égalité des sexes et des droits des peuples autochtones\, Mary Coyle s’est distinguée par une carrière axée sur le développement local et international\, dans les domaines de l’éducation postsecondaire et d’organismes à but non lucratif. \nElle détient un diplôme en langue française de l’Université de Besançon\, en France\, et un baccalauréat ès arts en langues et littérature\, avec majeure en français et mineure en espagnol de l’Université de Guelph. Après avoir travaillé pour le ministère du commerce et de l’industrie du Botswana en tant que coopérante de Cuso International\, elle a obtenu une maîtrise ès arts en planification rurale et développement à l’Université de Guelph. Par la suite\, elle a travaillé comme conseillère en développement rural en Indonésie\, puis a appuyé deux universités islamiques d’état à mettre en place leurs stratégies d’engagement communautaire. \nAu cours de la décennie suivante\, à titre de directrice générale de Calmeadow\, Mme Coyle a aidé cette organisation à lancer la création de la première banque commerciale de microfinancement au monde\, BancoSol\, en Bolivie\, et à mettre sur pied un fonds pour les Premières Nations\, qui fait des microprêts aux communautés des Premières Nations et aux communautés métisses au Canada. \nEn 1997\, elle s’est jointe à l’Université St. Francis Xavier en tant que vice-présidente et directrice du Coady International Institute\, centre d’excellence réputé à travers le monde en développement communautaire et en enseignement du leadership. Pendant son mandat\, le Coady International Institute a pris beaucoup d’expansion\, améliorant son programme mondial d’innovation et d’éducation et élargissant ses programmes pour les femmes\, les jeunes et les peuples autochtones. \nDepuis 2014\, Mme Coyle travaille comme directrice exécutive du Frank McKenna Centre for Leadership à l’Université St. Francis Xavier\, un centre spécialisé dans le développement du leadership des étudiants. Elle continue à travailler comme conseillère et facilitatrice auprès de diverses organisations\, notamment le Haitian Centre for Leadership and Excellence et la Friends United Indigenous Arts and Culture Initiative. Mary Coyle a joué un rôle essentiel à l’établissement de la Stephen Lewis Foundation\, de la Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative et de la Indian School of Microfinance for Women. \nMme Coyle a trois filles\, Emilie\, Lauren et Lindelwa\, ainsi que sept petits-enfants. \n  \n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/gettingtonetzero/
LOCATION:Webinar
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SUMMARY:July 28\, 2020\, WEBINAR - Canadian Foreign Policy: Time For A Re-Set?
DESCRIPTION:July 28\, 2020 – 1:00-2:00 p.m. (EDT\, GMT-4)\nOnline Registration\nTickets:\n$10.00 – Suggested\nor Free \nOutline \nOn June 17\, Canada lost its bid for a seat on the UN Security Council\, the second time in a decade that it has tried and failed to do so. This event has stoked debate about Canada’s standing in the UN\, and much self-searching about the role Canada plays (or should play) on the world stage. The world of 2020 is fundamentally different from the postwar world of 1950 when the foundations of Canada’s foreign policy were laid. Lamentably\, the threat of nuclear annihilation remains. But the climate crisis poses an additional existential threat to the planet. And Canada is no longer the leading peacekeeper and aid donor that it once was. The Canadian foreign service is understaffed and under-resourced to meet the challenges of today. All that being so\, a review of Canada’s foreign policy is overdue. This webinar will take stock of emerging global and national realities\, along with Canada’s international aspirations and capabilities\, in thinking about the shape of foreign policy in the decades ahead. Just as important\, perhaps\, it will consider how a sweeping review of our foreign policy should be structured\, to make it open and inclusive\, and not simply a dialogue among foreign policy experts. \nModerator \n\nMargaret Huber \nCommunity leader\, former diplomat\, mentor. Director (and past president) of the Canadian International Council’s National Capital Branch and Harvard Club of Ottawa. Advisory Board member of Samara Centre for Democracy and of Pharos Global Health Advisors. Former Ambassador in Europe\, Asia and the Middle East. During extensive diplomatic career\, worked closely with international organizations including the United Nations\, the European Union\, the International Olympic Committee\, the Asian Development Bank and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Strong believer in life-long learning (graduate McGill University\, uOttawa\, Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program\, Institute of Corporate Directors. Fellow of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative). \nSpeakers \n\nPeggy Mason\, President of the Rideau Institute on International Affairs \nA former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament to the UN (1989-1995)\, and an expert in the political/diplomatic aspects of UN peace operations training (1995-2014)\, Peggy Mason is now the President of the Rideau Institute\, an independent\, non-profit think tank focusing on policy research and advocacy in foreign\, defence and national security policy. She is active in many NGO’s including the Canadian Pugwash Group (Vice-Chair)\, Group of 78 (Past Chair)\, World Federalist Movement – Canada (past Board member)\, and the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Advisory Board member). A graduate of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Common Law\, she was inducted into its Honour Society in 2003. For her work on nuclear disarmament she received the 2016 Leadership Award from Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention. \n\nDaryl Copeland \nDaryl Copeland\, Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute\, Senior Advisor for Science Diplomacy at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Vienna)\, and Fellow at the University of Montreal’s Centre for International Studies and Research (CERIUM) is an analyst\, author\, educator and consultant specializing in the relationship between science\, technology\, diplomacy\, and international policy. His book\, Guerrilla Diplomacy: Rethinking International Relations\, was released in 2009 by Lynne Rienner Publishers and is cited as an essential reference by the editors of Oxford Bibliographies Online. He has also published 13 book chapters and over 200 articles in the scholarly and popular press\, is a member of the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal’s International Advisory Board\, and an Editorial Board member of the publication Place Branding and Public Diplomacy. From 1981 to 2011 Mr. Copeland served as a Canadian diplomat with postings in Thailand\, Ethiopia\, New Zealand and Malaysia. \n  \n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/timeforareset/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200825T110000
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SUMMARY:August 25\, 2020\, Webinar - Why the ‘Trump era’ could last for thirty years
DESCRIPTION:August 25\, 2020 – 11:00-12:30 p.m. (EDT\, GMT-4)\nUK time (4 pm-5:30 pm) and all-India time (8:30 pm- 10 pm) \nOnline Registration\nTickets:\n$10.00 – Suggested\nor Free \nModerator:\nManfred Bienefeld\nProfessor Emeritus\, School of Policy and Public Administration \nSpeakers\nJayati Ghosh\nProfessor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University\, New Delhi \nRobert H. Wade \nProfessor of global political economy at the London School of Economics. \nOutline\nWill even a one-term Trump presidency mark the start of a decades-long era of more authoritarian nationalism and of more compromised internationalism? With support for liberal internationalism long in decline\, can the shift in the western world’s centre of gravity towards unilateralism\, authoritarianism and militarism be reversed\, even as incomes and labour markets continue to polarize\, and as corporate and financial interests seek to use more authoritarian and divisive governments to support even greater freedom of movement for international capital? What are the prospects that progressive forces in the developed\, and the developing world\, can use the newfound – largely Covid-19 induced – appreciation of the need for strong\, capable states to protect the public interest in times of growing uncertainty\, to build decisive political counter-movement from the bottom up? \nModerator \n\n Manfred Bienefeld\nProfessor Emeritus\, School of Policy and Public Administration  \nManfred A. Bienefeld is a professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University. His current research interests include\, development policy\, wages/employment\, commodity/capital markets\, human capital\, technology/industrialization\, development and the environment\, development in a historical perspective\, his area interests include Africa\, Canada\, the Pacific\, and East Asia and his issue interests include\, issue interests\, the debt crisis protectionism\, industrial policy\, planning\, privatization\, the “newly industrializing countries.” He has edited (with Jane Jenson and Rianne Mahon) Production\, Space\, Identity\, Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press 1993.  \nSpeakers \n\nJayati Ghosh\, \nProfessor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University\, New Delhi \n Her research interests include globalisation\, international trade and finance\, employment patterns\, macroeconomic policy\, gender issues\, poverty and inequality. She has authored and/or edited a dozen books and around 200 scholarly articles. Recent books include Demonetisation Decoded: A critique of India’s monetary experiment and India and the International Economy\, (Oxford University Press 2015). She has received several national and international prizes\, including the M. Adisheshaiah Award for distinguished contributions to the social sciences in India in 2015\, and the International Labour Organisation’s Decent Work Research Prize for 2010. She has advised governments in India and other countries. She was the Chairperson of the Andhra Pradesh Commission on Farmers’ Welfare in 2004\, and Member of the National Knowledge Commission reporting to the Prime Minister of India (2005-09). She is the Executive Secretary of International Development Economics Associates (www.networkideas.org)\, an international network of heterodox development economists. She has consulted for several international organisations including ILO\, UNDP\, UNCTAD\, UN-DESA\, UNRISD and UN Women and is member of several international commissions. She writes regularly for popular media like newspapers\, journals and blogs. \n \nRobert H. Wade \nProfessor of global political economy at the London School of Economics. \n He was awarded the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought in 2008. His book Governing the Market: Economic Theory and the Role of Government in East Asia’s Industrialization (Princeton University Press\, 1990\, 2004) won the American Political Science Association’s award of Best Book in Political Economy for 1989-91. He was an invited member of the Financial Times’ “Economists’ Forum”\, described as “50 of the world’s most influential economists.” A New Zealand citizen\, he worked earlier at the Institute of Development Studies (Sussex University)\, the World Bank\, US Congress (Office of Technology Assessment)\, Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School)\, MIT (Sloan School)\, and Brown University (Watson Institute). He has conducted fieldwork in Pitcairn Island\, Italy\, India\, Korea\, Taiwan\, Iceland\, and inside the World Bank and IMF – all steered by an interest in Adam Smith-type questions about how economies create and distribute the basis for material well-being. His recent publications deal with: trends in global growth\, poverty and income/wealth distribution; the developmental state (alive or dead?); industrial policy; financial crises; the governance of international economic organizations (eg World Bank\, IMF\, G20); the “invisible strings” of the Core-Periphery structure of the world economy; and the profession and ethics of economists. His other books include : Irrigation and Politics in South Korea (1982)\, Village Republics: The Economic Conditions of Collective Action in India (1988\, 1994\, 2007).  \n  \n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/timeforareset-2/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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SUMMARY:2020 Policy Forum - The Future of Peacekeeping in the Transition to a More Peaceful World: Why UN peace operations are critical and need to be expanded
DESCRIPTION:Given the impending American election and its potentially dramatic foreign policy implications\, we are now planning our Conclusions and Recommendations webinar for early to mid-November. Please stay tuned as it will be worth the wait!\nThere will be a Keynote speaker\, and five panels featuring\, altogether\, eleven speakers and five moderators. Following the Keynote Address\, during the period ending Thursday 7 October\, there will be four interlinked panels with the speakers and topics set out below. Since we have speakers on different continents\, there may still be some small adjustments to the times. There will then be a one- week pause to consider and reflect\, followed by a fifth panel on Conclusions and Recommendations. \nTicket options\nZoom links are distributed upon registration\, and one day\, as well as one hour\, before the start time. \n1) Full Conference Pass – suggested $30.00 (available by clicking on Select A Date\, and then on any Event date). Participants signing up for the full series will be invited to a sixth session to discuss conclusions and recommendations that will form the basis of policy actions following the webinar series. \n2) Individual Panel – suggested $10.00 (please review the full program below) \n3) Free – please register individually for each panel; there is no free Full Conference Pass option. \nOnline Registration \n\nConcept Note — The Group of 78 Virtual Policy Conference Webinar Series for 2020\nThe Future of Peacekeeping in the Transition to a More Peaceful World:\nWhy UN peace operations are critical and need to be expanded\nExcerpts from the G78 Webinar Series Concept Note \nUnited Nations Peacekeeping is central to conflict resolution\, international stabilization and longer-term efforts to build a sustainable peace. With the support of the international community it has the potential to become a key enabler of a long-overdue global shift towards a more cooperative security environment. \nQuestions we will address include: \n\n What are the strengths and limits of UN Peacekeeping?\n2. Can UN peacekeeping advance both rule of law and negotiated solutions to spoilers and groups designated as terrorists\, and can mandates retain mission impartiality?\n3. If UN peace operations cannot effectively address these challenges\, what else may be needed when they increasingly encounter difficulty\, as we have seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo\, Mali\, Haiti and South Sudan?\n4. Can peacekeeping be adapted to respond more rapidly and effectively to crises before they escalate and become full-blown armed conflicts? \n\nThese conclusions are expected to help strengthen civil society’s understanding of these issues and to hone policy options for government decision makers. \nFor the full text of the Concept Note\, click here. \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme Sept 24th – Oct 4th\, 2020\nThurs. Sept. 24\, 2020\, 7pm – 8pm EST\nKeynote Address: \nThis will be a broad overview of the political and conflict environment in which UN Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO) play an important role. The value-added of UN peacekeeping with the peace process as the “centre of gravity” of the overall mission will be highlighted. \nJean-Marie Guehenno\, former USG for DPKO\, former head of International Crisis Group (Speaking from New York City) \n \n  \n Saturday Sept. 26\, 2020 11am – 12pm EST (5 – 6pm CEST)\nPANEL 1: Successes and Failures and Lessons Learned\nThe overall theme is the evolution of UN Peacekeeping and how that informs our approach to current challenges. \nModerator: \n\nPeggy Mason\, President of the Rideau Institute (confirmed)\n\nSpeakers: \n\nLise Morjé Howard\, Prof of Government at Georgetown University\, author of Power in Peacekeeping and UN Peacekeeping in Civil wars (Speaking from Paris\, France) (confirmed)\nRichard Gowan\, UN Director\, International Crisis Group\, broad expertise and hands-on experience with UN. (Speaking from New York City.) (confirmed)\n\n \n  \nMonday Sept. 28\, 2020\, 7 – 8pm EST \nPanel 2: CONTROVERSIES: Impartiality\, Consent\, Use of Force\nWhat UNPKOs cannot or should not do in the military dimension especially in relation to the use of force. UN Peacekeeping partnerships in Africa. \nModerator: \n\nPeggy Mason\, President of the Rideau Institute (confirmed)\n\nSpeakers: \n\nJane Boulden\, Professor\, Department of Politics and Economics at the Royal Military College of Canada\, with a particular focus on UN efforts to manage conflict. (Speaking from Kingston\, Ontario.) (confirmed)\nPaul Williams\, Professor and Assoc Director of the Security Policy Studies program in the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. Co-editor of Oxford Handbook on UN Peacekeeping. (Speaking from Washington\, D.C.) (confirmed)\n\n \n  \nSaturday Oct.3rd 2020\, 4 – 5pm EST\nPanel 3: FUTURE Options for UN Peace Operations\n Revisiting UN Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS)\, primacy of peace process\, operationalizing prevention of conflict. \nModerator: \n\nPeggy Mason\, President of the Rideau Institute (confirmed)\n\nSpeakers: \n\nVictoria K. Holt\, Vice President of the Stimson Centre\, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Security (U.S. Dept of State) (speaking from Washington) (confirmed)\nPeter Langille\, Author and lead expert on UN Emergency Peace Service and “sustainable common security”. (Speaking from Ottawa) (confirmed)\n\n \n  \nMonday Oct.5th 2020\, 7-8:30pm EST \nPanel 4: Contributions by CANADA to UN Peace Operations\nWhat might Canada do in terms of advocacy\, funding\, institution building\, training\, technology\, to strengthen UN peace operations and contribute to a global shift toward sustainable peace and common security? \nModerator: \n\nJane Boulden\, Fellow at the Queen’s University Centre for International and Defence Policy and a Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada (confirmed)\n\nSpeakers: \n\nPeggy Mason\, President of Rideau Institute\, former Amb for Disarmament to the UN\, former peacekeeping trainer (1995-2014)\, (Speaking from Ottawa) (confirmed)\nStephen Baranyi\, Univ of Ottawa Assoc Prof in International Development and Global Studies\, researching peacebuilding in fragile and conflict-affected states (Speaking from Ottawa) (confirmed)\nWalter Dorn\, RMC and Canadian Forces College professor\, author\, and a leading Canadian expert on UN peacekeeping including new technologies (Speaking from Toronto) (confirmed)\n\n \n\nPanel 5: Conclusions and Recommendations \nFollowing the Thanksgiving long weekend (10-12 October 2020)\, there will be a one-week pause to consider and reflect\, followed by a fifth panel on overall conclusions and policy recommendations. (This session is only available to Full Conference Pass holders.) \nGiven the impending American election and its potentially dramatic foreign policy implications\, we are now planning our Conclusions and Recommendations webinar for early to mid-November. Please stay tuned as it will be worth the wait!
URL:https://group78.org/event/2020-virtual-conference-the-future-of-peacekeeping-in-the-transition-to-a-more-peaceful-world-why-un-peace-operations-are-critical-and-need-to-be-expanded/
LOCATION:Webinar
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SUMMARY:October 27\, 2020\, Webinar - Getting to the bottom of the crisis in Lebanon
DESCRIPTION:Featuring: Ruby Dagher\nOctober 27\, 2020 – 1:00-2:00 p.m. (EDT\, GMT-4)\nOnline Registration\nTickets:\n$10.00 – Suggested\nor Free \nEvent Pdf\n  \nOutline \n  \nThis webinar will attempt to pull back the analysis of the current crisis and delve into questions related to the legitimacy of the Lebanese state\, the role of the Lebanese leaders throughout history\, the current unprecedented levels of the leaders’ selfishness and ignorance\, and the resulting outcomes. This analysis is crucial not only for understanding Lebanon’s trajectory but also for assessing potential future governance options for Lebanon. \n  \nBiography \n  \nRuby Dagher has studied and taught at both Carleton and Ottawa Universities and is currently an Adjunct Professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies\, University of Ottawa. Ms. Dagher has worked and consulted with the Canadian International Development Agency\, the Caribbean Development Bank\, the University of Central Asia\, and Global Affairs Canada. She has a doctorate in Public Policy and Administration Development from Carleton University and is the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships. She is trilingual in English\, French and Arabic. \nMs. Dagher has written widely in books\, journals and newspapers\, has presented in many media broadcasts and has organized and moderated many conferences\, workshops and panels. Among her academic and personal interests are international development and its many dimensions\, Middle East politics\, conflict\, social movements and power relations. \n  \n  \n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/bottomofthecrisisinlebanon/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201112T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201112T113000
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SUMMARY:WOMEN’S LAND RIGHTS AND FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Coalition for Equitable Land Acquisitions and Development in Africa (CELADA) invites you all to a virtual panel discussion\n\nModerated by:  Chris Huggins\, University of Ottawa\n\nFeaturing:\n\n\nAgnes Apusigah\, Regentroopfen College\, Ghana\n\n\nAma Appiah-Acheampong\, Ghana Irrigation Development Agency\, Ghana\n\n\nBayush Tsegaye\, Freelance Consultant\, Ethiopia Mamy Rakotondrainibe\, Collective for the Defence of Madagasy Land-TANY\, Madagascar\n\n\n\nPlease join us on\nThursday\, November 12\, 2020\, 10:00 -11:30 EST\nPlease register through this link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4FyqtL-zQgqs8Y2iq16KAA\n\nRegistration is free but CELADA will welcome any donations to support the webinar and other related CELADA activities (You can send by e-transfer to celadacanada@gmail.com)\n  \nPhoto Informaiton\nWorking the land in Uganda: women make up more than half of Africa’s farmers but face the biggest barriers to owning land. Photo: Jonathan Torgovnik/Reportage by Getty Images
URL:https://group78.org/event/womens-land-rights-and-food-security-in-africa/
LOCATION:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201119T183000
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SUMMARY:Why hasn’t Canada signed the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty?
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for the webinar: November 19th\, 6:30PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n  \n\n\n\nJoin a webinar on the need for Canada to sign the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty\, featuring Liberal MP Hedy Fry\, NDP MP Heather McPherson\, Green Party MP Elizabeth May\, Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe as well as Setsuko Thurlow\, survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima who jointly accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. \n  \nCanada has not joined 122 countries represented at the July 2017 UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons\, Leading Towards their Total Elimination. It has also declined to sign the resulting UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons\, which recently garnered its 50th state signatory meaning it will enter into force in 90 days. \n  \nNuclear weapons constitute one of the most serious threats facing humanity. Nuclear explosions over cities could quickly kill tens of millions. 1% of the 13\,400 nuclear weapons in the world could disrupt the global climate and threaten billions with starvation in a nuclear famine. \n  \nCanada’s 2017 defence policy ignores the threat nuclear weapons pose to human survival (North Korean nuclear weapons are mentioned once). But\, the defence policy\, “Strong\, Secure\, Engaged” makes two dozen references to Canada’s commitment to the nuclear-armed NATO alliance. \n  \nThe Trudeau government asserts it cannot ratify the UN Ban Treaty because of Canada’s membership in NATO\, which has a nuclear weapons first-strike policy. \n  \nThe NDP\, Greens & Bloc Québécois have all called on Canada to adopt the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Some Liberal & Conservative MPs\, as well as thousands of Canadians\, have also called on Canada to adopt the Treaty. \n  \nAs the UN Ban Treaty is about to become international law\, this discussion on Canada’s policies on nuclear weapons with Members of Parliament is more urgent than ever. \n  \nGUESTS:\n  \nSetsuko Thurlow was thirteen years old when she witnessed the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. She has been a leading anti-nuclear weapons activist in Canada and globally and jointly accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in 2017. \n  \nDr. Hedy Fry\, first elected as Liberal MP in Vancouver Centre in 1993\, is a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. She is the co-chair of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Canada. \n  \nAlexis Brunelle-Duceppe is the Bloc Québécois MP for Lac-Saint-Jean. He is Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development as well as of the Standing Committee on National Defence. \n  \nHeather McPherson\, the NDP MP for Edmonton Strathcona\, is the Deputy House Leader of the New Democratic Party\, NDP Critic for International Development\, and Deputy Critic for Foreign Affairs. \n  \nElizabeth May has been the Green Party MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands in B.C. since 2011 and is the Green Party Parliamentary Leader in the House of Commons. \n  \nHOSTS:\nOrganizers: The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute and The Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition (Toronto) \nCo-sponsors: PeaceQuest\, Science for Peace\, Les Artistes pour la Paix \nMedia Sponsor: Canadian Dimension \n\nENDORSED BY:\nAhmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada \nLes Artistes pour la Paix   \nCanadian Federation of University Women\nCanadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons\nCanadian Pugwash Group\nCanadian Voice of Women for Peace   \nCoalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick\nEdupax\nFriends of Rotary (FOR) Prevention of Nuclear War\nGreater Toronto Chapter\, National Association of Japanese Canadians\nGroup of 78\nHamilton Coalition to Stop the War \nHiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition (Toronto)   \nInternational Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Canada  \nInter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Co-operative\nJust Peace Advocates\nManitoba Peace Council\nMcGill Students for Peace and Disarmament\nMines Action Canada\nMouvement Québécois pour la Paix\nNational Association of Japanese Canadians\nNational Council of Women of Canada  \nNikkei Voice\nOttawa Peace Council\nPaul Maillet Centre for Ethics \nPax Christi Toronto\nPeace Magazine\nPeaceQuest\nPeace Quest Cape Breton\nPivot to Peace \nProject Ploughshares\nProject Ploughshares Saskatoon\nProject Save the World\nRegina Peace Council\nReligions for Peace Canada\nRideau Institute\nSaskatoon Peace Coalition\nScience for Peace\nTao Sangha Global Community\nToronto Article 9\nVOICES for Sustainable Environments and Communities\nWomen’s International League for Peace and Freedom (Vancouver)  \nWorld Beyond War\nINDIVIDUAL ENDORSEMENTS:\nJohn Polanyi\, Nobel Laureate\nJoy Kogawa\, poet\, novelist\, author of Obasan and Gently to Nagasaki.\nINTERNATIONAL ENDORSEMENTS:\nInternational Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) International Peace Bureau\nFRENCH POSTING:\nPlease see Les Artistes pour la Paix/Artists for Peace website.\nSHARE ON FACEBOOK:\nFacebook event.\nRESOURCES:\nArticle: Why Won’t Canada Back a Nuclear Weapons’ Ban? | The Tyee | By Bianca Mugyenyi\nArticle: Legacy of Canada’s role in atomic bomb is felt by northern Indigenous community| The Conversation | By Geoffrey Bird\nArticle: No Shelter from the Storm|Cape Breton Spectator | by Sean Howard \nhttps://capebretonspectator.com/2020/08/05/nuclear-threat-hiroshima-bomb/\nPierre Jasmin\, “Appel de Mme Setsuko Thurlow au Premier ministre” http://www.artistespourlapaix.org/?p=19078\nPierre Jasmin http://lautjournal.info/20201102/armes-nucleaires-deux-bonnes-nouvelles\nJohn Polanyi https://pugwashgroup.ca/let-reason-guide-our-actions-in-the-atomic-age/\nElizabeth Renzetti https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-a-new-global-treaty-bans-nuclear-weapons-but-why-didnt-canada-sign/\nMotoko Rich\, “Witnessing Nuclear Carnage\, Then Devoting Her Life to Peace\,” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/world/asia/hiroshima-japan-setsuko-thurlow.html\nDouglas Roche https://pugwashgroup.ca/75-years-after-hiroshima-i-wonder-if-the-goal-of-abolishing-nuclear-weapons-is-just-a-dream/\nMichael Swan\, “Nuclear Arms and Canada” https://www.catholicregister.org/item/32339-nuclear-arms-and-canada\nSetsuko Thurlow https://pugwashgroup.ca/canada-must-acknowledge-our-key-role-in-developing-the-deadly-atomic-bomb/\nSetsuko Thurlow’s June 2020 appeal to Prime Minister Trudeau http://hiroshimadaycoalition.ca/data/uploads/to-the-right-honourable-justin-trudeau.pdf\nAnton Wagner\, “Canada and the Atom Bomb” http://hiroshimadaycoalition.ca/data/uploads/canada-and-the-atom-bomb.pdf\nAnton Wagner\, “Mackenzie King Opens the Atomic Pandora’s Box” http://nikkeivoice.ca/mackenzie-king-opens-the-atomic-pandoras-box/
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SUMMARY:Nov. 24th\, Part 1 of 2: Finance\, Climate Risk\, and How to Make your Pension Fund Climate-Friendly
DESCRIPTION:Registration through Eventbrite\nTicket options:\n\n 	\nFree \n\n 	\n$10.00 – Suggested per webinar\n\n\nOnline Registration \n \nWebinars are co-hosted by the Climate Legacy and Group of 78\n In partnership with SHIFT and the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa\nDownload Event PDF\n \nThe crucial importance of shifting finance to address the climate crisis (webinar 1)\nNovember 24\, 2020. 1-2 pm ET \n\nWhere money is being invested in the global economy is an often overlooked\, but critical piece of the puzzle in solving the climate crisis. Join climate expert Adam Scott\, Director of Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health for the first of two workshops exploring why shifting finance is essential for addressing the climate emergency and protecting investments from growing climate risks.\n \nHow to engage those managing your retirement savings on climate (webinar 2)\nDecember 1\, 2020. 1-2 ET\nLearn how to take action to ensure your retirement savings are being invested in the solutions to the climate crisis\, not the causes. Join climate expert Adam Scott\, Director of Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health for part two of our series exploring ways to effectively engage your pension fund and shift your personal investments to protect your savings while leaving a lasting climate legacy for future generations.\n \nAdam Scott\, Director\, Shift: Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health\nAdam is a climate change expert with more than 15 years of domestic and international experience in climate policy\, energy and finance. As Director of Shift\, he works with a broad range of stakeholders to bring international climate leadership into Canada’s financial sector. Previously\, Adam was Senior Advisor to international climate research and advocacy organization Oil Change International and was manager of Environmental Defence Canada’s Climate & Energy Program. Adam has advised governments\, provided expert media commentary\, and published numerous reports on the zero-carbon transition.\n\n\n\nClimate Legacy – About Us\nClimate Legacy is a project to engage and mobilize older Canadians in climate action\, through their voice\, their time\, and their money. Our vision is that Canada move steadily and effectively towards a zero net carbon economy in the next decade through actions at municipal\, provincial and federal levels. Seniors comprise a significant force in combatting climate change and are often overlooked in current mobilizing efforts\, which is why we are establishing a climate action platform and resource dedicated to Older Canadians. Please contact climatelegacycanada@gmail.com to get in touch.\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.
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SUMMARY:Dec. 1st\, Part 2 of 2: Finance\, Climate Risk\, and How to Make your Pension Fund Climate-Friendly
DESCRIPTION:Registration through Eventbrite\nTicket options:\n\n\nFree \n\n\n$10.00 – Suggested per webinar\n\n\nOnline Registration \n  \nWebinars are co-hosted by the Climate Legacy and Group of 78\n In partnership with SHIFT and the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa\nDownload Event PDF\n  \nThe crucial importance of shifting finance to address the climate crisis (webinar 1)\nNovember 24\, 2020. 1-2 pm ET \n\nWhere money is being invested in the global economy is an often overlooked\, but critical piece of the puzzle in solving the climate crisis. Join climate expert Adam Scott\, Director of Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health for the first of two workshops exploring why shifting finance is essential for addressing the climate emergency and protecting investments from growing climate risks.\n  \nHow to engage those managing your retirement savings on climate (webinar 2)\nDecember 1\, 2020. 1-2 ET\nLearn how to take action to ensure your retirement savings are being invested in the solutions to the climate crisis\, not the causes. Join climate expert Adam Scott\, Director of Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health for part two of our series exploring ways to effectively engage your pension fund and shift your personal investments to protect your savings while leaving a lasting climate legacy for future generations.\n  \nAdam Scott\, Director\, Shift: Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health\nAdam is a climate change expert with more than 15 years of domestic and international experience in climate policy\, energy and finance. As Director of Shift\, he works with a broad range of stakeholders to bring international climate leadership into Canada’s financial sector. Previously\, Adam was Senior Advisor to international climate research and advocacy organization Oil Change International and was manager of Environmental Defence Canada’s Climate & Energy Program. Adam has advised governments\, provided expert media commentary\, and published numerous reports on the zero-carbon transition.\n\nClimate Legacy – About Us\nClimate Legacy is a project to engage and mobilize older Canadians in climate action\, through their voice\, their time\, and their money. Our vision is that Canada move steadily and effectively towards a zero net carbon economy in the next decade through actions at municipal\, provincial and federal levels. Seniors comprise a significant force in combatting climate change and are often overlooked in current mobilizing efforts\, which is why we are establishing a climate action platform and resource dedicated to Older Canadians. Please contact climatelegacycanada@gmail.com to get in touch.\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.
URL:https://group78.org/event/finance-climate-risk-and-how-to-make-your-pension-fund-climate-friendly-2/
LOCATION:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Book Launch - Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era\, by Douglas Roche\,
DESCRIPTION:The Hon. Douglas Roche\, O.C. will discuss his newly released book\, Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era.\n \nThis event is hosted by Group of 78\, in collaboration with PeaceQuest\nSpeakers:\n\n\nWelcoming remarks by Roy Culpeper\, Chair\, Group of 78\n\n\nModeration by Steve Staples\, Chairperson\, PeaceQuest Leadership and Education Initiative \n\n\nPresentation by Senator Douglas Roche (ret.)\, Canada’s former UN Ambassador for Disarmament and author of Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era\n\n\nAudience questions and discussion\nOrder your advance copy of\, Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era\, by Douglas Roche:\n $9.99 Kindle | $14.99 Paperback \nAvailable from: https://amzn.to/3oaEHLC\nHumanity faces a triple emergency: the global problems of climate change\, nuclear weapons\, and the coronavirus are monumental. Cooperation between governments and peoples has never been so necessary for common survival. The election of Joe Biden as U.S. president opens a new path for world cooperation for peace. In this up-to-the-minute book\, former Senator Douglas Roche\, a leading Canadian advocate for peace\, points to a new basis for hope in the urgent agenda for human security. The world – and Canada – must: \n\n\nspur development \n\n\ncurb global warming \n\n\ncut nuclear arms\n\n\n advance human rights\n\n\n\n“As our world begins to recover\, we will need the guidance of learned peacemakers. Recovery brings. Joe Biden and Douglas Roche together\, providing critical insights for years to come.” -Lieutenant-General (ret) The Honourable Romeo Dallaire\n\n“Extremely timely\, thoughtful\, deeply informed analysis of Joe Bidon the man and the president he may be.” -ElizabethMay M.P.\, former Leader\, Green Party of Canada\n\n“Brimming witJ1 political practically and generous humanity.” -Ernie Regehr\, former Executive Director; Project Ploughshares\n\nHon. Douglas Roche\, O.C.\, has specialized throughout his 40-year public career in peace and human security issues. Mr. Roche was a Senator\, Member of Parliament\, Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament\, and Visiting Professor at the University of Alberta. He was elected Chairman of the United Nations Disarmament Committee at the 43rd General Assembly in 1988.Mr. Roche was the founding Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative. In 2010\, the City of Hiroshima named him an Honourary Citizen. He was awarded the Calgary Peace Prize in 2017. The author of 23 books\, his latest is Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era.
URL:https://group78.org/event/book-launch-recovery-peace-prospects-in-the-biden-era-by-douglas-roche/
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SUMMARY:Israel and Palestine: Future Directions in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:Webinar \n\nJanuary 13th\, 2021 \n1200 Ottawa / 1700 UK / 1800 Geneva / 1900 Ramallah \n  \nDownload Event Pdf\n  \nSpeakers \n\nDr Alaa Tartir\, \nInès Abdel Razek\, \nDr Shir Hever and \nDr Jeremy Wildeman \n  \n  \nModerator \n\nDr Ruby Dagher \n  \n  \nTicket options: Free or $10.00 (Suggested)\nOnline Registration \n \n  \nSeminar Theme\n  \n  \nThe resource rich Middle East and North Africa region is at a nadir following two tumultuous decades of localised crises\, regional power struggles and interventions from abroad. Multiple shattered states and societies\, from Libya to Syria\, Yemen and Iraq\, lie in their wake. Yet\, one contested region\, Israel and Palestine\, remains central to regional peace and stability. It remains in as regressive and dangerous a state as ever\, too. \n  \n  \nThis online seminar will explore the regional outlook of Israel\, Palestine and the broader Middle East. It takes into consideration four years of the Trump administration siding firmly with the Netanyahu government in Israel\, including support for de jure annexation of further Palestinian land. \n  \n  \nIt also offers insight onto peace agreements signed between Israel and Arab states\, for the first time since 1994; the further deterioration of Palestinian well-being\, which includes de facto West Bank land annexations and dystopian life conditions in Gaza; and Canada’s own current policy\, which such as includes renewing funding to Palestinian refugees and voting at the UN for the Palestinian right to self-determination while simultaneously voting against nearly every other Palestinian resolution and facilitating the sale of Israeli settlement goods in Canada. This forms the backdrop of this panel. \n  \n  \nOur panel of regional specialists will provide their analysis through an update on the politics of the Middle East (Dr Alaa Tartir)\, political trends and life in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Inès Abdel Razek)\, political currents in Israel (Dr Shir Hever)\, and Canada’s relationship with the Palestinians and Middle East Peace Process (Dr Jeremy Wildeman). \n  \n  \n  \nBios\n  \n  \n  \nDr. Alaa Tartir is a Researcher and Academic Coordinator at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva\, a Global Fellow at The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)\, and Program and Policy Advisor to Al-Shabaka\, the Palestinian Policy Network. Tartir is the co-editor of Palestine and Rule of Power: Local Dissent vs. International Governance (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2019)\, and the co-editor of Political Economy of Palestine: Critical\, Interdisciplinary\, and Decolonial Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2021). Tartir’s publications can be accessed at www.alaatartir.com\, and he tweets at @alaatartir \n  \n  \nInès Abdel Razek is the Advocacy Director of the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy\, A Palestinian independent organization based in Ramallah. Prior to joining the PIPD in 2019\, Inès has held advisory positions to high-level diplomats and officials of the Union for the Mediterranean in Barcelona\, the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi and the Palestinian Prime Minister’s Office in Ramallah\, mainly working on multilateral governance and development cooperation policies. Inès is also a policy member at the think-tank Al-Shabaka and an Advisory board member of the social enterprise BuildPalestine. Inès holds a Master’s degree in Public Affairs from Sciences-Po\, Paris. Twitter: @InesAbdelrazek \n  \n  \nDr. Shir Hever is an independent economic researcher and journalist. He is currently living in Germany\, and is a graduate of the Freie Universität in Berlin. His second book: Privatization of Security in Israel\, was published by Pluto Press in 2017. \n  \n  \nDr Jeremy Wildeman is a research analyst of global and Middle East politics\, human security and “development” aid. His specialisations include the impact of foreign aid/intervention on the Palestinians\, and Canada’s relationship with the Middle East. Since 2010\, he has explored in-depth (at the universities of Exeter\, Bath and Ottawa) the humanitarian\, development\, security and peacebuilding nexus of foreign aid in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. These resulted in numerous peer-reviewed publications and policy analysis. He has published several major works on Canada’s relationship with the Palestinians\, too. His scholarly work is supported by extensive field experience delivering humanitarian and development aid in the city of Nablus (from 2002 to 11)\, and afterward in multiple regions in crisis in the Middle East and Balkans. He is also a Fellow with HRREC-CREDP at the University of Ottawa and his Twitter is @jeremywildeman \n  \n  \nDr. Ruby Dagher has studied and taught at both Carleton and Ottawa Universities and is currently an Adjunct Professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies\, University of Ottawa. Ms. Dagher has worked and consulted with the Canadian International Development Agency\, the Caribbean Development Bank\, the University of Central Asia\, and Global Affairs Canada. She has a doctorate in Public Policy and Administration Development from Carleton University and is the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships.  She is trilingual in English\, French and Arabic. \n  \n  \nMs. Dagher has written widely in books\, journals and newspapers\, has presented in many media broadcasts and has organized and moderated many conferences\, workshops and panels. Among her academic and personal interests are international development and its many dimensions\, Middle East politics\, conflict\, social movements and power relations. \n  \n  \n_____________________________________________________________________________ \n  \nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation. \n  \nPhoto Credits Wikimedia: Flag of Palestine.svg \, Flag-of-Israel(boxed).png
URL:https://group78.org/event/israel-and-palestine-future-directions-in-the-middle-east/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Special Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Pandemic Relief\, Recovery\, and Reshaping the World Economy
DESCRIPTION:Webinar\nJanuary 13th\, 2021\n9:00-10:15 am Ottawa time; 2:00-3:15 pm UK time; 10:00-11:15 pm Malaysia time\nOnline Registration\n Ticket options:\nFree\n$10.00 – Suggested per webinar\nSpeakers \nJomo Kwame Sundaram\nSir Richard Jolly\nModerator\nRoy Culpeper\nSeminar Theme\nOur webinar will address the interrelated issues of short-term pandemic relief\, medium-term  recovery and\, in the long term\, reshaping the world economy. There are choices at every stage\, with implications for distributional equity among and within countries. There can be no return to the “old normal”–the world has changed\, and the climate crisis has intensified. Are there fundamental opportunities to reshape policy at the national level? And can the international rules of the game\, affecting trade\, investment and finance\, be reshaped to build a more equitable and sustainable world?\n  \n Bios\n Jomo Kwame Sundaram is Senior Adviser at the Khazanah Research Institute. He was a member of the Economic Action Council\, chaired by the seventh Malaysian Prime Minister (2018-20)\, and the 5-member Council of Eminent Persons appointed by him\, Professor at the University of Malaya (1986-2004)\, Founder-Chair of International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs)\, UN Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development (2005-2012)\, Research Coordinator for the G24 Intergovernmental Group on International Monetary Affairs and Development (2006-2012)\, and Assistant Director General for Economic and Social Development\, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (2012-2015). He received the 2007 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought.\n\nSir Richard Jolly is Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the IDS (Institute of Development Studies) at the University of Sussex. Richard Jolly was Deputy Executive Director(Programmes)in UNICEF 1982-95 and co-author of the widely-acclaimed Human Development Report from 1996-2000. In 2001\, he was knighted by the Queen for services to the UN and International Development.\n\nHe co-directed the UN Intellectual History Project with Louis Emmerij and Tom Weiss\, the summary volume of which is UN Ideas That Changed The World (details on www.unhistory.org.He has written or co- written many articles and books on development\, the latest of which is UNICEF: Global Governance That Works\, to be published by Routledge in May 2014.\n \n  \n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation.
URL:https://group78.org/event/pandemic-relief-recovery-and-reshaping-the-world-economy/
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SUMMARY:Panel 5: Conclusions and Recommendations
DESCRIPTION: Download Event Pdf \nWednesday\, February 3\, 2021\, from 3:00 – 4:30 pm EST\n  \nWe are delighted to announce the details of our grand finale webinar in the Group of 78 six-session series of Webinars on the Future of UN Peacekeeping in the Transition to a More Peaceful World: Why UN peace operations are critical and need to be expanded. \n  \nThe focus\, as promised\, will be on key recommendations for action by governments – especially our own\, by parliamentarians and by civil society. We promise a lively\, thought provoking\, action-oriented discussion and question time! \n  \nThe five previous webinars in this series are all available on YouTube  \n  \nPanellists:\n\n Jane Boulden\, Professor\, Dept of Political Science\, Royal Military College of Canada\, with a particular focus on UN efforts to manage conflict (Speaking from Kingston\, Ontario)\n Walter Dorn\, RMC and Canadian Forces College professor\, author\, and a leading Canadian expert on UN peacekeeping including new technologies (Speaking from Toronto)\n Howard Peter Langille\, Author and lead expert on UN Emergency Peace Service and “sustainable common security”. (Speaking from Ottawa)\n\n  \nModerator:\n\nPeggy Mason\, President of Rideau Institute\, former Amb for Disarmament to the UN\, former peacekeeping trainer (1995-2014)\, (Speaking from Ottawa)\n\n  \nTicket options:\n\n$10.00 for general admission (register through Eventbrite)\nFull pass holders do not need to register; you have been automatically registered.\nFree General Admission\n\nOnline Registration \n  \nThank you to our co-sponsors!\n \n 
URL:https://group78.org/event/panel-5-conclusions-and-recommendations/
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