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SUMMARY:Canada and Palestine: Exploring Canada’s Historical and Contemporary Relationship with Palestine and the Palestinian People.
DESCRIPTION:RSVP to canpal2019@gmail.com. Please include a brief 2-line bio in your RSVP. \n Co-Organizers: Professor Nadia Abu-Zahra\, Professor Reem Bahdi\, Professor Michael Lynk\, Dr Jeremy Wildeman & Omar Burgan \nCanada-Palestine Research Symposium 2019 \nWe cordially invite you to join us on 22 February 2019 from 8 am  to \n7 pm at the University of Ottawa for the first Canada-Palestine Research Symposium and the launch of a Canada-Palestine research network to facilitate ongoing discussions about the understudied topic of Canada and Palestine. \nPalestine looms large in Canadian foreign policy. Canada was intrinsic to the 1948 partition of Palestine and has played a key role in United Nations resolutions concerning Palestinian rights and self- determination. The Pearsonian ‘Golden Age’ of Canadian foreign policy\, formative in establishing Canada’s national identity as a state independent of the British Empire\, was forged out of Canada’s relationship with the Middle East and conflicts that often centred on Arab support for Palestinians. In 1992\, Canada was assigned the role of ‘gavel holder’ for the highly important Refugee Working Group\, as part of playing a lead role in the multilateral track of the then Middle East Peace Process. Since\, 1993\, Canada has also sat on the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee of major bilateral donors overseeing the foreign aid envelope and the state-building programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Canada has further since 1993 dispensed over $US 600 million in aid to Palestinians\, making Canada one of the largest donors to Palestine\, and making Palestinians one of Canada’s biggest ever aid recipients. \nPalestine also looms large on the domestic front in Canada. Palestinian human rights advocacy and criticisms of Israel have divided Canadians in various sites including postsecondary institutions\, unions\, places of worship and within civil society organizations. Prime Minister Harper carried out a crackdown on Canadian civil society and research institutions working on Palestinian rights\, while Prime Minister Trudeau has repeatedly denounced as ‘anti-Canadian’ campaigns to boycott\, divest from or sanction Israel in response to its  policies toward the Palestinians. Canadian courts\, moreover\, have suggested \nthat a commitment to Palestinian human rights may disqualify legitimate refugee claims in the national security context. \nIn spite of the importance of this subject to Canada and Canadians\, little published work in any scholarly discipline focuses squarely on Canada and Palestine. This symposium will change that. \nOver 40 participants from across Canada will discuss original research about Canada’s contemporary and historical relationship with the Palestinians. The symposium will include practitioner plenaries and scholarly panels exploring topics such: as the relationship of the Conservative and Liberal parties with Palestinians\, refugee and mobility restrictions\, Canadian policy towards the Palestinians and international law\, perceptions of the Palestinians and relationships of power\, relationships between Canadians and Palestinians outside their governments\, the politics of human rights advocacy in Canada\, and the significance of Canada’s relationship with Palestinians for Canada’s self-identity. \nOur keynote speakers are: \n\nMichael Lynk\, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967\, and Professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario\nSylvia McAdam\, co-founder of the international movement Idle No More\, and Professor of Law at the University of Windsor\n\nThis symposium represents a unique moment in history and offers an opportunity for reflection and sharing. Ultimately\, this collective study of Canada through its relationship to Palestine explores how we can do better and be better\, how we can face and present our findings\, and how we can keep talking with one another in academia\, government\, and the public realm. \nPlease RSVP to canpal2019@gmail.com with a brief 2-line bio. \nSymposium Schedule and PDF \nSupported By: \n\nThe CJPME Foundation\nCanadian Labour Congress (CLC)\nCanadian Union of Labour Employees (CULE)\nCanadian Union    of    Postal    Workers (CUPW)\nCanadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) National Region\nCentre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) uOttawa\nCommunity Mobilization in Crisis (CMIC) uOttawa\nConseil central de la Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN)\nConfédération des   syndicats   nationaux (CSN)\nCUPE Local 4600\nFaculty for Social Sciences (FSS) uOttawa\nFellowship for Reconciliation and Peace (FRAP) – Saskatoon\nHuman Rights Research and Education Centre (HHREC) uOttawa\nIndependent Jewish Voices (IJV)\nMennonite Central   Committee   (MCC- Canada)\nNational Council    on    Canadian   Arab Relations (NCCAR)\nPublic Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) National Office\nRideau Institute\nSchool of International Development and Global Studies (SIDGS) uOttawa\nUNIFOR\nUNIFOR 2025\nZatoun\n\nFaculty of Social Sciences\nSchool of Internation Development and Global Studies \n 
URL:https://group78.org/event/canada-and-palestine-exploring-canadas-historical-and-contemporary-relationship-with-palestine-and-the-palestinian-people/
LOCATION:Demarais Hall\, University of Ottawa\, 55 Laurier Ave E\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1N 6N5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Feb 26\, Luncheon Speaker Series - Canada's "Illusory Foreign Policy": How Canada Addresses the World\, One Gesture at a Time
DESCRIPTION:Group of 78 Luncheon Speaker Series\nAndrew Cohen\nCanada’s “Illusory Foreign Policy”: How Canada Addresses the World\, One Gesture at a Time (PDF) \n\n\n\nTuesday\, February 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) \n RESERVATIONS: Group78@group78.org  613-565-9449 ext. 22 by Friday\, February 22\, 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.\n(preferred)\n2) e-mail RSVP  (cheque\, cash\, credit at the door):\n3) Online \nOnline Registration \n*Individuals who do not cancel their reservations at least 24 hours before the luncheon will be billed $30. \nAndrew Cohen is an author\, columnist\, broadcaster\, and professor of journalism at Carleton University. He teaches courses on Canada and the United States\, Canada and the World\, and analytical writing. \nIn a career of 40 years\, he has written for The Globe and Mail\, The New York Times\, Foreign Affairs\, United Press International\, Time\, CNN.com\, and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\, among other publications. \nHe has won two National Newspaper Awards and three National Magazine Awards and been awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal. He writes a weekly column for The Ottawa Citizen and appears as a commentator on CTV News Channel on U.S. politics. \nHis seven books cover subjects ranging from Canada’s constitutional politics to national character to Arctic exploration. His study of Canadian foreign policy — While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World — was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. \nA native of Montreal\, Professor Cohen went to McGill University\, Carleton University and the University of Cambridge. He has degrees in political science\, journalism and international relations. \nHe was correspondent and columnist for The Globe and Mail in Washington\, where he recently returned as a Fulbright Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center.
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