The June edition of G78 Update is a newsletter that reports on our recent AGM and also reviews our productive past year of webinars on peace and conflict and economic and social justice as well as our major conference in September 2024 on citizens confronting the climate crisis. The Update also looks ahead at our 2025-2026 plans for… Continue Reading G78 Update: Looking Ahead to an Exciting Year
On May 28, 2025, the annual general meeting of the Group of 78 honoured the excellent leadership of Dr. Roy Culpeper, who served as Chair of the G78 for 11 years. The more than 30 members attending the AGM elected Dr. Ted Jackson, public policy professor and development consultant, as the organization’s new Chair. The meeting also welcomed… Continue Reading G78 AGM Honours Roy Culpeper’s Leadership, Welcomes New Chair and Board Members
Register now to attend this important conversation with Thomas Homer-Dixon and Ted Jackson at noon on June 26, 2025. How serious is Donald Trump about annexing Canada? Many scholars say he’s very serious. He wants our land with its minerals, energy and water to assert complete hemispheric control through an enlarged America. In their view, the trade war… Continue Reading If You Want Peace, Prepare for War: Why and How Canada Should Move to a Wartime Footing with the US on all Fronts
A new letter was sent on May 22 to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Foreign Minister Anita Anand regarding Canada’s recent partnering with the United Kingdom and France in denouncing Israel’s military action in Gaza. At the same time, our letter encouraged a re-opening of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and actions to be taken should Israel fail to… Continue Reading Read our letter to our new PM and Foreign Minister re: Israel and Gaza
This is a webinar worth watching as Manfred Bienefeld discusses the complex layers of the geopolitical factors and actors in the Ukraine War. Watch now.
Irvin Waller, Emeritus Professor of Criminology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and member of the Group of 78, was recently published on The Conversation discussing this question. Click the button below to read this article that addresses the root of violence in society, and how to combat it without increasing policing.
Monday, May 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM We often refer to the war between Ukraine and Russia as one primarily fought between these two countries. We understand alliances between each of these countries and their allies as alliances guided by a defensive strategy in support of their ally. However, when we step back and analyse the unfolding of… Continue Reading Webinar – The Geopolitics of the Ukranian War
On January 29, 2025, the Honourable Bob Rae and the Honourable Lloyd Axworthy spoke at the 40th Annual J.W. Dafoe Political Studies Students’ Conference held at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. This year’s conference celebrated the United Nations at 80. The Hon. Bob Rae, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations… Continue Reading Hon. Bob Rae and Hon. Lloyd Axworthy Spoke at Political Studies Students’ Conference
On February 13, G78, IF20, and the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation held a webinar with panellists Walter Dorn and Paul Meyer. Peggy Mason, President of the Rideau Institute on International Affairs, moderated this discussion about the Increased Nuclear Threat that is being felt due to the ongoing Ukraine/Russia conflict. You can watch the video below.
(Published at theconversation.com February 4, 2025 – written by Bruce Campbell) Before assessing the impact of United States President Donald Trump’s climate and energy policies, some context about the current state of the planet is in order. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres recently called the world’s fossil fuel addiction “a Frankenstein’s monster sparing nothing and no one.” The year… Continue Reading The Impact of Donald Trump’s anti-climate measures on our heating planet