Group of 78 Luncheon Speaker Series Akaash Maharaj Bringing Kleptocrats to Justice Tuesday June 19, 2017 12:00 p.m. Palais Imperial Restaurant, 311- 313 Dalhousie St., Ottawa RESERVATIONS: Group78@group78.org 613-565-9449 ext. 22 by Friday June 16, 2017 by 12:00 pm **************************************************** View the Power Point Presentation Every year, corruption kills 140,000 children worldwide, by… Read More »
Please join us at our upcoming Spring Fling Fundraising Party! Get ready to dance and welcome in the summer. Hosted by the Group of 78 and The Rideau Institute. This evening will include live music, dancing, fundraising activities, door prizes, appetizers, and a cash bar! Where: Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson Avenue When: June 16th, 2017 – 7:00pm – 11:30pm Advanced tickets: $30.00… Read More »
Group of 78 Luncheon Speaker Series Maude Barlow Water for Sale: How Trade and Investment Agreements Threaten Environmental Protection of Water and Promote the Commodification of the World’s Water Tuesday May 30, 2017 12:00 p.m. Palais Imperial Restaurant, 311- 313 Dalhousie St., Ottawa RESERVATIONS: Group78@group78.org 613-565-9449 ext. 22 by Friday, May 27, 2017, by… Read More »
The Group of 78, 2016 conference Report is now available! Limits to Armed Intervention Lessons from Africa, the Middle East & Afghanistan A special thank you to the Rapporteur team for all of their hard work. Coordinator: Richard Harmston The Group of 78 is most grateful to the following graduate students from Carleton University who produced the summaries… Read More »
Luncheon Series April 25, 2017 – Michael Rostek Complex security challenges: Whither the Comprehensive Approach?
The Group of 78 has written to the Minister of International Development, Mme. Marie-Claude Bibeau, commending the government on the restoration of funding to the needs of Palestinians through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, noting however that the support is less than previous levels and urging an increase in the short term. Read the full letter… Read More »
March 28, 2017 – Angella MacEwen Technology, trade, and the future of work
February 28, 2017 – Rolf Holmboe Syria, ISIS and the Prospects for Sustainable Peace
January 31, 2017 – Dan Ciuriak So Long, Globalization V2: The Causes and Consequences PowerPoint Presentation and Text
EDITH FOWKE’S BEQUEST TO THE GROUP OF 78 In early 2016, the Group of 78 was notified that it was one of ten organizations that had been named beneficiaries of a bequest from the estate of the late Edith Fowke, who died in 1996. The disbursement of the bequests was delayed for twenty years, until after the death… Read More »