2011 Luncheon Series

The Group of 78 hosts a luncheon speaker series  in Ottawa each month from October to June, except December. The presentation focuses on a current issue of the day and provides ample opportunity for debate and discussion.

• • December 6, 2011: Dr. Monia Mazigh – What is really happening in the Middle-East: An uprising, a revolution or a change of guard?
    Program (PDF)

 

• • October 26, 2011: Susanne Tamás – Canada’s Office of Religious Freedom: What Lies Ahead?
    Program (PDF).
    Bahai Submission to DFAIT on the Office of Religious Freedom regarding the Office of Religious Freedom, October 19, 2011

 

• • June 21, 2011: Earl Turcotte – International Disarmament: Is Canada’s Reputation About to Suffer?
    Program (PDF).
    “It’s time for Canada to accede to the Convention on Cluster Munitions”, Cluster Munitions Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Jan. 17, 2012
    Statement on Cluster Munitions (PDF).
    Cluster Munitions Q & A(PDF).
    Reform Proposal for the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) (PDF)

 

• • May 31, 2011 – Barbara Shenstone – The Plight of the Palestinians: A View from the Field
    Shenstone_Plight-Palestinians_2011-05-31.pdf (PDF).

 

 

• • April 26, 2011 – Errol Mendes – Peace and Justice at the International Criminal Court: A Court of Last Resort
    Program (PDF). His book Peace and Justice at the International Criminal Court is available at www.e-elgar.com.

 

• • March 22, 2011 – Delivering Assistance Amidst Conflict: Long-time Experience in Afghanistan and Pakistan with Kevin McCort, President & CEO of Care Canada
    Program (PDF).
    Speaking Notes (PDF).

 

• • February 16, 2011 – Dr. Robert Zuber on the United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect: The Current State of Play and Options for Expanding the R2P “Toolkit”
    Program (PDF).
    Speaking Notes (PDF).

 

 

• • 25 January 2011 – Dr. Nicole Schwartz-Morgan – Loose Cannons in Cyberspace.
    Program (PDF).