Conference Announcement: Canada in Global Affairs, March 29-30, Ottawa

We are proud to announce that we have collaborated in the hosting of “Canada in Global Affairs”, an international conference on pressing global policy issues, to be held March 29-30 in Ottawa. The exciting program will interest policy-makers, decision-makers, academics and students, as well as representatives of civil society and the business and legal community who want to better understand major emerging international issues.

In a world of increasing insecurity and uncertainty, borders are being challenged by health issues and communicable diseases, environmental and climate changes, international capital flows and free trade agreements, crime and cybercrime, migration and refugees, and terrorism. Our ever more interdependent world demands effective governance.

The conference will bring together leading national and international experts in security and state fragility, global community and just society, and reform of global institutions. They will share with us their perspectives on current and future challenges, and possible solutions for Canada.

The exciting program features highly distinguished international affairs leaders, including:

The Honourable Louise Arbour, C.C., G.O.Q., Counsel, Borden, Ladner Gervais LLP; Chair, President’s International Advisory Board of the University of Ottawa
Lloyd Axworthy, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and current Chancellor, St. Paul’s University College, former President of the University of Winnipeg
Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO
Adama Dieng, United Nations Under-Secretary-General; Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide
The Honourable Stéphane Dion, P.C., M.P. Minister of Foreign Affairs
Huguette Labelle, C.C., Emeritus Governor, University of Ottawa; member, President’s International Advisory Board of the University of Ottawa; former Deputy Minister, Canadian International Development Agency
Abiodun Williams, President, The Hague Institute for Global Justice
The Honourable Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia
James Steinberg, Dean of the Maxwell School of Public Policy and former Deputy Secretary of State of the United States of America and member of the President’s International Advisory Board

All registrations include a dinner at the Chateau Laurier with a talk by The Right Honourable Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada.

To view the full program, visit: http://www.continue.uottawa.ca/uploads/File/Conference_Program_Final1.pdf