Contributors
Does the Elephant Dance?: Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy
The Montreal Branch of the Canadian International Council, in collaboration with the Institute for the Study of International Development, the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies, and the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce, invite you to a discussion with Ambassador David Malone.
Following the discussion, a cocktail reception will take place at the Institute for the Study of International Development (McGill University) 3460 McTavish, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 1X9
Speaker’s biography:
David M. Malone is a career foreign service officer and an occasional scholar. He became President of Canada’s International Development Research Centre, one of the world’s leading funding institutions for the generation and application of new knowledge in developing countries, in 2008. Previously he served as Canada’s High Commissioner to India and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan and Nepal from 2006 to mid-2008. Prior to his nomination to India, from 2004 to 2006, he was Assistant Deputy Minister in Canada’s department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade for Global Issues, in which portfolio he oversaw Canada’s multilateral and economic diplomacy. From 1998 to 2004, he was President of the International Peace Academy, an independent research and policy development institution in New York. From 1994 to 1998 he served within Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade as Director G eneral of its Policy, International Organizations and Global Issues Bureaus. During this period he also acquired a D.Phil. from Oxford University with a thesis on decision-making in the UN Security Council. From 1992 to 1994, he was Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, where he chaired the negotiations of the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (the Committee of 34) and the UN General Assembly consultations on peacekeeping issues. Earlier foreign assignments took him to Egypt, Kuwait and Jordan. Dr. Malone has held research posts at the Economic Studies Program of the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., Massey College in the University of Toronto, and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. He has been a Guest Scholar of the Economics Department of Columbia University and an Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Columbia University’s graduate School of International and Public Affairs. Nowadays, he teaches as an Adjunct Professor at the NYU Law School. Dr. Malone has published extensively on peace and security issues. Oxford University Press recently published his book, “Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy.”
Admission:
Free
Registration:
Event contact:
Kyle Matthews | kmatthews@opencanada.org
Comment (0)Liberating Libya: A Commander’s Perspective
The Montreal Branch of the Canadian International Council is pleased to invite you to a timely and intimate discussion with the Canadian General who led the NATO operation to protect civilians in Libya.
Speaker’s biography:
Lieutenant-General Bouchard enrolled in the Canadian Forces in 1974 under the Officer Candidate Training Plan. He underwent pilot training graduating in 1976 as a helicopter pilot.
Throughout his career, Lieutenant General Bouchard flew Tactical Helicopters including CH136 Kiowa, OH-58 A/C, AH-1S Cobra, CH135 Twin Huey and CH146 Griffon Helicopters. He served in various capacities at 427 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, Petawawa, Ontario and 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron, Gagetown, New Brunswick, and with the US Army at Fort Hood, Texas. He commanded 444 Tactical Helicopter Squadron in Lahr, Germany. His last flying appointment was as Commander 1 Wing based at Kingston, Ontario responsible for the operations of tactical helicopters in Canada.
Lieutenant-General Bouchard served at Air Command Headquarters as Senior Staff Officer Tactical Helicopters and Deputy Chief of Staff Personnel. He also served as a Personnel Career Officer at National Defence Headquarters. He completed a tour of duty as Deputy Commander of the Continental US North American Aerospace Defense Command Region at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. He served as Commander 1 Canadian Air Division, Canadian North American Aerospace Defence Region and Combined Forces Air Component Commander, responsible for all Canadian Air Force operations. He served as Deputy Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command at Colorado Springs from July 2007 to August 2009.
A graduate of the Canadian Forces Staff School, the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College and the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College, Lieutenant-Genera Bouchard also successfully completed the National Strategic Studies Course, the Combined Forces Air Component Commander Course at Maxwell Air Force Base, as well as the Senior Executives in National and International Security Program at Harvard University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies from the University of Manitoba. He was promoted to his present rank in July 2007. He was appointed as an officer of the Order of Military Merit in 2001, promoted to the rank of Commander within the Order in 2006. Lieutenant-Genera Bouchard is an officer of the United States Legion of Merit.
On 25 March 2011, Lieutenant-General Bouchard assumed his current appointment as Combined Joint Task Force Commander of Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR, retaining his appointment as Deputy Commander Joint Force Command Naples, which he has held since 9 October 2009.
Admission:
CIC Members = Free
Non-Members = $10.00
Registration:
Register by February 28, 2012.
Event contact:
Kyle Matthews | kmatthews@opencanada.org
Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed
Join us this February for a lively debate and panel discussion around the eye-opening new book, Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed. Written by insiders from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), one of the world’s foremost aid organizations, it sets out to deliberately puncture some of the myths that place humanitarianism above politics.
The panel will examine the reality of the compromises MSF has made over the years – some successfully and some less so – to try and help some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
At a time when humanitarian actors are questioning their ability to overcome the obstacles they are encountering, this panel seeks to help fuel the debate on their ambitions and the best ways of fulfilling them.
Panellists:
Claire Magone, Director of Studies at MSF CRASH/Foundation
Gaelle Fedida, Board member, MSF
Kyle Matthews, President, CIC-Montreal Branch
Moderator:
Mike Finnerty, host of CBC Radio’s ‘Daybreak’.
Speaker biographies:
Claire Magone
Co-editor Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed, Director of Studies, MSF
Claire Magone is one of the three co-editors of HNR. Claire has an academic background in political science and communications and is a graduate of Sorbonne and CELSA in Paris. Claire spent several years working with Action contre la Faim/Action Against Hunger and Médecins Sans Frontières, primarily in Africa (Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Nigeria). Later, she coordinated Sidaction’s international programs. Currently, she serves as a director of studies at the Centre de réflexion sur l’action et les savoirs humanitaires, Fondation Médecins sans Frontières.
Gaelle Fedida
MSF Board member and career humanitarian aid worker
Gaelle has a Ph.D in law and 18 years of experience in humanitarian aid. She has worked with MSF for 15 years, in both field and headquarters positions. As an operations manager at MSF-France she oversaw operations in Niger, Colombia, Malawi, Burundi, Congo-B and Jordan (among others). As Head of Mission in Afghanistan, Congo-B and Kosovo Gaelle directly managed all MSF-France teams on the ground. Gaelle is currently a Board member of MSF-Swiss.
Kyle Matthews
President of the Canadian International Council (CIC) Montreal Branch and former diplomat with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Kyle Matthews is the Senior Deputy Director of the Will to Intervene Project at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, Concordia University. He is co-author of the book Mobilizing the Will to Intervene: Leadership to prevent Mass Atrocities and has advised members of Parliament on issues related to international peace and security. He joined MIGS after more than five years of diplomatic service at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. During that time, he was posted to the Southern Caucasus (Tbilisi), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) and Switzerland (Geneva). He previously worked for CARE Canada in Albania and later at its headquarters in Ottawa, where he managed various humanitarian response initiatives and peace-building projects in Afghanistan, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.
Kyle is the President of the CIC-Montreal Branch and a member of the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations. In 2011 he joined the New Leaders program at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and the advisory board of the Canadian Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. Originally from Ottawa, Kyle completed his Master’s in Development and International Relations at Aalborg University in Denmark (2001), earned a certificate in Refugee Issues from York University (2002) and received his undergraduate degree in History from Carleton University (1996).
Space is limited.
Contact:
Kyle Matthews
kmatthews@opencanada.org
Why Canada must harness its intellectual property resources
Join the Canadian International Council in Montreal for a discussion with Karen Mazurkewich about the CIC’s latest report on Canadian intellectual property.
CIC Member Price $5.00
CIC Student Member Price $5.00
CIC Young Professional Member Price $5.00
Non-Member Price $15.00
Non-Member Student Price $10.00
About speaker:
Karen Mazurkewich co-directed a report on intellectual property and innovation for the Canadian International Council (CIC), and programmed the first international IP conference in Canada earlier this year. Prior to joining the CIC in December, she worked for the Financial Post covering venture capital and financial services. Between 2000-2005, Ms. Mazurkewich and was a feature writer with the Wall Street Journal based in Hong Kong covering topics ranging from technology to the arts, and has worked as a freelance director/producer for Discovery Channel and ABC Australia. She is the author of two books.
Contact:
Rémi Courcelles
info@cicmontreal.org
Event partners:
Fasken Martineau
A Season In Hell: My 130 days in the Sahara with Al Qaeda
The Montreal Branch of the Canadian International Council (CIC)
in association with The Center for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS)
is proud to present:
A Season In Hell
My 130 days in the Sahara with Al Qaeda
A discussion with book author Robert R. Fowler
Admission:
Free
About speaker:
In July 2008, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, appointed Mr. Fowler to be his Special Envoy to Niger, with the rank of Under-Secretary-General. While acquitting his UN mission, Mr. Fowler and his colleague, Louis
Guay, were captured by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on 14 December 2008, and held hostage in the Sahara Desert for 130 days.
Contact:
Kyle Matthews
kmatthews@opencanada.org
Conflict or Cooperation? The Geopolitics of the Arctic
CIC Montreal presents a discussion with Michael Byers about his research on Canada’s policy on Arctic sovereignty.
Admission:
CIC Members = Free
Non-Member = $10.00
Non-Member Student = $5.00
About Speaker:
Michael Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. His work focuses on issues of Arctic sovereignty, climate change, the law of the sea, and Canada-US-Russian relations. He holds major research grants from ArcticNet and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Dr. Byers has been a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Professor of Law at Duke University. He has also taught as a visiting professor at the universities of Cape Town and Tel Aviv. Dr. Byers is the author of the national bestseller Intent for a Nation and, most recently, Who Owns the Arctic? He is a regular contributor to the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen and CBC.ca.
Contact:
Rémi Courcelles
info@cicmontreal.org
Séminaires d’approfondissement de la consolidation de la paix
Le CIC Montréal est fier de collaborer avec la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand à la promotion de l’événement suivant :
Séminaires d’approfondissement de la consolidation de la paix
Du 13 au 17 juin 2011
- Commission de consolidation de la paix – Bilan et défis à venir, Carolyne McAskie, ex-Sous-secrétaire générale chargée du bureau d’appui à la consolidation de la paix, Nations Unies
- Commissions vérité et réconciliation, Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Université de Montréal
- Évolution du concept et des pratiques de la consolidation de la paix, Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, directeur de l’Observatoire sur les missions de paix et opérations humanitaires
- Processus d’évaluation stratégique post-conflit, avec un expert du Secrétariat des Nations Unies
- Reconstruction post-catastrophe, Diego Osorio, Banque mondiale Haïti
- Processus de justice et reconstruction en Colombie, avec une experte nationale
- Réforme du secteur de la sécurité, Laurent Banal, Colonel, expert DDR/RRS aux Nations Unies
- Processus de justice transitionnelle, Zoé Dugal, Centre Pearson
- Le Canada et la consolidation de la paix, avec un représentant du Ministère des Affaires étrangères du Canada (START)
La date limite pour acheminer une demande d’inscription est le vendredi 18 mars 2011. Programme en cours de développement et sujet à changements.
chaire.strat@uqam.ca
Tél.: 514 987-6781 ; Fax : 514 987-8502
Séminaire d’approfondissement des opérations humanitaires
Le CIC Montréal est fier de collaborer avec la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand à la promotion de l’événement suivant :
Séminaire d’approfondissement des opérations humanitaires
Du 23 mai au 3 juin 2011
- Action humanitaire et responsabilité de protéger, Wolf-Dieter Eberwein, directeur de Voice, qui réunit 80 ONG européennes
- Défi de la coordination humanitaire, avec un responsable du bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires (OCHA) à New York
- Analyse de la crise en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), Jean-Charles Dupin, Représentant d’OCHA à Bunia en RDC
- Simulation d’une journée sur l’intervention internationale et le droit international, dirigée et conçue par Éric Marclay, chef adjoint des opérations pour le Moyen-Orient et l’Afrique du Nord au Comité international de la Croix-Rouge
- Sécurité et environnement humanitaire, Bogdan Dumitru, vice-président des programmes internationaux de CARE Canada
- Problématique de l’assistance alimentaire, Richard Veenstra, directeur d’Action Contre la Faim/Canada
- Gestion opérationnelle des opérations humanitaires, Yvan Conoir, coordonnateur des Séminaires.
La date limite pour acheminer une demande d’inscription est le vendredi 18 mars 2011. Programme en cours de développement et sujet à changements.
chaire.strat@uqam.ca
Tél.: 514 987-6781 ; Fax : 514 987-8502
Séminaire d’approfondissement des missions de paix des Nations Unies
Le CIC Montréal est fier de collaborer avec la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand à la promotion de l’événement suivant :
Séminaire d’approfondissement des missions de paix des Nations Unies
Du 2 au 13 mai 2011
- Scrutin au Sud Soudan et ses conséquences, Fabienne Hara, International Crisis Group
- Rôle des militaires dans les opérations de maintien de la paix, Général (Ret) Gaston Côté
- Régime des sanctions des Nations Unies, David Biggs, Secrétariat de l’ONU à New York
- Participation du Canada dans les missions de paix, Michel Duval, ancien ambassadeur du Canada auprès des Nations Unies
- La lutte contre l’impunité et la protection des droits de la personne au Darfour, Fannie Lafontaine, Université Laval
- Opérations électorales, d’Haïti à la Côte d’Ivoire, Marcel Blanchet, ancien Directeur général des élections du Québec
- Problématique des droits de l’homme en opération de paix et réforme de l’État de droit en Haïti, Danièle Saada, ex-directrice de la justice et l’État de droit de la MINUSTAH.
La date limite pour acheminer une demande d’inscription est le vendredi 18 mars 2011. Programme en cours de développement et sujet à changements.
chaire.strat@uqam.ca
Tél.: 514 987-6781 ; Fax : 514 987-8502
Le renforcement de l’état de droit en Colombie, au Guatemala et en Haïti
Conférence publique
AVOCATS SANS FRONTIÈRES CANADA
Me Pascal Paradis, directeur général
Mme Francine Néméh, chargée de projet Haïti
Entrée libre sur inscription obligatoire avec la mention «conférence 1er mars 2011 » à
acnu.sec@uqam.ca ou tel. 514-987-3000, poste 7621
Allocutions en français suivies d’une période de questions en français et en anglais
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