Contributors
CIC Members Only Special Event: Morris Rosenberg, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
CIC Vancouver Members are invited to a roundtable meeting with Mr. Morris Rosenberg, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Mr Rosenberg has personally requested this meeting during his brief visit to BC in order to brief CIC Vancouver on current issues in Canadian Foreign Policy, with emphasis on Asia following the Prime Minister’s visit to China. The event will be subject to “Chatham House Rule” i.e., “participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker… may be revealed.” This is to encourage a lively and candid exchange of views between the speaker and participants.
Admission:
This is a free event for members only and light refreshments will be served.
Comment (0)Broken Bodies, Unbroken Spirit: Advocating for the Rights of Women in Kenya
Flora Terah is an international women’s rights advocate, who, among 200 women, ran for parliament in the Kenyan elections of 2007. She and several other women were abducted, tortured and abused. Ms. Terah is committed to mobilizing an end to gender-based violence. She is founder and Executive Director of Terah against Terror, a civil society organization based in Nairobi.
Flora was Director of Women’s Education involved in drafting a Constitution for women’s rights. She developed partnerships with other organizations in Nairobi, including the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Gender and Governance Program, the Centre for Collaboration on Human Rights, the Women’s Political Alliance, and the Women’s Caucus. For 10 years, she was Director of the Community Hope Initiative that focused on reproductive health issues. She is author of They Never Killed My Spirit: But They Murdered My Only Child and her next book, Beyond Pain, is due out this fall. Ms. Terah will run for office once again in the 2012 Kenyan parliamentary elections.
Ms. Terah has been keynote speaker at events organized by Amnesty International, Lawyers Abroad, the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation, and McGill and Carleton Universities. She has addressed influential leaders such as Professor Wangari Maathai, President Bill Clinton, former Governor General Michaëlle Jean, David Suzuki, and the Right Honorable Paul Martin.
Admission:
CIC Members = $35.00
CIC Student Members = $15.00
Non-Members = $45.00
Registration:
Event Contact:
Maria Lee | vancouver@opencanada.org
Outside the Wire
DATE CHANGE: NOW TAKING PLACE NOV. 1
Outside the Wire is a documentary which provides a current overview of Canada’s and the Coalition Forces’ work in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The changing face of war is represented, with a feature focus on women in combat. Gritty images from the Task Force Destiny Medevac Program enable the audience to truly experience everyday life and death combat situations at the forward operating bases. The JAG Program in Kandahar, which provides a form of Rough Justice on the Base, will be highlighted in this presentation with a clip from the documentary.
Admission:
CIC Member Price $20.00
Non-Member Price $20.00
About Speaker:
Alison MacLean is a Canadian documentarian with previous experience as an embedded filmmaker, capturing events in many of the world’s conflict zones. Her next project is to be shot in Kabul in 2012. The upcoming documentary, Burkas to Bullets: Afghan Police Women will showcase the Afghan viewpoint, and the NATO Police Mentoring Program.
Contact:
Maria Lee
vancouver@opencanada.org
CIC Vancouver Branch 2011-12 Student Award Program
The CIC Vancouver Branch Student Award Program gives the opportunity for students to be exposed to prominent leaders and experts in Canadian international affairs. They will gain a deeper insight into complex global issues, Canadian foreign policy-making processes, and Canada’s global positioning efforts. An essay contest is held each year for UBC students. This year . . .
The topic: In 400 words or less, please answer the following question:
“Are the Canadian Forces a legitimate tool in the pursuit of Canada’s economic or geopolitical strategic interests?”
The deadline: Friday, October 21
Send your essay to our two judges, former Foreign Affairs Officers, Gordon Longmuir, dglo@shaw.ca; and Chris Thomson, nomads4@telus.net.
The prize: $250, the winner to be announced at the Inter-University Student Debate on November 2nd and the winning essay will be posted on the CIC Vancouver website.
Beyond Sovereignty in the Arctic: Canada’s Arctic Interests and Responsibilities
CIC Vancouver Branch
Professor Franklyn Griffiths
George Ignatieff Chair Emeritus of Peace & Conflict Studies, University of Toronto, and CIC Senior Fellow
“Beyond Sovereignty in the Arctic: Canada’s Arctic Interests and Responsibilities”
luncheon
$24 (CIC members, non-member students)
$28 (non-members)
$18 (student members)
Non-members may benefit from discounted fees by becoming members; visit: www.canadianinternationalcouncil.org
To Register: RSVP Peter Macdonald at (604) 643-1231 or e-mail pmacdonald@millerthomson.com AND
PLEASE mail payment by cheque, payable to CIC Vancouver Branch, PO Box 73526, 1014 Robson Street,
Vancouver, BC V6E 4L9 (note change of address)
Please register and pay in advance as seating will be limited.
A Snapshot in Time – One Commander’s Experiences in Afghanistan
Lt. Col. Robert Chamberlain
Former Commanding Officer of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team (KPRT) in Afghanistan
“A Snapshot in Time – One Commander’s Experiences in Afghanistan”
Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team (KPRT)
Canada assumed responsibility for the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in August 2005. Twenty-five PRTs throughout Afghanistan help the democratically-elected government extend its authority and ability to govern, rebuild the nation, and provide services to its citizens. Based in Kandahar City, the Canadian PRT is in the former heartland of the former Taliban regime. Kandahar is a province in great need of support and among those most targeted by insurgents. The 330-person PRT combines the expertise of diplomats, corrections experts, development specialists, police and military. It supports key initiatives in the province and carries out a broad range of enabling roles such as police training and strengthening local governance capacity, priorities for Canada in Afghanistan.
luncheon
$24 (CIC members, non-member students)
$28 (non-members)
$18 (student members)
Non-members may benefit from discounted fees by becoming members; visit: www.canadianinternationalcouncil.org
To Register: RSVP Peter Macdonald at (604) 643-1231 or e-mail pmacdonald@millerthomson.com AND
PLEASE mail payment by cheque, payable to CIC Vancouver Branch, PO Box 73526, 1014 Robson Street,
Vancouver, BC V6E 4L9 (note change of address)
Please register and pay in advance as seating will be limited.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Chamberlain
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Chamberlain deployed to Afghanistan in January 2007, where he was Commanding Officer of the KPRT from January 2007 to February 2008. LCol Chamberlain handled the rapid expansion of new governance
structures after Operation MEDUSA and the launch of more than 1,000 new projects in line with the Afghan-led “Kandahar model” of reconstruction and development. He guided a strong “whole of government” team during a critical period in the mission, increasing consultation and collaboration with local government departments and international organizations. As well as infantry soldiers, engineers and civil-military co-operation experts, the KPRT comprises civilians from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canadian International Development Agency, Correctional Service of Canada, several Canadian police agencies, and the United States Agency for International Development. Under LCol Chamberlain’s leadership, their collaboration helped shape and facilitate major projects to help Afghans in Kandahar Province see a viable alternative to the insurgency.
LCol Chamberlain was born in Camp Shilo, Manitoba in 1966. He enrolled in the Canadian Forces as a private soldier in the Royal New Brunswick Regiment in 1983 and completed basic infantry officer training in 1985. After graduation from UNB with a BA, he transferred to the Regular Force and on completion of artillery officer training in 1986, was posted to the First Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (1 RCHA) in Lahr, West Germany where he was employed in the standard gunline positions, as a “Z” Battery Forward Observation Officer (FOO) with the 4th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Reconnaissance Squadron, and as the Assistant Regimental Command Post Officer.
In 1990, he served with the Third Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in Shilo, Manitoba as a FOO, Battery Captain, and as Battery Commander of “J” Battery. With the return of the First Regiment from Lahr, he again served the First Regiment as the Humanitarian Officer in Cyprus. In 1993 he completed the Combat Team Commander’s Course and following staff training at the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, he was posted to Land Forces Command Headquarters in St Hubert, Quebec. Promoted to major in 1995, he continued to be employed at Army Headquarters as the G3 Operations and Plans 2, the Army’s force generation and sustainment staff officer for all international perations in the Middle East, Mediterranean, and Former Republic of Yugoslavia.
In 1996, he returned to the First Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in Shilo, Manitoba to command the senior Regular Force sub-unit of the Canadian Forces – “A” Battery. He commanded the battery through the Regiment’s
historic 125th year; as the nucleus of the Regiment’s 250-strong “Flood” Battery along the Brunkild-Rosenort-Aubigny line as part of the Canadian Forces’ aid to the Manitoba “Flood of the Century” of 1997 and as the sub-unit responsible for the Napierville area and environs as part of the military’s assistance in Quebec to the Ice Storm of 1998. After a rare third year in command, he completed Canadian Forces Command and Staff College course 26, was promoted to his current rank, and was posted to Kingston as the Director Army Doctrine 7 (Firepower).
In May 2001, LCol Chamberlain was appointed as Commanding Officer of the 1 RCHA. Under his command, the First Regiment operated through a period of high tempo and generated “C” Battery for the 3 PPCLI deployment of Operation APOLLO in Afghanistan and “A” Battery for Operations PALLADIUM and ATHENA. LCol Chamberlain commanded the Regiment on Operation GRIZZLY, the Canadian Forces support to the G8 Summit, in Kananaskis, Alberta in June 2002.
In 2003, he was posted to the Canadian Forces College as Directing Staff and the Head of the Land Studies Department. Upon completion of French training, he was posted to NDHQ as Director Defence Strategy Management
4 responsible for DND/CF Strategic Performance Management and Integrated Risk Management. He assumed command of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team on 28 January 2007. He is currently the CEFCOM J35.
LCol Chamberlain is married to Angela Hoyland. They have two boys, Jack and Ross and a demanding Labrador retriever. LCol Chamberlain lists Canadian strategic studies, computers and home repairs as interests. He is an avid
runner and loves most sports, but in particular hockey and goalie for his sons.
Pakistan after Musharraff
Dear Members and Friends of CIC Vancouver
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada in cooperation with the Vancouver Branch of the Canadian International Council and Simon Fraser University is pleased to host a roundtable discussion with Professor Mohammed Waseem of Lahore University of Management Services. See Professor Waseem’s biography below.
Prof. Waseem will be speaking on “Pakistan after Musharraff”. Please join us on November 27, 2008 from 10:00am – 11:30am at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada boardroom, Suite 220-890 West Pender Street. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Jessica Brunt at jessica.brunt@asiapacific.ca or 604-630-1541.
A reminder to CIC members: this event immediately precedes our luncheon meeting with LtCol Chamberlain, former Head of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan at the Law Courts Inn at noon the same day. If you wish to attend that event as well, please contact Peter Macdonald at pmacdonald@millerthomson.com.
Professor Mohammad Waseem is a political scientist. Currently Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan, he was formerly the Chairman of International Relations Department at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) Islamabad. He has published extensively on patterns of civil-military conflict, ethnic conflict and Islamic/ sectarian conflict, as well as on electoral politics, democracy, identity and federalism in Pakistan in general. He is the author of Politics and the State in Pakistan (1989) and The 1993 Elections in Pakistan (1994).
Professor Waseem has been awarded a number of prestigious fellowships, including the Pakistan chair at St Anthony’s College Oxford for four years, a Fulbright Fellowship at Columbia University New York, a Congressional Fellow! ship in Washington DC and a Ford Foundation Fellowship at Oxford. He has taught at QAU Islamabad, SOAS London and Wadham College Oxford. He is on the editorial boards of international journals. He has also served as the team leader of research projects sponsored by the Department for International Development (DFID) London and UNDP Islamabad.
Does North America Exist?
Does North America Exist?
Professor Stephen Clarkson, FRSC, University of Toronto
This distinguished Canadian scholar will introduce his new study of the political and economic relationships linking Canada, the United States and Mexico: the NAFTA institutions and the security policies put in place after 9/11. Has the United States’ dominance in the continent been enhanced or mitigated by trilateral connections with the two neighbouring partners?
luncheon
$24 (CIC members, non-member students)
$28 (non-members)
$18 (student members)
To Register: RSVP Robin Bajer at (604) 643-1231 or e-mail rbajer@millerthomson.com and mail payment by
cheque, payable to CIC Vancouver Branch, PO Box 73526, 1014 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4L9 (note change of address)
Please register and pay in advance if possible, although we will accept payment at the door.
The Situation in Afghanistan and its Effects on Pakistan
H.E. Musa Javed Chohan, High Commissioner of Pakistan
The Situation in Afghanistan and its Effects on Pakistan
The High Commissioner will address the burning question of Afghanistan as the situation there affects Pakistan and the region. He will touch on bilateral regional cooperation and Pakistan’s and Canada’s respective roles in the war against terrorism. This is an important opportunity to hear first hand the views of the Government of Pakistan on the turbulent south Asian region.
$24 (CIC members, non-member students)
$28 (non-members)
$18 (student members)
Non-members may benefit from discounted fees by becoming members; visit: www.canadianinternationalcouncil.org
To Register: RSVP Peter Macdonald at (604) 643-1231 or e-mail pmacdonald@millerthomson.com and mail
payment by cheque, payable to CIC Vancouver Branch, P.O. Box 54006, 674 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6C
3P4. Please register and pay in advance if possible, although we will accept payment at the door.
US-Mexico Relations – North American Implications
Fernando de la Mora
Consul, Consulate of Mexico, El Paso, Texas
“US-Mexico Relations – North American Implications”
Few issues are more important to Canada than its continental relationships through NAFTA and
the trilateral Security and Prosperity Partnership. Fernando, who is well known to CIC members
and friends in Vancouver, will speak on North American cooperation mechanisms, Mexico-US
cooperation in the battle against organized crime including drug trafficking, and the major
national security threats facing Mexico.
Fernando de la Mora is a career diplomat in the Mexican Foreign Service, currently posted on
the US-Mexico border at the Consulate General in El Paso, Texas. He is an associate of the
Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI) and formerly served on the Executive of the
Vancouver Branch of the Canadian Institute for International Affairs (now Canadian International
Council) and the Canadian Council for the Americas (Alberta). His tenure as President of the UBC
International Relations Students Association led to numerous national and international awards.
His past publications have focused on issues of the “new security” agenda. He holds a degree in
International Relations, with a specialization in Conflict Resolution and Conflict Management,
from the University of British Columbia. Having lived and worked extensively in all three North
American countries, his talk will offer a unique perspective of the security challenges and
opportunities for the continent.
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