Vancouver
Dear Members and Friends of CIC Vancouver,
On behalf of the Vancouver Branch executive committee, I would like to welcome you to the new CIC national office website.
The Vancouver branch is a vibrant and active branch which continues to offer excellent programmes and to expand its membership, network and profile in Vancouver as the go-to place in the foreign policy arena. Most recently we hosted a well-received one day forum on Canada-Latin America Relations: Opportunities and Challenges which served to inform on Canada’s relationship with Latin America in a region largely focused on Asia and the US. Just a few of the other topics covered throughout this past year were: The Challenges in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka with HE Bruce Levy, High Commissioner of Canada in Sri Lanka; Operation HESTIA: Canada’s Response to the Earthquake in Haiti – A Look Back with Commander Josee Kurtz; Getting Back in the Game: A Foreign Policy Playbook for Canada with Paul Heinbecker; What Should Canada’s Foreign Policy Be? with the Honourable Bob Rae, MP; and A World without Islam: Is Islam really the source of the problem between East and West? with Graham Fuller.
The branch continues to foster strong student ties in the city and we are delighted to have hosted the 4th Annual Inter-University Debate on International Relations between SFU and UBC and to have presented the 2010-2011 Canadian International Council (CIC) Vancouver Branch Student Award for best essay. This year’s essay contest is now open for submissions, see below for details. We also co-hosted our first high school event with the International Relations Students Association of UBC (IRSA): When the Personal is Political: A Journey into Refugee Rights, A High School Conference on Refugee Rights. And along with the Consul General of the United Kingdom in Vancouver we were an active supporter of IRSA’s Diplomacy 101: Learning Diplomacy from Experts, the first of what promises to be an excellent annual event.
We welcome your ideas and input and encourage you to contact us at Vancouver@opencanada.org with any suggestions you might have.
My very best,
Valerie Shapiro
President, CIC-Vancouver Branch
About
The Vancouver Branch has a long and proud history of drawing together the academic, diplomatic and downtown Vancouver business communities. The Branch is well placed to address Asia Pacific issues and to benefit from experts resident in the area. Links with organizations such as the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, university groups, corporations, government, and NGOs ensure a wide spectrum of speakers, subject matter, and breadth of audience. Our current membership is broad-based and includes academics, lawyers, business people, students, journalists, members of the consular corps, former senior diplomats and other experts, and those interested in international affairs.
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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 ...More -
Canada-Latin American Relations: Opportunities and Challenges
The CIC Vancouver Branch held a one-day Forum on May 26, 2011 at Simon Fraser University’s Wosk Centre for Dialogue. The Forum brought together a range of experts to discuss relations, actual and ...More -
Loss of Focus
The Globe and Mail Editorial, Wednesday, June 1, 2011 If Ottawa is serious about pursuing an Americas strategy, then the government should support an independent think tank on Latin America. A Canadian ...More
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