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Event Name: Cause Canada Peace Tour
Date: All throughout April (see below for detail)
Organization: CAUSE Canada
Event Location: Throughout Canada (see below for detail)
Brief Description: In Sierra Leone, West Africa, thousands of children are suffering through constant displacement, exposure to abduction and abuse, loss of family members and continuation violation of their basic human rights. The keynote speaker for the Peace Tour is a woman with first hand experience both as an aid worker and a refugee. She will talk of her first hand experience of being in the midst of a civil war, life in a refugee camp, and the work of meeting the need of children in post-war Sierra Leone
Detail of dates:
April 2 : Holy Saviour Anglican Church, 33 Allen Street E, Waterloo, 9:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m and Christian Reformed Church, Beamsville, 8:00 p.m
April 3 : Christian Reformed High School, Beamsville, 10:00 a.m and Rotary Oakville, Stewart Street, Oakville, 6:30 p.m
April 4: Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo Campus, Waterloo, 7:30 p.m
April 8: African Night, St. Michael' s Anglican Church, 709 7th Street, Canmore, 7:00 p.m
April 9: Scarboro United Church, 134 Scarboro Avenue S.W.Calgary, Calgary, 10:30 a.m
April 11: International Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 7:00 p.m
April 12: United Nations Association in Canada, Bow Valley College, 323 6th Avenue SE, 5th Floor Events Lounge, Calgary, Open House 6:30 p.m and address: 7:00 pm
Contact Person: Carrie MacLeod Tel: (403) 678-3332, or toll free: (888) 552-2873
Web Site:   E-mail: causecan@telusplanet.net
For further information, contact:

Cause Canada, Box 8100, Canmore, Alberta, T1W 2T8
Event Name: Introductory workshop on development issues
Date: April 4, 2000, 7: 00 - 10: 00 pm
Organization: Oxfam Canada, Ottawa Branch
Event Location: University of Ottawa, room 125, Simard Hall, 60 University Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Brief Description: The Ottawa chapter of Oxfam Canada is presenting the last of a series of introductory workshops on development issues. The topic is "Sustainable Development". The fees are $40 for wage earners and $20 for students and non wage earners.
Contact Person:   Tel: (613) 237-1698 ext.277
Web Site:   E-mail: ocalott@ott.oxfam.ca
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Event Name: Presentation on "Not Just Smiling Sherpas", Human Rights Violation in Nepal
Date: April 5, 2000 12: 00 - 2: 00 pm
Organization: South Asia Partnership (SAP) Canada
Event Location: Conference Room (202), Second Floor, 1 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, Ontario.
Brief Description: Sybille Manneschmidt, an Albertan, has just returned from traveling in the area where she witnessed an alarming escalation in human rights violations that have been ongoing in the area since 1996. The conflict between the Nepali government and Maoist insurgents is destroying small village communities in outlying areas and has reversed any grass-roots development in these highly impoverished areas. During Dr.Manneschmidt's stay in Dhang district she conducted interviews with affected villagers, human rights activists, lawyers and journalists. Many of the villagers have been jailed and seen their homes destroyed. Villagers requested her to tell the international community: " We are not just smiling Sherpas; we are getting killed". Please RSVP by phone, fax, or email to the address mentioned below.
Contact Person: Faruq Faisel, SAP Canada Tel: (613) 241-1333
Web Site: http://www.sapcanada.org E-mail: csapweb.net
For further information, contact:

South Asia Partnership (SAP) Canada, 1 Nicholas Street, Suite 200, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 7B7, Canada
Event Name: The Dr. Irma Parhad Lecture: "Facing the Second Nuclear Age"
Date: April 6, 2000 7: 30 pm
Organization: The University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine
Event Location: Libin Lecture Theatre, Health Science Centre, 3330 Hospital Drive, N.W, Calgary, Alberta
Brief Description: The University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine is hosting Jonathan Schell, a world renowned author on issues of nuclear disarmement. His latest book, The Gift of Time: The Case for abolishing nuclear weapons, discusses the resurgent dangers of nuclear war and what should be done today. Members of public are welcome to attend this free lecture.
Contact Person: Leigh Hurst Tel: (403) 220-4266
Web Site:   E-mail:  
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Event Name: World Parliament of Children- the sequel
Date: April 8 - 15, 2000
Organization Forum for Young Canadians
Event Location: Parliament Hill, Ottawa.
Brief Description:

Forum for Young Canadians is pleased to announce that Open House Canada, the youth exchange program of the Department of Canadian Heritage, has approved funding for a special Forum international youth initiative! Students and teachers from nine countries from around the world will attend Session 04 of Forum 2000 (April 8-15). Joined by the two Canadian students who represented Canada at the World Parliament of Children in Paris last October, the world delegation of students will present the ground-breaking document, the "Youth Manifesto of the Twenty-first Century", to the Parliament of Canada. The Manifesto focuses on peace, development, education and the environment. The Manifesto was developed and adopted at the World Parliament of Children which was hosted jointly by UNESCO and the French National Assembly from October 21-17, 1999.
Contact Person: Clare Baxter Tel: (613) 233-4086
Web Site www.forum.ca E-mail: forum@forum.ca
For further information, contact:
Event Name: Seminar Series: Addressing Deep-Rooted Conflict
Date: April 10 - 11, 2000
Organization Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution
Event Location: Saint Paul University, Laframboise Hall, 249 Main Street, Ottawa
Brief Description:

Each seminar is two days at a cost of $325 each. Seminar 4 – Understanding Intervention:  Starts with a paradox, on the one hand, when there is a serious conflict people say, “Somebody should do something about it.”  On the other hand, when we are involved in a conflict it is private and nobody else’s business.  Ideas are generated using action theory as a base.

Contact Person: Vern Neufeld Redekop & Esther van Gennip Tel: (613) 235-5800
Web Site   E-mail: cicr@ustpaul.uottawa.ca
For further information, contact:

Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution, Saint Paul University, 223 Main Street, Ottawa, ON
 K1S 1C4

Event Name: An evening of wine, food, and dance to support children of abuse
Date: April 12, 2000
Organization: Faces of Hope
Event Location: Meditheo Restaurant, 77 Clarence Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Brief Description: In the small country of Bangladesh on the Indian subcontinent, young girls who have spurned their suitors or provided their husbands with inadequate dowries can find themselves critically injured and scarred for life--by the disappointed men, who express their anger by throwing acid in the girls' faces. The girls range in age from 11 to 18. These children are both emotional and physical scared for life, with no support from government. They suffer and die or live disfigured lives because medical care that could help is unavailable to them. Changing this situation is the goal of Faces of Hope. To raise money for this effort, Faces of Hope is having a gala evening of wine and cheese, on Wednesday, April 12, 2000 at the beautiful Meditheo restaurant. Price will be $30.00, Semi Formal. Tickets can be bought either online or directly at the Meditheo restaurant. All proceeds from this event will directly go in helping this cause.
Contact Person: Rahil Khan Tel:  
Web Site: www.virtualmillions.com/facesofhope E-mail: rkhan@postmark.net
For further information, contact:

Meditheo restaurant, tel: (613) 562-2500
Event Name: The Ontario Student Conference on the Culture of Peace
Date: April 13 - 14, 2000
Organization: The Canadian Committee on Student Human Rights (CCSHR)
Event Location: April 13: Primrose Hotel, 111 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario
April 14: The legislative Assembly of Ontario Queen's Park in Toronto
Brief Description: The objective of the conference is to draft the Ontario Youth Declaration on the Culture of Peace and the accompanying plan of action, "From Words to Deeds". A maximum of 103 students will be chosen to participate to that work. Applicants have to write a 200 words definition of their vision of a culture of peace and suggest the first step they may take on a local, national, and international level that will move society closer to embracing this culture. The deadline to register is March 23. The registration fee is $100.00 per student.
Contact Person: Kevin and Stacey Lepage Tel: (705) 726-2973
Web Site:   E-mail: lepages@home.com
For further information, contact:

To send completed registration: 43 Bishop Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 6Y4.
Event Name: Choosing Peace over Conflict
Date:

April 14 - 16, 2000

Organization The Network of Attitudinal Healing
Event Location: Oakland, California
Brief Description:

In April of 2000, delegates and delegations from North and South America, from Eastern and Western Europe, from Asia, from Africa, from Australia, will gather in Oakland, California, for the most truly international Attitudinal Healing Conference in our twenty-five year history. It will be a colorful and glorious event, with each nation having its time in the spotlight, with an opening Parade of Nations, participants wearing their traditional national garb, with songs and dances from their homelands, and with seminars and workshops telling the stories of the growth of Attitudinal Healing in their countries and the miracles it has brought about.
Contact Person: Mumtaz J. Sunderji Tel: (416) 445-3937
Web Site   E-mail: ahealing1@yahoo.com
For further information, contact:
 The phone number provided is to reach the contact person in Toronto.
Event Name: Meeting of the Hamilton Culture of Peace Coalition
Date: April 26, 2000 7: 00 pm
Organization: The Hamilton Culture of Peace Coalition
Event Location: The Unitarian Church, 170 Dundurn South, Hamilton, Ontario
Brief Description: You are invited to participate in forming a Culture of Peace Coalition in Hamilton to explore what building a culture of peace would mean for the city and region. The Culture of Peace Coalition could function as a loose network of groups and individuals representing a wide variety of sectors ( Health, Education, Labour, the Justice System, Social Service Agencies, Business, Religious/Spiritual, Diverse Community Groups, Women, Human Rights, Peace, Ecology etc.) meeting every two to three months to share ideas and action plans for creating a peaceful and sustainable culture in the Hamilton area. Although the Culture of Peace is a global vision, it will only become a reality if it is concretized at the local level.
Contact Person: Joy Warner or Rob Stevens Tel: Joy: (905) 521-0017, Rob: (905) 528-7431
Web Site:   E-mail:  
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Event Name: Colloque 'Femmes politiques et médias"
Date: April 28, 2000
Organization: Université d'Ottawa
Event Location: Université d'Ottawa, pièce 257 du Pavillon des Arts, 70 Avenue Laurier Est, Ottawa, Ontario
Brief Description: Event in French: Le déséquilibre entre la présence des femmes et des hommes au sein de nos institutions politiques n'est un secret pour personne. Mais comment expliquer que les femmes, qui représentent 52 % de la population, ne soient pas plus présentes sur la scène politique ? Des recherches suggèrent que parmi les nombreux obstacles qui jonchent le chemin des femmes vers le pouvoir, les médias auraient leur part de responsabilité, en s'intéressant plus à la vie privée et à l'apparence des femmes qu'à leurs capacités à gouverner. Existe-t-il vraiment une situation de « deux poids deux mesures » dans les rapports entre les femmes politiques et les médias ? Quelles mesures concrètes pourraient être entreprises pour améliorer cette relation ? Ces questions seront soulevées lors du colloque « Femmes politiques et médias ». Frais d'inscription: étudiants $25, individus et membres de groupes de femmes et de groupes communautaires $50, participants et participantes des milieux universitaire, syndical, politique, ou gouvernemental $80.
Contact Person: Geneviève-L. Picard, agent de communication Tel: (613) 562-5800 poste 3137
Web Site: http://www.uottawa.ca/services/markcom/public_
html/french/actualite/avr06_1_00-f.html 		E-mail: gpicard@uottawa.ca
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Event Name: Encore!
Date: April 29, 2000 8: 00 pm
Organization: The Calgary Choral Society
Event Location: Knox United Church, 506 4th Avenue, Calgary, Alberta
Brief Description: The Calgary Choral Society will offer the city its most uplifting performance yet! Encore is a tribute to the year 2000, the United Nations International Year for the Culture of Peace. This performance will be a collection of Calgary Choral's favourites and will draw upon its eclectic repertoire of previous concerts: Jazz Africa, A Soulful Celebration; Raise the Roof; Viva Latino! and Riversong: A Celtic Celebration. Edmund A. Oliverio, co-host of the Southern Alberta Coalition for the Culture of Peace will open the concert with a message of the role of the arts in the culture of peace. There will be an information table on the International Year for the Culture of Peace hosted by the UNAC Calgary Branch and those attending will be given the opportunity to sign the Manifesto 2000 via direct satellite hookup to the UNESCO web site. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. They can be purchased from Ticketmaster at 777-0000 or 270-7147.
Contact Person: Sharon Rhodes and Shannon McIntosh Tel: Sharon: (403) 270-7147, Shannon: (403) 249-6549
Web Site:   E-mail:  
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