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Event Name: Canadian Peace Research and Education Association (CPREA) will hold its annual meeting
Date: June 1 - 4, 2000
Organization CPREA
Event Location: Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Brief Description:

Guest speaker, Robert Stewart, will lead Symposium I: Implementing Cultures of Peace.  Item 1) "Visions of a Canadian Peace Institute".   
Contact Person: Robert Stewart Tel: (403) 938-5335
Web Site http://www.peace.ca E-mail:

Robert Stewart: stewartr@peace.ca  
Conference organizers: CPREA@MSVU1.MSVU.CA 
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Event Name: The World Federalist of Canada Annual Banquet
Date: June 2, 2000
Organization: The World Federalist of Canada
Event Location: National Press Club, 150 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Brief Description: The World Federalists of Canada, a nonprofit organization interested in the development of international law, is holding its general members' meeting in Ottawa this year. The highlight of the weekend will be our June 2nd banquet at the National Press Club, 150 Wellington Street. Speaking at the banquet will be Madame Justice Louis Arbour. Justice Arbour, recently appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, served as chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. She is also a leading advocate of an International Criminal Court. She will address "The Evolution of an International Criminal Jurisdiction." Banquet tickets are $80 per person, covering the meal and providing a charitable tax receipt of $45.
Contact Person: Dee Welch Tel: (613) 232 0647
Web Site:   E-mail:  
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Event Name: Manifesto 2000 Day at Northgate Shopping Centre
Date: June 2, 2000
Organization: Northgate Business Improvement Association
Event Location: Northgate Shopping Area, Sarnia, Ontario
Brief Description: To help promote IYCP, we will be setting up "Manifesto Signing tables" around our shopping area. Many of the Merchants will be offering to customers free gifts, door prizes, special sales etc, as part of the promotion to encourage people to come sign the Manifesto 2000 form. Cynthia Morel from UNESCO is coming to Sarnia to help promote IYCP. It has been arranged by the Northgate BIA to have Cynthia appear on a radio "talk back" show. In the afternoon we then will be making presentations at 2 elementary schools. After the presentations at the school we will be walking around the Northgate Shopping Area, meeting customers and merchants.
Contact Person: Pat Brethauer Tel: (519) 337-7703
Web Site: http://www.sarnia.com/northgate E-mail: brethaue@rivernet.net
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Event Name: People's Commission on Global Security: Canada's Role
Date: June 3 - 30, 2000
Organization: Canadian Peace Alliance
Event Location: Cross-Canada
Brief Description: The People's Commission consists of events in various cities across Canada as well as soliciting written submissions from groups and individuals on the Canada's contribution to global security. The objective is to give Canadians the opportunity to create their agenda for Canada's contribution on the world stage and develop alternative policy recommendations.
Contact Person: Tryna Booth Tel: (902) 422-6628
Web Site: http://www.acp-cpa.ca E-mail: cpa@web.net
For further information, contact:

Canadian Peace Alliance/L'Alliance canadienne pour la paix, 5-555 rue Bloor St. ouest/WestToronto, ON M5S 1Y6, Tel: (416) 588-5555 Fax: (416) 588-5556
Event Name: Challenging Racial Barriers in Journalism
Date: June 3, 2000, 2: 00 - 4: 00 pm
Organization: The Periodical Writers Association
Event Location: Metro Hall, Room 310, 55 John Street, Toronto, Ontario
Brief Description: The Periodical Writers Association is pleased to announce the launch of CHALLENGING RACIAL BARRIERS IN JOURNALISM, a four-part speaker/workshop series sponsored by the Multiculturalism section of the Department of Canadian Heritage. The first event in the series will be held Saturday, June 3rd at Toronto's Metro Hall, and will feature speakers/writers DALTON HIGGINS and SUSAN OH, followed by a hands-on workshop with freelance writer/media consultant RAHEEL RAZA. Information about future events in Vancouver, Calgary, and Halifax will be announced shortly. Admission is free.
Contact Person:   Tel: (416) 504-1645
Web Site:   E-mail: pwac@web.net
For further information, contact:

The Periodical Writers Association of Canada, Fax: (416) 504-9079
Event Name: Interfaith Celebration of Creation and the Culture of Peace
Date: June 4, 2000
Organization: The World Conference of Religion and the Capital Region Interfaith Council
Event Location: St Paul University, 249 Main Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Brief Description: The events starts at 3pm wiht a program in the chapel with choirs, prayers, dancing and chanting. This will be followed by a potluck dinner on the grounds. Some of the highlights expected include: A representative from the United Nations, Mr. Shane Roberts will give an address, Hindu childrem dancing, a Korean choir of exchange students, Christian dance, Budhist chanting and song, a Jewish children's choir, short prayers from the Muslim's, Scientology and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 13 year old Tyler Hyne's, actor in the new hit show "Amazon" will do a short reading on the environment from the works of L. Ron. Hubbard.
Contact Person: Rev. Cathie Mann Tel: (613) 230-7798
Web Site:   E-mail:  
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Rev. Cathie Mann or Rev. Bern Barrett: (613) 722-2805
Event Name: People's Voices: Development Programming Through a Poverty Lens
Date: June 5, 2000, 9: 15 am - 1: 15 pm
Organization: CCIC's Asia Pacific Working Group
Event Location: CCIC Board Room, 1 Nicholas Street, Ottawa
Brief Description: Objectives of the Session: 1. To learn about the results of the "Consultations with the Poor" project undertaken by South Asia Partnership, Philippine Development Assistance Programme and Canada-Cambodia Development Program and policy implications of its findings. 2. To be updated on CIDA's poverty inquiry and how CIDA is implementing its new "poverty lens" at the programming level. Please RSVP.
Contact Person: Maria Calleja Tel: (613) 235-7144
Web Site:   E-mail: pdapcda@ibm.net
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Event Name: A dinner and address with Ms. Louise Fréchette, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Date: June 8, 2000, 6: 00 - 8: 00 pm
Organization: The United Nations Association in Canada in collaboration with the Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Event Location: Room 200, West Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario
Brief Description: Ms. Fréchette will speak on "United Nations Peacekeeping - A Changing Landscape". 6pm - cash bar, 6:45pm - dinner, 8pm - presentation (in English and French). Dinner and presentation: Members and students $35; non members $40. Presentation only: no charge. Deadline for reservation: June 5, 12:00 noon. Please note that for parliamentary security reasons, your name must be on the list of attendees in order to gain entrance to the West Block. This applies both to the dinner and the presentation.
Contact Person: Debrah Taylor Tel: (613) 233-4674
Web Site:   E-mail:  
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For information only, you may contact Joan Broughton at (613) 2322-5751 ext.230
Event Name: Conflict resolution conference "Pulling Together"
Date: June 10 - 13, 2000
Organization: Centre for Conflict Resolution
Event Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Brief Description: This conference is intended to be one of the largest Canadian conflict resolution event at the dawning of this new century and truly representative of the many dimensions and areas of specialization that have emerged in this field. The program has been built around the streams of Restorative/Community Justice, Environmental, Mediation, Organization/Workplace, Teaching/Training, Schools/Youth, First Nations and International. The Institutes, Dialogue groups, Academics program and Regional Youth Conference, as well as a very full schedule of workshops provide varied opportunities for learning.
Contact Person: Marg Huber Tel: (604) 528-5613
Web Site: http://www.nicr.ca/i2000 E-mail: mhuber@jibc.bc.ca
For further information, contact:

Centre for Conflict Resolution, Justice Institute of BC, 715 McBride Blvd., New Westminster, BC, V3L 5T4
Event Name: Creating a non-violent peace force
Date: June 10
Organization: The 11 May Group
Event Location: Ottawa Friends Meeting House, 91A Fourth Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario
Brief Description: The May 11 Group, just formed in Ottawa is organizing a meeting to discuss the proposal by David Hartsough and Mel Duncan of PEACEWORKERS (San Francisco) for an international nonviolent peace force. Time: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Potluck dinner at 6:00. Evening wrap-up 7:00 - 8:00.
Contact Person: Carl Stieren Tel: (613) 569-7942
Web Site: http://nonviolentpeaceforce.org E-mail: carls@cyberus.ca
For further information, contact:

Read the proposal at the adress mentionned above.
Event Name: Transformative Learning Centre Summer Course
Date: June 12 - 16, 2000
Organization: The Transformative Learning Centre
Event Location: Room 7-172, Transformative Learning Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Brief Description: The Transformative Learning Centre is offering a summer course on "Identity-Based Conflict and Conflict Transformation", taught by Dr. Anne Goodman Adelson. DATE: Jun. 12-16 (Mon-Fri) TIME: 9am-12pm, 2pm-5pm PLACE: OISE/UT, Room 7-172 TOT. HRS.: 30 COST: $185. Make cheque payble to Transformative Learning Centre and send them to the address below.
Contact Person:   Tel: (416) 923-6641 ext. 2595
Web Site:   E-mail:  
For further information, contact:

Transformative Learning Centre, OISE/UT, 252 Bloor St. W., Room 7-184, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6
Event Name: National Press Club - Newsmaker Breakfast: Ukraine at the Start of the New Millennium
Date: June 13, 2000, 7: 45 am
Organization: National Press Club
Event Location: Dining Room, National Press Club, 150 Wellington, Ottawa, Ontario
Brief Description: A speech will be given by Borys Tarasyuk, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, from 1998, on "Ukraine at the Start of the New Millennium". Cost: $5.00 - students; members - $7.00; non-members - $15.00 (includes hot breakfast). Please RSVP.
Contact Person:   Tel: (613) 233-5641
Web Site:   E-mail: members@pressclub.on.ca
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Event Name: A luncheon with a speech from Maria Minna, Minister for International Cooperation
Date: June 14, 2000, 12: 00 pm
Organization: National Press Club
Event Location: Dining Room, 150 Wellington St (or, 165 Sparks St) 2nd Fl, Ottawa, Ontario
Brief Description: The National Press Club is organizing a luncheon with a speech from Maria Minna, Minister for International Cooperation on "Plans and Priorities for Canada's International Development Program". Cost: $15.00 for members; $25.00 for non-members. Please RSVP.
Contact Person:   Tel: (613) 233-5641
Web Site:   E-mail: members@pressclub.on.ca
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Event Name: The role of Information and Communication Technologies in Development
Date: June 19, 2000
Organization IDRC
Event Location: IDRC, 250 Albert Street, 14th floor, Auditorium
Brief Description:

Gaston Zongo, Executive Director of the ACACIA program of IDRC, will speak about the role that ICTs to work on behalf of social and economic development for local communities in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, Mr.Zongo will focus on the policy and regulatory issues surrounding ICTs on the continent. Moreover, Dr.Z.M. Nyiira, Executive Secretary of the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology will talk about the importance of ICTs in the development of his country. Dr. Nyiira is also the Chair of the Uganda ACACIA Advisory Committee.  
Contact Person: Aida Sullivan Tel: (613) 236.6163, ext. 2342.
Web Site   E-mail:

 
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Event Name:

International Workshops on Participatory Development: Concepts, Tools and Application in PLA and PRA Methods

Date:

June 19-24, 2000 and July 3-8, 2000

Organization:

Mosaic.net International

Event Location:

Please Check the Website

Brief Description:

Mosaic.net International will be hosting two International Workshops on Participatory Development focusing on Concepts, Tools and Application in PLA and PRA Methods in Ottawa, Canada from June 19-24, 2000 and July 3-8, 2000. These are intensive six day workshops set in the community to maximize learning, group interaction and networking. Topics include: The Origins of Participatory Development, Learning and Application of PRA tools, Participation and the Project Cycle, Effective Facilitation Skills, Building Action Plans and Team-Building. Details of the workshops are posted on the World Wide Web at: http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca

Contact Person: 

 

Tel:

 

Web Site:

http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca

E-mail:

workshop@mosaic-net-intl.ca

For further information, contact: workshop@mosaic-net-intl.ca
Event Name: International Workshops on Participatory Development: Concepts, Tools and Application in PLA and PRA Methods
Date: June 19-  24, 2000, July 3 - 8 and July 10 - 15, 2000
Organization: Mosaic.net
Event Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Brief Description: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM & E) involves a different approach to project monitoring and evaluation by involving local people, project stakeholders, and development agencies deciding together about how to measure results and what actions should follow once this information has been collected and analyzed. This intensive six day experiential workshop is practically focused with daily excursions into the community and a three day community assignment. Topics covered at the workshop include: Origins of PM & E, Skills and Attributes of a PM & E facilitator, Learning PM & E Tools, Designing a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and Actions Plan and much more. A Project Clinic will include projects from participant's workplace and provide a rich environment for feedback. 
Contact Person:   Tel:  
Web Site: http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca E-mail: workshop@mosaic-net-intl.ca
For further information, contact:

 

Event Name:

International Workshops on Participatory Development: Concepts, Tools and Application in PLA and PRA Methods

Date:

June 19-24, 2000 and July 3-8, 2000

Organization:

Mosaic.net International

Event Location:

Please Check the Website

Brief Description:

Mosaic.net International will be hosting two International Workshops on Participatory Development focusing on Concepts, Tools and Application in PLA and PRA Methods in Ottawa, Canada from June 19-24, 2000 and July 3-8, 2000. These are intensive six day workshops set in the community to maximize learning, group interaction and networking. Topics include: The Origins of Participatory Development, Learning and Application of PRA tools, Participation and the Project Cycle, Effective Facilitation Skills, Building Action Plans and Team-Building. Details of the workshops are posted on the World Wide Web at: http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca

Contact Person: 

 

Tel:

 

Web Site:

http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca

E-mail:

workshop@mosaic-net-intl.ca

For further information, contact:
workshop@mosaic-net-intl.ca
Event Name: A speech by André Marin, Ombudsman DND, at the National Press Club: What Ails Canada's Military? Going beyond Band-Aid Solutions
Date: June 21, 2000, 12: 00 pm
Organization: National Press Club
Event Location: Library, 2nd Floor, National Press Club, 150 Wellington, Ottawa, Ontario
Brief Description: André Marin, Ombudsman DND, will give a speech on "What Ails Canada's Military? Going beyond Band-Aid Solutions." Cost: members - $15.00; non-members - $25.00 (includes lunch). RSVP at the number or address below.
Contact Person:   Tel: (613) 233-5641
Web Site:   E-mail: members@pressclub.on.ca
For further information, contact:

 

Event Name:

Sierra Leone Conference

Date:

June 21st-23rd, 2000

Organization:

Sierra Leone Working Group and the Network Movement for Justice and Development

Event Location:

IDRC 14th floor, 250 Albert Street, Ottawa

Brief Description:

The conference aims to build greater Canadian awareness of crisis in Sierra Leone, with a view to developing deeper and longer-term Canadian involvement in working with Sierra Leoneans towards lasting peace and sustainable human development, as well as help generate informed recommendations for effective governmental and non-governmental support for sustained peace in Sierra Leone.

Contact Person:

David Lord or Bernard Taylor

Tel:

613-237-6768

Web Site:

 

E-mail:

pac@web.net

For further information, contact:

Partnership Africa Canada 323 Chapel Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 7Z2, Canada Tel: 613-237-6768 Fax: 613-237-6530
Event Name: Conference: Sierra Leone one year after the Peace Accords: The search for peace, justice and sustainable development
Date: June 21 - 23, 2000
Organization: Partnership Africa Canada, in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Working Group and the Network Movement for Justice and Development
Event Location: IDRC, 14th floor, 250 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Brief Description: Eleven months after the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front signed a peace agreement, nominally bringing to an end a brutal war that had lasted more than eight years, Sierra Leone finds itself once more on the brink of a military and humanitarian catastrophe. Events in recent days have demonstrated the extreme fragility of the peace process, the weaknesses of the international response to the crisis and the vulnerability of millions of Sierra Leoneans to further violence. The conference aims to build greater Canadian awareness of crisis in Sierra Leone, with a view to developing deeper and longer-term Canadian involvement in working with Sierra Leoneans towards lasting peace and sustainable human development, as well as help generate informed recommendations for effective governmental and non-governmental support for sustained peace in Sierra Leone. Invitees include: Sierra Leonean civil society representatives, Canadian government officials, members of the Sierra Leone Working Group and other Sierra Leone-focused support groups, Canadian NGOs active in Sierra Leone, other Canadian NGOs with expertise relevant to Sierra Leone, intergovernmental officials, non-Canadian government officials, Canadian and non-Canadian legislators, private sector, the media. RSVP: Please let the organizers know by return email whether you or someone else from your organisation is interested in attending all or individual sessions of the Conference.
Contact Person: David Lord or Bernard Taylor Tel: (613) 237-6768
Web Site:   E-mail: pac@web.net
For further information, contact:

Fax: (613) 237-6530

Event Name:

Trafficking in Women and Children in South Asia

Date:

June 22, 2000

Organization:

SOUTH ASIA PARTNERSHIP (SAP) CANADA

Event Location:

Room 871 Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) 200 Promenade du Portage, Hull

Brief Description:

Ms. Banerjee's presentation will follow the screening of the documentary- "Highway to Hell", produced with the support of CIDA's South Asia Regional Gender Fund. This 30 minutes video presents an understanding of the interplay between the macro-economic and social forces at work that keep the young girls and their families in bondage. Absolute poverty and food security combined with the lack of education and low status of the girl child, result in trafficking being one of the most organized, exploitative forms of oppression against women in South Asia.

Contact Person:

Faruq Faise

Tel:

(613) 241 1333

Web Site:

 

E-mail:

Sap@web.net

For further information, contact:

Faruq Faisel Canadian Program Manager South Asia Partnership (SAP) Canada 1 Nicholas Street, Suite 200 Ottawa Ontario K1N 7B7 Canada

Event Name:

Canada and the Korean War, Fifty Years On

Date:

June 25, 2000

Organization:

Canadian War Museum Speaker Series

Event Location:

Eaton Room 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Brief Description:

The Diplomacy of Constraint, a 1974 book by Professor Stairs, remains the standard account of Canada's Korean diplomacy more than a quarter of a century later. In his talk, Professor Stairs will revisit the book's main arguments in light of subsequent scholarship and currently available documents.

Contact Person:

Call Information

Tel:

. (819) 776-8649

Web Site:

 

E-mail:

For further information, contact:

Denis Stairs is McCulloch Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University. Information and R.S.V.P. (819) 776-8649 Free admission

Event Name:

WHITHER THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME?

Date:

29 June 2000

Organization:

Canadian Council for International Peace and Security

Event Location:

The seminar will be held in the Astra Lounge (first floor), RCAF Officers Mess, 158 Gloucester St., Ottawa, from 0900 - 1130

Brief Description:

From 24 April to 19 May 2000, representatives of nearly 190 States parties gathered in New York for the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT). This review came five years after the 1995 Review and Extension Conference. Many non-nuclear weapons states felt that the promises made in 1995 have not been kept and point to the refusal of the US Senate to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty as a case in point. There were significant challenges for the Review Conference to address: the 1998 nuclear explosive tests by India and Pakistan, the continuing United Nations stand-off with Iraq, suspicions of DPRK intentions, and those of other rogue states, and the possible development of a US national missile defence system in contravention of the ABM Treaty, all impact negatively on non-proliferation norms. What occurred at the Review Conference? Who were the principle players and what was achieved? More importantly, what are the implications for nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear disarmament and peaceful uses for the next five years?

Contact Person:

 

Tel:

(613) 562-2736

Web Site:

http://www.web.net/~ccips

E-mail:

ccips@pop.web.apc.org

For further information, contact:

Space is limited so please indicate your intention to attend as soon as possible.
 

Event Name:

Personal experiences and the current situation in Kosovo

Date:

June 30, 2000

Organization:

National Press Club - Newsmaker Breakfast

Event Location:

Dining Room, National Press Club, 150 Wellington

Brief Description:

Speaker: Col Ivan Fenton, Commander, Cdn Forces Task Force Kosovo

Contact Person:

 

Tel:

(613) 233-5641

Web Site:   

 

E-mail:

members@pressclub.on.ca

For further information, contact:

Cost: $5.00 - students; members - $7.00; non-members - $20.00 (includes hot breakfast) RSVP: 233-5641
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