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Experts create 'think-tank' in Edmonton
(October 18th, 2006, Ottawa) The United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) in collaboration with the UNA-Canada Edmonton Branch and MacEwan College – Faculty of Arts is hosting a panel discussion on Building Local Capacity: Integrating Sustainable Strategies on October 24th at Grant MacEwan College.
High level panelists will include Professor Tom Keating, University of Alberta; Sup. John White, Director, International Peacekeeping Branch, Royal Canadian Mounted Police; LCdr Albert Wong, Public Affairs Officer with Department of National Defence, and former member of Strategic Advisory Team in Afghanistan; and Karen Foss, Peacekeeping and Peace Operations Group, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. This public discussion will explore sustainable approaches to UN Peacekeeping training and capacity-building. The experts will provide an assessment of the issue, as well as recommendations on ways forward for Canada’s role on this issue.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2006
5:30PM – 7:30PM
GRANT MACEWAN COLLEGE, CITY CENTRE CAMPUS
CONFERENCE THEATRE 5-142, 10700 – 104 AVE.
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
The 50th Anniversary of United Nations Peacekeeping Panel Series is one of many thought-provoking public dialogues aimed to promote a discussion on the importance of UN Peacekeeping in contemporary post-conflict contexts and the need for a sustained and strengthened Canadian contribution. The panel series is part of a wider project that celebrates Canada’s outstanding contributions, past, present and future to a more peaceful world. The project will reach academics, field practitioners, government officials, the media, civil society and the Canadian public in general.
UNA-Canada is a national charitable organization celebrating its landmark 60th anniversary. As a ‘think and do’ organization, UNA-Canada supports a network of 17 volunteer branches and local contacts, with a National office in Ottawa and a Western professional office in Vancouver. Our mandate is to engage Canadians in the work of the UN and the critical global issues which affect us all, through innovative projects, policy research, and on-going dialogues with Canadians.
For more information or media inquiries please contact:
Rebecca Cohn
Project Officer,
Communications United Nations Association in Canada
(613) 232-5751 ext. 245
rebecca.cohn@unac.org