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| CASHRA Conference -Day 2 |
| Date: |
June 1st |
| Organization: |
CASHRA |
| Based out of: |
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| Event location: |
Halifax, NS |
Brief
Description:
11:00 Plenary: Systemic
Discrimination & Education
1:30 Workshops on Systemic
Discrimination and ADR & Conflict
Resolution
2:45 Workshop on Systemic
Discrimination
4:00 Round Table : Comparative Uses of
ADR & Conflict Resolution
7:00 Lobster dinner
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| Contact Person: |
Rhonda Creelman |
Telephone No. |
(902) 424-4111 |
| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
hlfxlord.hrc.rhondac@gov.ns.ca |
For further
information:
Rhonda Creelman
NS Human Rights Commission
5675 Spring Garden Road, PO Box 2221
Halifax, NS B3J 3C4
Fax: (902) 424-0596
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| CASHRA Conference -Day 3 |
| Date: |
June 2nd |
| Organization: |
CASHRA |
| Based out of: |
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| Event location: |
World Trade and Convention
Center, Halifax |
Brief
Description:9:30: UNESCO
Update
11:00 Workshops: Intersectionality,
Globalization
2:00Panel discussion on Intersectionality
(Discrimination based on multiple grounds)Race,
Disability & Gender, First Nations Community,
Sexual Orientation
3:15Globalization and the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, Women and the Global
Economy.
8:00Ceilidh /Cruise on the Harbour Queen |
| Contact Person: |
Rhonda Creelman |
Telephone No. |
(902) 424-4111 |
| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
hlfxlord.hrc.rhondac@gov.ns.ca |
For further information,
write:
Rhonda Creelman
5675 Spring Garden Road, PO Box 2221
Halifax, NS B3J 3C4
fax: (902) 424-0596
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| Disability Awareness Week |
| Date: |
May 31 - June 6 |
| Organization: |
New Brunswick Human Rights
Commission |
| Based out of: |
Fredericton, N.B. |
| Event location: |
Nation wide |
| Brief
Description: Human Rights
Commission chairman Constantine Passaris, in
marking Disability Awareness Week, invites all
individuals, businesses and governments to ask
themselves what they can do to remove the
barriers faced by persons with disabilities.
Disability Awareness Week, which is sponsored by
the Premier’s Council on the Status of
Disabled Persons, has as theme Full
Citizenship for All . The New Brunswick
Human Rights Commission has a lending library
that includes videos on disability issues and
publishes a guide with classroom and workshop
activities on prejudice and discrimination. The
Commission also delivers workshops and advises
employers on disability issues. |
| Contact Person: |
Constantine Passaris, Commission Chairman |
Telephone No. |
(506) 453-2301 |
| Web site: |
www.gov.nb.ca |
E-mail: |
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For further information:
NB Human Rights Commission
P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5H1
Fax: (506) 453-2653
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| Newsmakers Breakfast Conference:
Global Responsibility: Land, Food Security and
Human Rights |
| Date: |
June 2 8:00- 10:00 am |
| Organizations: |
Partners in Rural Development,
The Society for International Development(SID)
and The National Press Club |
| Based out of: |
Ottawa, ON |
| Event location: |
National Press Club, Dining Room,
2nd Fl
150 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON |
Brief
Description: These organizations
invite you to a Newsmaker Breakfast conference
around the subject of Global responsibility:
land, food security and human rights.
The Speakers will be: Bahman Mansuri (Deputy
Director, Economic Policy and Resource Strategy
Department, International Fund for Agricultural
Development, Rome), Rosalia Fernandez (Central
American Refugee Resettlement Activist, El
Salvador), Roel Ranavera ( Executive Director of
the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and
Rural Development, Philippines) and Dr. James
Riddell (Service Chief, Land Tenure Service
Department, Rural Development Division, Food and
Agricultural Organization, Rome.) Tickets for the
breakfast are $7.00 for members of SID or The
National Press Club and $15.00 for non-members. |
| Contact Person: |
J. Brian Scott |
Telephone No. |
(506) 596-2105 |
| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
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| Policy Makers Noontime
Discussion: Global Responsibility: Land, Food
Security and Human Rights |
| Date: |
June 2 12:00 - 2:00 pm |
| Organizations: |
Partners in Rural Development and
The Society for International Development (SID) |
| Based out of: |
Ottawa, ON |
| Event location: |
Room 550, CIDA
200 Promenade du Portage, Hull, Quebec |
Brief
Description: These organizations
invite you to a Policy Makers Noontime Discussion
around the subject of Global responsibility:
land, food security and human rights.
The Speakers will be: Bahman Mansuri (Deputy
Director, Economic Policy and Resource Strategy
Department, International Fund for Agricultural
Development, Rome), Rosalia Fernandez (Central
American Refugee Resettlement Activist, El
Salvador), Roel Ranavera ( Executive Director of
the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and
Rural Development, Philippines) and Dr. James
Riddell (Service Chief, Land Tenure Service
Department, Rural Development Division, Food and
Agricultural Organization, Rome). |
| Contact Person: |
J. Brian Scott |
Telephone No. |
(506) 596-2105 |
| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
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| NGO Workshop on: Global
Responsibility: Land, Food Security and Human
Rights |
| Date: |
June 3 9:30 - 11:30 am |
| Organizations: |
Partners in Rural Development and
The Society for International Development (SID) |
| Based out of: |
Ottawa, ON |
| Event location: |
IDRC Auditorium, 14th Fl
250 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON |
Brief
Description: These organizations
invite you to a NGO Workshop on the subject of
Global responsibility: land, food security and
human rights.
The Speakers will be: Bahman Mansuri (Deputy
Director, Economic Policy and Resource Strategy
Department, International Fund for Agricultural
Development, Rome), Rosalia Fernandez (Central
American Refugee Resettlement Activist, El
Salvador), Roel Ranavera ( Executive Director of
the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and
Rural Development, Philippines) and Dr. James
Riddell (Service Chief, Land Tenure Service
Department, Rural Development Division, Food and
Agricultural Organization, Rome). |
| Contact Person: |
J. Brian Scott |
Telephone No. |
(506) 596-2105 |
| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
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| Pilgrimage to the Belarusan
Shrine |
| Date: |
June 3rd |
| Organization: |
Belarusan Canadian Coordination
Committee |
| Based out of: |
Barrie, ON |
| Event location: |
Midland, ON |
| Brief
Description: The Belarusan Shrine
consists of the Memorial Cross, which was erected
in 1988 to commemorate a Millenium of
Christianity in Belarus, and a Monument "In
Memory of victims of the communist regime of
terror in Belarus". The religious service
will include the theme of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. |
| Contact Person: |
Dr. Raisa Zuk-Hryskievic |
Telephone No. |
(705) 728-7581 |
| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
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For further information,
write:
54 Mary Street
Barrie ON L4N 1T1
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| YOUTH café JEUNESSE |
| Date: |
June 5-7 |
| Organization: |
World University Service Canada
(WUSC) |
| Based out of: |
Ottawa, ON |
| Event location: |
Hull, QC |
| Brief
Description:WUSC is bringing
together approximately one hundred youth
delegates (ages 16-30), representing Canadian
youth-serving NGO’s, in order to gather
constructive input on key youth issues- primarily
in areas of health, education and employment. As
well, increasing youth participation in federal
policy and decision making will be a
cross-cutting theme throughout the consultation.
The purpose of this consultation iss to help
prepare the Government of Canada for its
participation in the first World Conference of
Ministers Responsible for Youth taking place
August 8-12, 1998 in Lisbon, Portugal. The
consultation will also serve to assist Candadian
youth representatives attending the World Youth
Forum of the United Nations System in Braga,
Portugal from August 2-6, 1998. |
| Contact Person: |
Jeff de Jong |
Telephone No. |
(613) 798-7477 |
| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
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For further information:
WUSC
1404 Scott Street
Ottawa, K14 4M8
Fax: (613) 798-0990
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| “Ending hunger in a land of
plenty” |
| Date: |
June 6 12 noon |
| Organization: |
Canadian Association of Food
Banks |
| Based out of: |
Toronto, ON |
| Event location: |
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Univ of Toronto, 91 Charles St. West, Toronto, ON |
| Brief
Description: On the occasion of
the AGM of the Canadian Association of Food Banks
(CAFB), this organization presents a public
address by the Hon. David MacDonald, former
Canadian Emergency Co-ordinator/ African Famine-
Ambassador to Ethiopia and now chairman, Global
Network on Food Security, UNA-Canada. The theme
of the address will be “Ending hunger in a
land of plenty- Creating an Action Plan for
Canadians”. The event is part of the
CAFB’s National Anti-Hunger Campaign. |
| Contact Person: |
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Telephone No. |
(416) 203-9241 |
| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
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For further information:
Canadian Association of Food Banks
530 Lakeshore Boulevard West
Toronto, ON M5V 1A5
Fax: (416) 203- 9244
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| The United Nations International
Day in Support of Victims of Torture: Roses and
Thorns |
| Date: |
June 6, 12 noon |
| Organization: |
Vancouver Association for the
Survivors of Torture (VAST) |
| Based out of: |
Vancouver, BC |
| Event location: |
Library Square, Vancouver, BC |
| Brief
Description: Supporters,
Survivors of Torture and members of the VAST team
will be at the Library Square handling out roses
and information honouring the victims and
survivors of torture. Over two thirds of the
world’s countries torture their own
citizens. At VAST, we see hundreds of people from
over fifty countries who have survives torture;
people who live in our neighboorhoods. Working
with survivors and in remembrance of the victims
of torture, we ask you to add your voice to ours
to call for a world free of torture. |
| Contact Person: |
Dani Michel Srour |
Telephone No. |
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| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
dsrour@SFU.ca |
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| ACDP Panel Discussion |
| Date: |
June 8, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm |
| Organization: |
Action Canada for Population and
Development(ACPD) |
| Based out of: |
Canada Trust Tower, World
Exchange Plaza
45 O’Connor Street, Suite #300, Room A,
Ottawa, ON |
| Event location: |
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Univ of Toronto, 91 Charles St. West, Toronto, ON |
| Brief
Description: This is a panel
discussion on the "Report: Global Population
Assistance- Canada's Score". The keynote
speaker will be Margaret Catley-Carlson,
President Population Council, NewYork, and the
panel will iclude specialists from UN Population
Fund, Canadian Association of Parliamentarians
for Population and Development, CIDA, Action
Canada for Population and Development. Coffee and
tea will be served after the discussion. |
| Contact Person: |
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Telephone No. |
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| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
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| Speech: “The Quality of
Mercy, Building a better United Nations” |
| Date: |
June 17 19:15 pm |
| Organization: |
UNA-Canada National Capital
Region Branch |
| Based out of: |
Ottawa, ON |
| Event location: |
Nicolas Hoare, 419 Sussex Drive,
Ottawa, ON |
| Brief
Description: It is for the
occasion of the organization’s Annual
General Meeting that they present a speach about
“The quality of Mercy, building a better
United Nations”. The speaker will be Peter
John Dalglish, the author of The Courage of
Children”, founder of Street Kids
International and Former UNICEF Coordinator for
Sudan Emergency Unit. The meeting with food and
refreshments is $10.00, and reservations must be
made by June 15. |
| Contact Person: |
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Telephone No. |
(613) 232-5751 ext 254 |
| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
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| Africa Refugee Day 1998 |
| Date: |
June 20, 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm |
| Organization: |
Canadian War Museum |
| Based out of: |
Ottawa, ON |
| Event location: |
The Courtyard, Canadian War
Museum
330 Sussex, Ottawa, ON |
| Brief
Description: For the second year,
Africa Refugee Day will be celebrated in Canada.
The aim of this event is to educate the general
public about refugee experiences and camps in
countries of origin and in Canada.A mock refugee
camp will be featured, complete with registration
and food rations, and guides will be on hand to
take visitors through the camp and share their
own experiences as refugees. Singers, dancers and
drummers from African communities will perform
throughout the day. Speakers and a special
dramatisation will convey to visitors other
aspects of living as a refugee. The site will
also be loaded with displays, African art, a
mini-bazaar and other attractions and activities
set up by African community groups and aid and
medical organisations. Some of the ways in which
you can get involved is by putting up a
performance, provide speakers, make yourself
available to the media, mount and staff a
display, provide hard labour, support the event
financially, lend out equipement or anything else
that you can think of. |
| Contact Person: |
Nanda Na Champassak, Celina Tuttle or Mary
Foster |
Telephone No. |
(613) 232-0909 or (613) 234-6755 |
| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
champass@unhcr.ch
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| Bridgehead Warehouse Sale |
| Date: |
Saturday June 20 to Sunday June
21, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
| Organization: |
Bridgehead International Crafts
Fair Trade |
| Based out of: |
Ottawa, ON |
| Event location: |
Parking Lot, City Center,
Champagne Ave. off Scott St. |
| Brief
Description: International Crafts
Fair Trade, up to 80% off. A global Celebration
of toys, crafts, textiles, stationary, jewelry,
clothing, gifts, accessories, housewares from
around the world. Payment by cash, cheque,
mastercard or visa. |
| Contact Person: |
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Telephone No. |
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| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
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Seminar on International
Humanitarian Law and Current Conflicts:
New Dilemmas and Challenges for Humanitarian
Organizations |
| Date: |
June 22-27 |
| Organization: |
The Harvard Human Rights Program
and
The International Committee of the Red Cross |
| Based out of: |
Boston, USA |
| Event location: |
Boston, USA |
Brief
Description: This seminar is for
members of NGO's involved in humanitarian field
operations and human rights monitoring.
Presentations by experts on emerging and
controversial aspects of law and policy will be
followed by extensive discussions among
participants. Some of the issues to be addressed
include:
- Qualifying a conflict: distiguishing
international and internal armed conflict
- The meaning and relevance of neutrality:
challenges to traditional assumptions. |
| Contact Person: |
Peter Rosenblum |
Telephone No. |
1-617-496-2825 |
| Web site: |
www.law.harvard.edu
/Programs/HRP/ihl.html |
E-mail: |
hrp@law.harvard.edu |
For further information:
Peter Rosemblum
Harvard Human Rights Program
Tel: 1-617-4962825
Fax: 1-617-495-1110
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| Global Forum “Vienna Plus
Five” |
| Date: |
June 22 -24 1998 |
| Organization: |
Human Rights Internet in
collaboration with a number of organizations
including Amnesty International, Center for
Women’s Global Leadership and Disabled
People International. |
| Based out of: |
Ottawa, ON |
| Event location: |
Ottawa, ON |
Brief
Description: Five years after the
World Conference on Human Rights, this conference
is taking place to assess how far we have come in
meeting the obligations undertaken by consensus
in Vienna by states, IGO’s and NGO’s.
The forum is expected to be a highly focused and
action-oriented international gathering of human
rights organizations and activists representing
as many regions in the world as possible. A
number of important issues will be addressed and
hopefully lead to the adoption of a document to
be handed to the UN, and with action-oriented
initiatives to strengthen the NGO and IGO
network. Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy has
agreed to address the opening session.
There is a $200 conference fee and registration
should be done before April 30. |
| Contact Person: |
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Telephone
No. (613) 789-7407 |
| Web site: |
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E-mail:
hri@hri.ca |
For further information:
Logistics Vienna +5
Human Rights Internet
8 York St., Suite 202
Ottawa, K1N 5S6
Tel: (613)789-7407 or Fax: (613) 789-7414
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| Solidarity event of Iranian
People for Democracy |
| Date: |
June 27, 6 p.m. |
| Organization: |
Greater Toronto Initiative |
| Based out of: |
Toronto, ON |
| Event location: |
United Church, 300 Bloor West,
Toronto (ON) |
| Brief
Description: Solidarity event on
"Rising Movement of Iranian People for
Democracy and Civil Rights". |
| Contact Person: |
Mori |
Telephone No. |
(905)337-9498 |
| Web site: |
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E-mail: |
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| World
Unity-Millennium Masterpiece |
| Date: |
May 22 to December 31 |
| Organization: |
The World Knights and Musketeers |
| Based out of: |
Richmond (ON) |
| Event location: |
Around The World |
| Brief
Description: The masterpiece will
be created by poetry, short stories, artistic
renditions of angels and the greatest sculpture
in the world culminating in a symbol of human
rights and a testament to the nobility of the
peoples of the world. The size of the masterpiece
is 50 feet high by thirty feet in circumference,
standing on a throne of white marble are seven
angels and several larger than life sized animals
in a circle, nine joined frescoes holding up a
painted globe of the world, four gilded and
joined phoenixes with their wing tips above their
heads. Everything will be in full sculpture and
made from wood from around the world. |
| Contact Person: |
Sean Labelle |
Telephone No. |
( 613) 838-3473 |
| Web
site: |
www.unity-millenium |
E-mail:
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labelle@direct-internet.net |
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