Past Events
Roundtable discussion on Transforming South Asia – From Conflict to Cooperation
Panelists:
David Malone (President, IDRC)
Daniel Markey (Council on Foreign Relations)
Sunil Mani (Center for Development Studies)
Philip Oxhorn (McGill University)
Sujit Dutta (IDSA - Institute for Defense Studies Analysis)
Rasul Bakhsh Rais (Lahore University)
. . . organised by REGIS - Research Group in International Security
. . . and CDAS - Centre for Developing Area Studies
Wednesday 10 Sept 2008 17h30, AGM 17h
speaker: Richard Pound,
subject: “Beijing Revisited and the Future of the Olympic Games”
place: McGill University, room 232 in the Leacock Building
Thursday 29 May 2008 17h15
Dr. Bernard Rudolf (Ben) Bot,
Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2003 and 2007
" New Directions for Europe "
Faculty Club of McGill University, 3450 McTavish
Thursday 10 April 2008 5:15pm, McGill University, Leacock 232
Professor Julian Schofield & Ms Mehreen Mirza
What is happening in Pakistan, "Tthe Most Dangerous Country in the World",
and what does it mean for Canada and the World?
4-5 April 2008
«6th REGIS annual graduate student conference »
‘Under Pressure: How States Respond to [Inter]national Security Threats’. ... organized by Research Group in International Security'
Wednesday 26 March 2008 17h15
His Excellency Omar Samad, Afghanistan's Ambassador to Canada
"Afghanistan's Relations with Canada"
Hôtel Omni Mont Royal, Salon Printemps, 1050 Sherbrooke West
. . . reports in the press: The Suburban, Canadian Press
Thursday 14 February 2008 12 noon Luncheon, Château Champlain
The Honorable David H. Wilkins, US Ambassador to Canada
Michel Duval. Canadian Ambassdor in Lebanon
" The UN and Democracy in Lebanon "
Monastère St-Antoine , 1520 av. Ducharme, Outremont, Salle du Liban . . . organised by UNAC - Greater Montréal
Mercredi 30 janvier 2008, 19h
Anne Leahy, Amb du Canada dans la régions des Grands Lac d'Afrique, 2004-2007
« Le role des NU dans la région des Grands Lacs d'Afriques »
UQAM, Pavillon Athanase-David, salle D-R20s . . . organisé par ACNU - Grand Montréal
Henri-Paul Normandin, Ambassadeur et Représentant permanent adjoint du Canada auprès des Nations Unies
« Le Sommet Mondial de 2005 ... et ensuite ? Défis Courants aux Nations Unies »
UQAM, Pavillon Athanase-David, salle D-R200, 1440 rue St-Denis . . . organisé par ACNU - Grand Montréal
5 December 2007 17h30, McGill University, Moot Court
Lieutenant-General J.C.M. Gauthier CMM, MSC, CD Commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Command
"The Challenges and accomplishments of the Canadian military mission in Afghanistan"
To read a summary of General Gauthier's presentation, click here.
21 Nov 2007, 12 noon Luncheon, Hôtel Omni Mont-Royal
Ambassador Thomas Matussek, German Ambassador to the United Nations
"Germany - New Challenges & Global Politics"
To read a summary of Ambassador Matussek's presentation, click here.
2007 Montreal Millennium Summit
8-9 November 2007
Centre Mont-Royal / Palais des Congrës de Montréal ... in collaboration with CIIA
30 Oct 2007 17h30, McCord Museum
Alan Rosling, Executive director, The Tata Group
"The Internationalization of Indian Business"
organized by CIIA National Office
Monday 22 October 2008 17h29 at McGill University, Leacock 232
Dr John J Kirton Founder and Director of the G8 Research Group and
Associate Professor of Political Science,U of T Munk Centre for International Studies
"How to Win Canada's Afghanistan War - On the Home Front"
9 Oct 2007, AGM, 17h, McGill Faculty Club
Douglas Goold, president of the CIIA
The CIIA's proposed merger with the CIC, The Priorities and Pitfalls in Canadian Foreign Policy
19 September 2007 19h dinner, Hôtel Omni Mont-Royal & 20-21 Sep 2007
L'honorable Maxime Bernier, Ministre des Affaires étrangères
"Le Canada face au défi afghan"
organized by CERIUM
26 Sept 2007
Ambassadeur Serge Marcoux, Premier ambassadeur du Canada en Bosnie-Herzégovine
"Les opérations de paix de l'ONU: cinq conditions pour en assurer le succès"
organised by UN Association in Montreal
9 May 2007 12noon Luncheon
Dr Margaret MacMillan OC
"Nixon in China: The Week that Changed the World"
April 19, 2007
George Ledec, Lead Ecologist, Latin America and Caribbean Region, The World Bank
Dominique Égré, Social and Economic Consultant formerly with Hydro-Québec; and
Brian Craik, Director of Federal Relations, Grand Council of the Crees / Cree Regional Authority:
"Large Dams – Who Wins? Who Loses? Hydropower, Environment and Indigenous Peoples"
To watch a video of the panel discussion, click here.
14 March 2007 17h
Scott Taylor, Editor, Esprit de Corps:
"Beyond the Rhetoric: Canada’s
Mission in Afghanistan"
To read a summary of Mr.
Taylor's presentation, click here.
1 March 2007 17h
Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity:
"Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target".
To read a summary of Dr. Djoghlaf's presentation, click here.
13 November 2006
Carlo Dade, Deputy Director of the Canadian Foundation for the Americas
"The Privatization of Foreign Development Assistance"
To read a summary of Mr. Dade's presentation, click here.
13 November 2006
John English, Executive Director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation
"Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume I"
To read a summary of Dr. English's presentation, click here.
2 November 2006 12noon Luncheon, Château Champlain
Mr. Gwyn Morgan, Vice-Chairman, Encana, CEO of the Year 2005
"Oil Producers and Oil Consumers: Two Sides to Dangerous Dependency”
3 October 2006, 17h McCord Museum
Dr. Jacques Mistral, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University:
"Global China – Economic and Strategic Rivalries in Asia Pacific"
orgranized by the CIIA National Office
19 September 2006 17h30 McGill University Leacock 232
Ms. Sheila Arnopoulos & Dr. Vithal Rajan:
“Grass Roots Women: Key to Development in the Forgotten India”
9 May 2006 17h30, McGill University Leacock 232
Robert Calderisi, World Bank Country Director for Central Africa
The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid is not Working
28 Mar 2006 17h30
Martin Collacott Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
Canada's Inadequate Response to Terrorism: The Need for Policy Reform
9 Feb 2006 17h30 McGill Faculty Club
Amb David Collins, Canada's High Commissioner to Pakistan
The Influence of Pakistan on the Muslim World and its Importance to the Outcome of Canada's Mission in Afghanistan
17 Jan 2006 17h30
Prof Philip Oxhorn, McGill
Prof Dominque Caouette, Umiversité de Montréal
David Commerford, CUSO
International Developement: Does Canada have the right foreign policy priorities?
organized with Canada25
19 Oct 2005 17h30
Stewart Bell Chief Reporter of the National Post
The Martyr's Oath: The Apprenticeship of a Homegrown Terrorist
27 Sept 2005 10h
K. Natwar Singh Foreign Minister of India
Why India Matters
organised with REGIS (Research Group in International Security)
15 Sept 2005 17h30
Amb. Jeremy Kinsman Canada's Ambassador to the European Union
Le Point sur l'Europe et les opportunities pour les entreprises canadiennes
organized with CORIM
13 Sept 2005 17h30
Dr George Perkovich VP for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Nuclear Proliferation and Global Justice
organized with the CIIA National Office
Captain. André Berdais
Canadian Forces in
at YMCA, 1435 Drummond
5 Apr 200512n Luncheon
Paul Wihbey President of GWEST Global Water and Energy Strategy Team,
Hotel Omni Mont-Royal
Palestinian Professor Nazmi
Al-Ju’beh Department of History
and Israeli Professor Menachem Klein
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Bar-
Barrie McKenna, Globe & Mail
US Elections 2004 Implications for
François Crepeau
Stephen Gallagher
Mitchell Goldberg
Bruce Scoffield
Canadian Refugee Policy - Striking a Balance or Fortress
at
Daryl Copeland, DFAIT
Diplomacy in a Digital World
Omni Hotel
Bill Emmott., Editor in Chief, Economist Magazine
World after
at
Stewart Bell
Cold Terror: How
McGill Faculty Club
Derek Ingram
Does the Commonwealth have a Future?
McGill Faculty Club
Andrei Gratchev
Elections présidentielles russes: Trucage ou démocratie?
at
Mohammed Sahnoun, Special
Advisor to UN Secretary General
Coping with conflicts in
Chair: Barbara McDougall
introduction by Gillian MacCormack,
Thankyou: Anne Leahy
at Centre
Andrew Cohen, journalist, Professor Carleton U
Canada-US Relations: While
introduction by Gavin Scott, former Time magazine bureau chief
at
19 Mar 2003 evening
19h30
Lieutenant-General K.R. (Ken) Pennie
Stéphane Roussel, Ph.D.
introduced by Stephen Gallagher
The Future of Canada-US Defence Relations: Missile Defence,
NORAD and NORTHCOM
at
3 Mar 03 evening
17h30
John Kirton, Ph.D.
Kimon Valaskakis, Ph.D.
Warren Allmand
Chair; Désirée McGraw
THE
at
a documentary by Paul Carvalho,
Macumba Int'l
film: Patria - The
rebirth of
(at Cinématèque Québecoise) in the presence on Mr. David
Wimhurst, of the UN dept of Peacekeeping
Richard Ballhorn
Andrew Deutz,
Clarisse Kehler Siebert,
Johannah Berstein
Chair/Discussant Désirée McGraw THE
Assessing the World
Désirée McGraw
MAKING THE CASE FOR KYOTO A Matter of Competitiveness,
Consultations, Credibility, Commitment and Consistency in
Hon David Kilgour, Secretary
of State (Asia-Pacific)
The Challenges Facing
Stephen Gallagher
The Refugee Crisis and Fortress
16 May 2002 evening
Lt.Col. Nicolas Matern
Canadian Forces in
3 May 2002
Bob Fowler, The Prime
Minister of Canada’s Personal Representative for the G8 Summit and for
60 Days to the Kananaskis G8
with
Andrew Cohen
Bush's First Year
Dr. Tom Axworthy
Governance in the 21st Century: Do We Need a Global
"New Deal"?
with McGill Inst for the Study of
James Bissett, former Ambassador. DFAIT
Nato and the Balkans
John Kirton
The Int'l Dev Challenge - What can the G8, the Kananaskis
Summit & Canada Contribute
with Int'l Dev. Studies Prog
Kimon Valaskakis
Global Governance after Sept 11, New Theatre, New Actors,
New Play
with Karl Polanyi Inst
Peter St. John, Professor,
Political Science,
Facing the Challenge of International Terrorism
Dr. Fred Wiegand, Surgeon
MSF after Sept 11
Uner Turgay, Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies,
McGill U
Islam and Politics
31 May 2001
Azeb Wolde-Giorghis, CBC
correspondent
The Media in
16 May 2001
Professor Stéphane Roussel, ,
Barrie McKenna, Foreign
Correspondent, The Globe & Mail,
Living with the Elephant
Prof. Philippe Crabbé, Professor
Emeritus of Natural Resources and Environmental Economics,
Should Fresh Water be for sale across National Boundaries?
Hon. Roy MacLaren, Ex-Haut-commissaire du Canada à Londres
World Trade Negociations, Post
24-26 Nov 2000
Foreign Policy Conference:
Culture sans frontière / Culture and Canadian Foreign Policy
Omni Hotel
Prof Barry Rubin, Resident
Scholar, Begin-Sadat Centre
The Year Ahead: The Middle-East Process: Where do we go from
here?
Don Campbell, Deputy Minister, DFAIT
The Year Ahead:
18 May 2000 Luncheon
Flora Leibich, Senior Governance Specialist,
Governance and Democracy: A New approach to development assistance in
High Commissioner for
Professor David Welsh
General John de Chastelain, International
Independent Chairman, Northern Ireland Multi-Party Talks
Decommissioning and the Good Friday Agreement
Dr Christopher Herten-Greaven
The Forgotten Community - A Brief History of the Settlement
of English Speaking Peoples in
Anne Leahy Canadian Ambassador to the
Michael Dartnell Prof. Political Science, York U
Foreign Policy and Information Technology
David Culver
The Globalization of Business Mergers and their impact on Canadian Business
Jan Wong Journalist, Globe & Mail
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