WINNIPEG—The Politics Departments of The University of Manitoba and The University of Winnipeg have teamed up to sponsor a timely conference.
September 25 – 27, 2003
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall on The University of Winnipeg Campus
The conference is open to the public. Free Admission.
Canada & The Middle East: Politics in the Coming Era aims to provide a much-needed forum for scholarly debate on the continuities and changes in Canadian foreign policy objectives in and on the region during the post-Cold War era and the impact of the September 11 on Canada’s Middle Eastern policies.
Canada’s relationship to and role in the Middle East has often been overlooked in the context of Middle Eastern politics and its links to global politics. At the same time, the lack of a broad understanding of Canada’s relations to the region has hampered Canada’s foreign policy in many ways. Canada, like the rest of the world, has been going through a period of foreign policy adjustment vis-à-vis the triple restraints of globalization vs. regionalization, multilateralism vs. unilateralism and sovereignty vs. security.
In this age of complex interdependence, understanding the connections between Canada and the Middle East, analyzing policy rationales and their short and long-term implications is more important than ever.
Conference co-conveners Tami Amanda Jacoby (University of Manitoba) and Alya Kiliç (University of Winnipeg) have developed a three-day conference featuring keynote speaker:
- Michael Bell (Senior Scholar of Diplomacy, Munk Centre for International Affairs, University of Toronto).
Panel Session Chairs include:
- Jim Carr (Business Council of Manitoba)
- Sean Byrne (Director, Arthur V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice)
- Shahina Siddiqui (Islamic Social Service Association, US and Canada)
- Rais Khan (University of Winnipeg)
- Allan Wise (Citizenship Council of Manitoba & University of Manitoba)
Lloyd Axworthy (Liu Institute for Global Studies, UBC) will offer concluding remarks during the final panel discussion on September 27.
A complete conference program is available here. (pdf)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Katherine Unruh, Director of Communications, The University of Winnipeg
tel: 204.786.9872, cel: 204.782.3279
