Clockwise from left – Ewald Friesen, Jennifer Zorn-Ford, Remi Gosselin, Derrick Martens, and Emina Cingel
As observers in the recent Peruvian elections, University of Winnipeg students, alumni, and faculty were given an outstanding opportunity to witness “democracy in action.”
University President Lloyd Axworthy led an Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission monitoring the April 9, 2006 general elections in Peru and the runoff presidential elections held June 4, 2006. With him were current UWinnipeg students Ewald Friesen and Derrick Martens, UWinnipeg alumni Emina Cingel and Jennifer Zorn-Ford, St. Boniface College student Remi Gosselin, and UWinnipeg Geography Professor Geoff Scott, each taking an active role in the mission.
The University of Winnipeg, through its Global College, is the first post-secondary institution ever to have students involved in an OAS mission of this kind. UWinnipeg is leading the way to further youth involvement in other OAS-monitored elections in the hemisphere.
For media coverage, background, and the Peru blog, read more >
