As observers in the upcoming Peruvian election, University of Winnipeg students, alumni, and faculty have been given an outstanding opportunity to witness “democracy in action.”
University President Lloyd Axworthy is leading an Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission monitoring the April 9, 2006 general elections in Peru. He was appointed in January by OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza to head 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.
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 are participating in the Peru mission from April 3 – 12.
Pictured above: Derrick Martens, Emina Cingel, Ewald Friesen, Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, and UWinnipeg Geography Professor Geoff Scott. Missing: Jennifer Zorn-Ford and Remi Gosselin.
