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Responding to ISIS: The role of Canada and the International Community
On November 14th, 2014 the Canadian Pugwash Group & Science for Peace co-sponsored the Eric Fawcett Forum at Hart House, U of T. on Responding to ISIS: The role of Canada and the International Community.
CNWC hosts Toronto area recipients of the Order of Canada
PHOTO: Murray Thomson, O.C., and Douglas Roche, O.C. announce that CNWC has signed 800 OC members to the list of endorsers for a Nuclear Weapons Contention
On Novembeer 14th, 2014, CNWC hosted Toronto-area recipients of the Order of Canada, to a reception at Hart House, University of Toronto. The CNWC is a project of the Canadian Pugwash Group.
Remarks to the Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention T Axworthy Nov 14 2014.pdf (pdf)
Towards a Nuclear Weapons Convention & Eric Fawcett Forum
Photo gallery of CNWC / Science for Peace event – Nov. 14, 2014
Reception and Fundraiser – November 14, 2014, Hart House, University of Toronto
CNWC hosted Toronto area recipients of the Order of Canada who have called for negotiations toward a Nuclear Weapons Convention as an effective means of advancing the goal of a world without nuclear weapons.
Host: Bruce Kidd; Chairperson: David Silcox; and Speakers: Douglas Roche on current nuclear disarmament efforts and initiatives, as well as from Toronto area Order of Canada recipients who support these efforts.
Responding to ISIS: The role of Canada and the International Community
Panel Chair: Ernie Regehr, co-founder of Project Ploughshares and currently Senior Fellow in Arctic Security at The Simons Foundation, and Research Fellow at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Conrad Grebel University College.
Panelists:
Michael Bell has served as Canada’s Ambassador to Jordan, Egypt,
and Israel and is currently Senior Fellow at the Norman Patterson
School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa.
Peter Langille specializes in peace and conflict studies, United Nations
peace operations, and independent analysis of defence and security policy.
Peggy Mason is former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament and is currently President of the Rideau Institute in Ottawa.
David Harries is Chair of the Canadian Pugwash Group and Associate Executive Director of Foresight Canada.
Sponsored by: Canadian Pugwash Group and Science for Peace
For further information adminweb@pugwashgroup.ca