CIIA Toronto, in conjunction with the Council for Canadian Unity, offers an Invititation Only event for Toronto Consulate Staff.
"Canada: Federalism and Key Issues Affecting the Nation"
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Alumni Hall, Victoria University
91 Charles Street West, Toronto
9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
For
further information contact Rebecca Low
Tel: 416-975-1889 or 1-888-566-8066
Fax: 416-975-4859 or 1-888-711-1101
www.cucweb.ca
Back to top
May
2003
As part of the 75th CIIA Anniversary programme
the Toronto Branch invites you to a sneak-peek preview
Andrew Cohen
"While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World"
Andrew Cohen, a best-selling author and award-winning journalist, was born and raised in Montreal. In 1984, he was appointed political writer of The Financial Post in Toronto. He joined the Editorial Board of The Globe and Mail in 1994, specializing in national politics, federal-provincial relations and international affairs. As an editorial writer, he won National Newspaper Awards in 1995 and 1996. Between 1997 and 2001, he was a foreign correspondent and columnist in the United States for The Globe, based in Washington, D.C., writing about politics and culture in America. His most recent book, "While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World", is a study of Canada's decline abroad and was published by McClelland & Stewart in May 2003
Wednesday, 14 May 2003
5:30-7:30pm
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
63rd Floor, 1 First Canadian Place (corner of King St. and Bay St.)
Wine and cheese will be served
Members: $10; non-members: $15
For registration and information call Margaret Morin at (416) 487-6830 ext.9 or e-mail to mmorin@ciia.org
Back to top
The Centre for Research and Information on Canada (CRIC) and the Canadian Institute of International Affairs - Toronto Branch would like to invite you to participate in a panel discussion on Canada's role in helping to foster peace and democracy in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Today: A Good News Story? Canada's Role in Peace Making
Tuesday, May 13th, 2003 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Galbraith Building, Michael A. Charles Council Chamber, Room 202, University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street
(At Queen's Park Subway. Paid parking to the west side of St. George.)
With featured guest panellists:
- Hon. Bob Rae, Chair, Canadian Unity Council
- Glen R. Hodgins, South Asia Division Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
- Richard Harmston, Director, South Asia Partnership
The panel will be chaired by: Metta Spencer Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto & Editor, Peace Magazine
Some of the specific issues that will be discussed are:
- Sri Lanka's search for peace after years of insurgency
- Post 9/11 Good News Story?
- International Mediation and Canada's Role in the Peace Process
- Prospects for a Federal Solution and Canada's Example
Refreshments and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
For more information contact: Rebecca Low Director, Ontario and Atlantic CRIC: rlow@cucweb.ca Canadian Unity Council: 416-975-1889, ext. 23 CIIA-Toronto Board Member
Please RSVP with your name, organization, telephone, fax number and email by May 8, 2003 to Jane Hughes: email: jhughes@cucweb.ca Or Fax: 416-975-4859 Tel: 416-975-1889, ext. 21. See the RSVP reply card for further details
Back to top
April
2003
Karsten D. Voigt
"The Present State of Transatlantic Relations"
Karsten D. Voigt, Coordinator for German-American Cooperation in the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany. At the centre of the foreign policy debate in Germany for the last twenty-five years, Karsten Voigt is one of the most respected authorities on European and Transatlantic relations. He has been a senior member of the German Social Democratic Party, a member of the Federal Bundestag where he served as Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Deputy Chair of the Defence Committee. Further, he served as Chairman of the Defence and Security Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO and, most recently, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO. He has held his current position since 1999 and is responsible for strengthening transatlantic relations.
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 8:00 a.m.
Goethe Institute, The Gallery
163 King St. West, Toronto
Free admission Continental breakfast will be provided.
Please indicate acceptances only to Margaret Morin prior to noon on Monday, April 28, 2003 CIIA, Glendon Manor, Glendon College 2275 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON M4N 3M6 Fax (416) 487-6831 Telephone (416) 487-6830 E-mail: mmorin@ciia.org.
Back to top
The Honourable John McCallum
"Guiding Canada's Defence Policy in a Challenging World Environment"
The Honourable John McCallum, PC, MP
Minister of National Defence will speak on
Guiding Canada's Defence Policy in a Challenging World Environment.
Thursday 24 April 2003
5:30pm AGM; 6:00pm Cash Bar; 6:30pm Dinner and Speaker
Le Royal Meridien King Edward Hotel, Windsor Ballroom, 37 King Street East, Toronto
$65 Members; $75 Non-members;
$20 Student members; $600 Table of eight
For reservations contact Margaret Morin at mmorin@ciia.org
Cancellation policy: The Institute will issue a full refund for any reservation cancelled up to 48 hours before the event. No refund will be issued thereafter.
Back to top
February
2003
As part
of the 75th CIIA Anniversary
programme
the Toronto Branch presents dinner
with keynote speaker
David
Wright
Canadian Ambassador and Permanent
Representative to NATO
and Dean of the North Atlantic
Council
David
Wright is a distinguished Canadian
diplomat who has served abroad as
Canadian Ambassador to Spain
(1994-97), and in Paris, Tokyo and
New York. In Ottawa, he was named
Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe
and has held various positions in
economic and policy planning bureaus
of the Department of Foreign Affairs
and International Trade. He has been
widely published on foreign affairs
and economic issues and in this
special presentation will discuss
Canada’s role in NATO in the
current global situation.
"NATO and the Current International
Security Scene"
Is
NATO facing a crisis of
confidence?
What role should the Alliance play
in dealing with military threats
outside of Europe?
What is the future of Canada’s
involvement in NATO?
Thursday, 27 February
2003
6:00pm – registration
6:30-8:00pm – dinner
Cash Bar
The
Windsor Ballroom, King Edward
Hotel
37 King Street East,
Toronto
Members
- $55 Non-members - $75
Payment by cash or cheque only at
the door (no credit cards)
Acceptances
only to Kay Ray. Space is
limited.
Tel: (416) 642-6220 Fax: (416)
640-2777
E-mail: kray@powerbudd.com
Back to top
December
2002
The
Kyoto Protocol
Presented
by the Toronto Branch of the CIIA
and the Ontario Bar
Association’s International
Law and Environmental Law
Sections
Should
Canada ratify? What are the
potential economic impacts if
Canada does ratify? What are the
potential environmental impacts if
Canada does not ratify?
Introductions:
Ron Clark,
President, CIIA (Toronto
Branch)
Chair:
Gray Taylor,
Davies, Ward Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Panelists:
-
Richard Ballhorn
Director General,
International Environmental
Affairs, Department of Foreign
Affairs and International
Trade
-
John Dillon
Vice President, Policy and
Legal Counsel, Canadian Council
of Chief Executives (CCCE) and
CCCE representative to the
Canadian Coalition for
Responsible Environmental
Solutions (CRES)
-
Melanie Steiner
Global Policy Advisor, World
Wildlife Federation
International
Monday,
December 2, 2002 at 5.45
p.m.
Program
will be followed by Wine and Cheese
Reception at 7.00 p.m.
Cash bar
Location:
Ontario Bar Association Conference
Centre
20 Toronto Street, 2nd Floor,
Toronto
Back to top
October
2002
Latin
American Security and its
Implications for
Canada
Colonel Ian
Nicholls
Latin
America is becoming increasingly
important to Canada in terms of
trade, investment, academic
exchanges, cultural issues,
immigration, tourism and security.
Colonel Nicholls will discuss the
recent inaugural appointment of
Canada as the Host Country for the
Conference of the American Armies
(CAA), and provide his insights and
expertise on the Latin American
security challenges and the
implications for Canada.
Colonel
Nicholls joined the Canadian Army
in 1965. Colonel Ian Nicholls has
recently been appointed Commanding
Officer of the Permanent Executive
Secretariat, Conference of American
Armies (PESCAA). Based in Kingston,
Colonel Nicholls is the former CF
Military Attaché for eight
countries in Central America
(1998-2001), and as such has
developed an acute knowledge and
appreciation of the cultural and
security realities of the Latin
American Hemisphere. Col. Nicholls
is a long time member of the
Institute.
Wednesday,
16 October 2002 – 8:00 to
9:30 a.m.
Munk Centre (N. Building), 5
Devonshire Place
University of Toronto
Back to top
The
Impact of Anti-Terrorism Measures
and the Indian Perspective on the
WTO and Intellectual
Property
The Honourable Harish
Salve
Solicitor-General of
India
The
Honourable Harish Salve,
Solicitor-General of India will
discuss the impact of recent
anti-terrorism measures as well as
money laundering laws on Indian law
and business, and the Indian
perspective on the World Trade
Organisation and intellectual
property.After practising as a
chartered accountant specialising
in taxation, Mr. Salve became a
lawyer and practised in chambers
then set up his own chambers in
1986 specialising in
constitutional, taxation, and
company and commercial law. He
appeared before the Supreme Court
and the High Courts of India,
including appointments as an amicus
curiae by the Supreme Court in two
high-profile environmental cases,
and was designated a senior
advocate in 1992. As
Solicitor-General, he has appeared
in several important cases in the
Supreme Court, including challenges
to the constitutional validity of
the privatisation process, of the
power of the Union to enter into
the GATT, and of the intellectual
property regime and the
anti-dumping duties imposed under
the GATT.
Tuesday,
8 October 2002 – 8:30 to 9:30
a.m.
McCarthy Tétrault Main
Boardroom, Suite 4700
Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower
King & Bay Street
Back to top
Uncle Sam and
Us
By
Professor Stephen
Clarkson
In
the last 15 years Canada has signed
three major treaties, the original
Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement,
NAFTA, and the WTO. Professor
Clarkson argues that these
agreements must also be understood
as institutions of global economic
governance that constitute for
Canada a second, external
constitution.
Introductions
by Ron Clark,
President, CIIA (Toronto
Branch)
Moderator
– Michael
Coren of Michael Coren
Live
Professor Stephen Clarkson
will introduce his book.
Discussants:
Councillor Jack
Layton & Dr.
Michael K. Hawes,
Executive Director of The
Canada-U.S. Fulbright
Program
Tuesday,
1 October 2002 at 5.30
p.m.
Location:
Hart House Theatre
University of Toronto, 7 Hart
House Circle
Back
to top
|
