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7:30 p.m.
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Session 1
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Introductions and ice-breaker
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8:30 a.m.
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Devotional
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9:00 a.m.
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Session 2
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Trade, poverty and the global economy - Chantal Blouin of North-South Institute
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Debt, poverty and the global economy - Brian Tomlinson of Canadian Council for International Cooperation
Northern Domination of the Global Economy and its Consequences for the Human Rights of Humanity: Human Rights Implications
Martin Khor.
Creating an Equitable Global Economic Order
Point 3 of Canadian Council for International Cooperation's 10-point agenda.
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10:20 a.m.
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Leave for Question Period in the House of Commons
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Lunch in restaurant(s) near Parliament Hill
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1:00 p.m.
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Tour of Parliament Buildings
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2:00 p.m.
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Session 3
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An overview of the work of Canadian International Development Agency and its efforts to address poverty in the South
Canadian International Development Agency
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3:00 p.m.
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Break
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3:15 p.m.
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Session 4 — Improving foreign aid and its effectiveness in addressing poverty
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Dennis Howlett of Make Poverty History campaign.
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MP John McKay of Liberal Party
More and Better Aid
Make Poverty History.
Bill C-293 Briefing Note (PDF)
Canadian Council for International Cooperation.
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5:00 p.m.
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Dinner
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7:00 p.m.
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Session 5 — Extractive Resource Industry and Corporate Social Responsibility
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Allan Reesor-McDowell of MCC Ontario
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Catherine Coumans of Mining Watch Canada
Peace and Environmental News
"Monitoring Canadian Mining Overseas" by Paul Kompass.
The Need for MiningWatch Canada
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8:30 p.m.
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Session 6
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8:30 a.m.
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Devotional
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9:00 a.m.
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Session 7
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Climate Change and Canadian policy
Climate Change
David Suzuki Foundation.
World Council of Churches Statement to UN Climate Conference in Nairobi
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10:30 a.m.
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Session 8
Trafficking in Women and Girls
Canadian Council for Refugees.
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Lunch
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1:30 p.m.
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Session 9
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2:45 p.m.
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Break
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3:00 p.m.
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Session 10 — Indigenous Rights, United Nations and the Declaration
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Kenneth Dear of the Mohawk Nation, editor of The Eastern Door and Indigenous delegate to the UN.
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Ed Bianchi of KAIROS
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MP Jean Crowder of the New Democratic Party.
Advancing the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples - a Critical Challenge for the International Community (PDF)
Voices from a Forum at the 61st Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, 13 April 2005.
Report to the General Assembly on the First Session of the Human Rights Council (PDF)
(read UN Resolution (p. 56-58) and The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (p. 58-73)).
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Human rights organizations condemn efforts to block vital human rights instrument (PDF)
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5:00 p.m.
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Dinner and Winterlude
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9:00 a.m.
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Session 11
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Theological reflections and worship
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Links are provided for background information on the vaious topics. MCC Canada's GlobalEyes series, also touches on a number of the topics of the seminar
Please note that the opinions expressed in these links do not necessarily reflect the views of the presenters or Mennonite Central Committee Canada.
