Please join us from 6:00-8:30pm on the evening of November 21st at Hazelton Place for a discussion on Canada’s initiatives to integrate women into its domestic and international defence policies. This conference will explore the barriers female combatants face both in their employment in Canada and their operational deployment in Afghanistan. Furthermore, it will consider how commitments to gender equality within the Canadian Forces have a direct and lasting impact on the local women of Afghanistan and the process of peacebuilding. The conference will begin by serving coffee & cookies and will be followed by a reception including wine and hors d’oeuvres.
Speakers:
Kursten Riswold
Dalhousie University
Colonel Jennie Carignan
Chief of Staff of Land Forces Central
Area/Joint Task Force Central
Jo-Ann Rodrigues
Gender Equality and Conflict
Resolution Consultant
Member Price: $ 30
Non-Member Price: $ 35
Students: $ 15
Please RSVP by 12pm on
November 20, 2012:
Email: joelle.westlund@atlantic-council.ca
Phone: (416)-979-1875
Sponsored By:
Kathryn E Langley Hope
K E Hope Consultants
Bio Med Nova
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The mission of NATO Association of Canada is to promote peace, prosperity, and security through knowledge and understanding of the importance of NATO.
We strive to educate and engage Canadians about NATO and NATO’s goal of peace, prosperity and security. NATO Association of Canada ensures that we have an informed citizenry able to contribute to discussions about Canada’s role on the world stage.
As a leading member of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA), NATO Association of Canada has strong and enduring ties with sister organizations in many of the alliance countries, as well as members of NATO’s “Partnership for Peace” and “Mediterranean Dialogue” programmes. The NAOC has had a leading role in the recent transformation and modernization of the ATA, and helped to create and develop the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association (YATA).
The NAOC has strong ties with the Government of Canada including Global Affairs Canada and the Department of National Defence. We are constantly working to create and maintain relationships with international organizations such as the World Bank Group, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, NATO Headquarters, the International Criminal Court, and other prominent international NGOs and think tanks.
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