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Conference Program 

      Conference Moderator: Julie Lindhout, President, Atlantic Council of Canada

13:00 Registration
13:30 Welcome
13:45 Opening Keynote Address

  • H.E. Ambassador Marriët Schuurman, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for WPS
14:15 Panel I: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and its Implementation in Canada
Moderator:  Prof. Barbara Falk, Canadian Forces College

  • The Hon. Mobina Jaffer, Senator, British Columbia, Liberal Party of Canada

           The Difference Armed Forces Can Make in the Implementation of UNSCR 1325

  • Jennifer May, Director of the Defence and Security Relations Division, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
15:45 Panel II: Women on the Front Lines in Conflict and Reconstruction
Moderator: Kathryn E. Langley Hope, Director, Atlantic Council of Canada

  • Dr. Lorna Read, Chief Operating Officer, Warchild Canada

           Building the Foundations of Peace: Women at the Centre of Post-Conflict Community Change

  • Olivia Ward, Correspondent, Toronto Star

          Nowhere to Hide: Women on the Front Lines in 21st Century Conflicts
16:45 Break
17:15 Working Supper with Discussion Groups
18:15 Panel III: Women in Peace Negotiations, Governance and Development
Moderator: Nicole Verkindt, CEO and Founder, OMX

  • Prof. Sylvia Bashevkin, University of Toronto, Department of Political Science

           Women as Foreign Policy Leaders: National Security Politics in Superpower America
19:15 Discussion Group Wrap-up
19:45 Closing  Remarks
 
  • The Hon. Hugh Segal, Chair, Atlantic Council of Canada

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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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