Media

OTTAWA, February 26, 2010  —  Below is a summary of activities taking place at the University of Ottawa this week. For more information, please visit www.media.uOttawa.ca.

March 1

Conference on the Arab-Israel Conflict
6 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 3120 (55 Laurier Ave East)
The Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) in collaboration with the Israel Scholars Network are presenting a conference titled The Arab-Israel Conflict: Understanding the Current Impasse presented by Dr. Barry Rubin, Director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center at the Interdisciplinary Centre. Mr. Rubin is one of the best known authors on the Arab-Israel conflict, terrorism, and general Middle Eastern security and history. For more information, please contact CIPS at 613-562-5800 extension 2664 or cepi-cips@uOttawa.ca.

March 2

Slave Children
1 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 3120 (55 Laurier Ave East)
Twenty years after the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, the goal of protection remains evasive. Tens of millions of children are in actual fact slaves used in agriculture, domestic services, sex trade, textile, construction and many other sectors. The School of International Development and Global Studies (SIDGS) in collaboration with the International Bureau of Children’s Rights present a round-table where a number of experts will discuss the causes and consequences of the issue of children as slaves. Panelists include Dr. Najat Maalla M’Jid, special UN reporter on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; Najda Pollaert and Marco Sotelo of the International Bureau of Children’s Rights; Lucie Lamarche of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at uOttawa; Linda Dale of the Children and Youth as Peacebuilders; Nadine Grant of Plan-International and Andrea Martinez, Director of the SIDGS. For ore information, please contact SIDGS at 613-562-5680 or sidgs@uOttawa.ca.

March 3

Lecture on Ethnic Policies and Armed Conflict in the Post-War World
9:30 a.m., Desmarais Building, Room 3120 (55 Laurier Ave East)
The Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) invites Andreas Wimmer, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, who present a lecture titled Ethnic Politics and Armed Conflict in the Post-War World: An Empirical Analysis with Some Notes on Prevention Policies. For more information, please contact CIPS at 613-562-5800 extension 2664 or cepi-cips@uOttawa.ca.

Bush’s War, Obama’s Choices?
11:30 a.m., Desmarais Building, Room 12110 (55 Laurier Ave East)
The Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) in collaboration with the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies present a talk by Eliot Cohen, Former Counselor at the U.S. Department of State and Professor at the Johns Hopkins University and SAIS. For more information, please contact CIPS at 613-562-5800 extension 2664 or cepi-cips@uOttawa.ca.

Shirley Greenberg Annual Lecture in Women’s Studies
5:30 p.m., University Centre, Alumni Auditorium (85 University Pvt)
The Institute of Women’s Studies invites Andrea Smith, Assistant Professor with the Department of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California who will present a lecture titled Decolonizing Social Justice: The Anti-Violence Movement and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. Mrs. Smith is also the Riverside co-founder of INCITE! - Women of color against Violence and the Boarding School Healing Project. For more information, please contact the Institute of Women’s Studies at 613-562-5791 or womenst@uOttawa.ca.

March 4

Signing Ceremony for Engineering Articulation Agreements
11 a.m., Foyer of the SITE building (800 King Edward Ave)
The University of Ottawa will host a special ceremony as the region’s postsecondary institutions gather for a special announcement. The University of Ottawa, Carleton University, La Cité collégiale and Algonquin College will announce and sign articulation agreements designed to ease the transfer of engineering students from college to university. For more information, please contact the Ceremonies and Events Office at 613-562-5276 or ceremonies@uOttawa.ca.

March 5

Concert: University of Ottawa Orchestra
8 p.m., Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts and Humanities (314 St. Patrick)
The School of Music of the University of Ottawa presents its next concert in the Orchestra Series featuring the University of Ottawa Orchestra, the three winners of the 2010 Concerto Competition, and under the direction of guest conductor Rennie Regehr. For more information, please contact the School of Music at 613-562-5733 or visit www.music.uOttawa.ca.


For more information about the Gee-Gees and upcoming sporting events, contact Jacinthe Néron at 613-562-5800 extension 2113 or visit www.geegees.uOttawa.ca.