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OTTAWA, February 18, 2011  —  Below is a summary of activities taking place at the University of Ottawa from February 21 to February 26, 2011. For more information, please visit www.media.uOttawa.ca.

February 22, 2011

Lecture: “Peace and Justice at the International Criminal Court, A Court of Last Resort”
Errol Mendes, professor, Faculty of Law (Common Law Section)
4 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 3120 (55 Laurier Ave. E.)

Errol Mendes, professor at the Faculty of Law (Common Law Section), will give a lecture titled “Peace and Justice at the International Criminal Court, A Court of Law Resort” before launching his book of the same title. This event, organized by the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS), will be held in English and followed by a bilingual question period. For more information, please contact the CIPS at 613-562-5800, ext. 2664 or cepi-cips@uOttawa.ca.

February23, 2011

2011 Telfer India Forum: “Assessing your Readiness for India” *
Terry Matthews, chairman, Wesley Clover
2:30 p.m., Desmarais Building, 4^th Floor (55 Laurier Ave. E.)

The Telfer School of Management, in collaboration with the Indo Canada Ottawa Business Chamber, the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation, presents the 2011 Telfer India Forum. This half-day event involving senior business and government leaders from Canada and India is designed to help Canadian companies assess their readiness to tackle the evolving and strategic market in India. Keynote speaker Terry Matthews, chairman of Wesley Clover, will give an English-language lecture titled “Why Canadian firms cannot afford to ignore India.” For more information, please contact the Telfer School of Management at 613-562-5800, ext. 2396 or alumni@telfer.uOttawa.ca.

Lecture: Sustainable Prosperity Speaker Series
Andrew Heintzman, president and co-founder of Investeco
4 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 12102 (55 Laurier Ave. E.)

Professor Stuart Elgie, chair of the Sustainable Prosperity Research and Policy Network at the Faculty of Law (Common Law Section), welcomes Andrew Heintzman, president and co-founder of Investeco, Canada’s first investment firm exclusively focused on environmental sectors, who will give an English-language lecture as part of the Sustainable Prosperity Speaker Series, titled “A New Green Economy.” For more information, please contact Sustainable Prosperity at info@sustainableprosperity.ca.

February 24, 2011

Symposium: The Past, Present and Future of Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, and the Honourable Roy McMurtry, former Chief Justice of Ontario
9 a.m., Fauteux Hall, Gowlings Moot Court (57 Louis-Pasteur St.)

The Faculty of Law, in collaboration with the Ottawa Law Review, presents a one-day English-language symposium focusing on past, present and future interpretations of Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The keynote address will be delivered by former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Honourable Frank Iacobucci. A presentation on the drafting of Section 7 of the Charter will be given by former Chief Justice of Ontario, the Honourable Roy McMurtry. For more information, please contact the Ottawa Law review at OttawaLawReviewSymposium@gmail.com.

Lecture: Human Rights and Environmental Disruptions Series
Michèle Morel and Nicole de Moor, PhD candidates, Ghent University
10 a.m., Fauteux Hall, Room 102 (57 Louis-Pasteur St.)

The Human Rights Research and Education Centre, in collaboration with the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and the Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability, present back-to-back English-language lectures. Michèle Morin, PhD candidate at Ghent University, will give the first presentation, titled “New Legal Frameworks and Policy Options for Environmental Migrants: Protecting Environmental Migrants: Findings from the UNU-EHS Summer Academy.” Nicole de Moor, also a PhD candidate at Ghent University, will deliver the second lecture, titled “Circular Labour Migration for Vulnerable Communities: The Case of Colombia.” For more information, please contact Ginette Chatelain at 613-562-5775 or hrrec@uOttawa.ca.

February 25, 2011

Lecture: Illegal Peace? Power-Sharing with Human Rights Violators in Africa
Jeremy Levitt, associate dean and professor, Florida A&M University
1 p.m., Fauteux Hall, Room 147 (57 Louis-Pasteur St.)

Jeremy Levitt, associate dean and professor at Florida A&M University, will give a lecture titled “Illegal Peace? Power-Sharing with Human Rights Violators in Africa.” This English-language presentation is hosted by the Centre on International Policy Studies (CIPS) and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre as part of the International Human Rights Lecture Series. For more information, please contact the CIPS at 613-562-5800, ext. 2664 or cepi-cips@uOttawa.ca.

Research Challenges Seminar Series: Leveraging Teaching and Service Responsibilities for Scholarship
Michael Luthy, PhD, professor, Bellarmine University and Fulbright Enders Visiting Chair of Canada-U.S. Relations
1:30 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 7170 (55 Laurier Ave. E.)

Michael Luthy, PhD, professor at Bellarmine University and Fulbright Visiting Chair of Canada-U.S. Relations, will give a lecture titled “Leveraging Teaching and Service Responsibilities for Scholarship.” This English-language conference is hosted by the Telfer School of Management as part of the Research Challenges Seminar Series. For more information, please contact Caroline Faucher at 613-562-5800, ext. 2986 or faucher@telfer.uOttawa.ca.

February 26, 2011

Symposium: Coptic Heritage – Dynamics and Diversity *
His Excellency Wael Ahmed Kamal Aboul Magd, ambassador, Arab Republic of Egypt; Dr. Ramez Boutros, president, Canadian Society for Coptic Studies, and Antoni Lewkowicz, dean and professor, Faculty of Arts
9 a.m., Desmarais Building, Room 1140 (55 Laurier Ave. E.)

The Faculty of Arts, in collaboration with the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies and the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Canada, presents the Fourth Annual Coptic Studies Symposium, themed “Coptic Heritage – Dynamics and Diversity.” Special guests include His Excellency Wael Ahmed Kamal Aboul Magd, ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Canada, Dr. Ramez Boutros, president of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies, and Antoni Lewkowicz, dean and professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Arts. For more information, please contact Dr. Jitse Dijkstra at 613-562-5800, ext. 1325 or jdijkstr@uOttawa.ca.

For more information about upcoming sporting events, please contact Jacinthe Néron at 613-562-5800, ext. 2113, or visit www.gee-gees.ca.

*This is a paid event.