Timothy Leduc, author of Climate, Culture, Change will be participating in an upcoming screening and discussion of the award-winning documentary Climate Refugees. The documentary takes a look at the people displaced by climatically induced environmental disasters: the products of climate change.
Experts predict that instances of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, cyclones, fires and flooding will increase dramatically in the coming years. As areas are hit with these disasters, people will be forced to leave their homes and seek asylum in other parts of the world. It is thought that border conflicts and potentially even wars will be fought over these issues. For the first time ever, climate change is being considered a national security risk.
To learn more about these issues, please attend the free screening of 'Climate Refugees' which will be held at the University of Toronto Campus in the the JJR Macleod Auditorium on Friday, April 29 at 6:30 PM.
The screening will be following by a panel discussion with Timothy Leduc, author of Climate, Culture, Change; Laura Westra, author of Globalization, Violence and World Governance; and Alfredo Barahona, Program Coordinator, Migrant and Indigenous Rights, KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, and Member of the World Council of Churches' Global Ecumenical Network on Migration.
Watch the 'Climate Refugees' trailer here:
http://www.press.uottawa.ca/
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4/13/2011
3/01/2011
Book launch for Climate, Culture, Change
The book launch for Climate, Culture, Change: Inuit and Western Dialogues with a Warming North will be held this Thursday, March 3, 2011. The launch will be hosted by the Iris Speaker Series at York University in HNES 140 from 3:30 – 4:30pm. In Climate, Culture, Change, author Timothy Leduc works to integrate the Inuit experience of climate change with western climate research. Considering alternative ways of thinking about climate change, Leduc sidelines the common debates on the validity of climate science and the economic viability of responding to climate change. Instead, he approaches current issues such as polar bear decline from both an Inuit and western viewpoint to create a more organic understanding of what is happening in the north.
For more information about the launch, visit the following link:
http://www.irisyorku.ca/irisyorku.ca/iris-speaker-series-presents-book-launch-climate-culture-change-western-and-inuit-dialogues-with-a-warming-north-by-timothy-b-leduc/
2/17/2011
Une ancienne de l’Université d’Ottawa partage son expérience personnelle de l’Holocauste
Au mois de juin 1941, les nazis arrivent. À partir de ce moment, la jeune femme commence à lutter simplement pour survivre.
Aujourd’hui, Dr Rosenberg est une psychologue réputée et une figure de proue au sein de la communauté juive. Le 28 février, cette ancienne de l’Université d’Ottawa célébrera la traduction de ses mémoires sur la période de la guerre, qui viennent tout juste de paraître en français.
Dans son livre intitulé Sans masque, Dr Rosenberg décrit les horreurs qu’elle a vécues pendant l’Holocauste et les moyens qu’elle a pris pour survivre. Elle a notamment utilisé une série de fausses identités pour cacher ses origines juives, ce qui n’a pas empêché les nazis de la mettre à bord d’un train en direction de Belzec, camp de la mort où 500 000 Juifs ont été massacrés. Truda Rosenberg a aussi été emprisonnée dans un camp de travail et vendue comme esclave à un officier allemand. Tous les membres de sa famille immédiate ont péri. C’est la « profonde conviction selon laquelle tout le monde a le droit et le devoir de veiller à la survie de son esprit, de son corps et de son âme » qui lui a permis de surmonter toutes ces épreuves.
Même si pour la plupart d’entre nous, ses expériences semblent impossibles à comprendre, Dr Rosenberg rappelle qu’elle ne fut qu’une victime parmi tant d’autres Juifs ayant souffert les pires outrances aux mains des nazis. Elle écrit : « à aucun moment, ni dans le passé, ni maintenant, je n’ai qualifié mes expériences d’uniques. Leur existence est un fait et je les présente ici comme le témoignage d’un témoin direct, une version de ce que beaucoup d’entre nous ont connu sur une base quotidienne. »
Dr Rosenberg livre un précieux témoignage sur l’adversité et la cruauté humaine que des millions de Juifs ont endurées pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Son histoire dépeint la résistance de l’esprit humain ainsi que notre capacité de nous adapter aux pires circonstances. Son récit de la guerre pousse le lecteur à réfléchir aux gestes de bonté et de cruauté commis des deux côtés et à faire face à notre humanité intrinsèque.
« La guerre oblige tout le monde à faire des compromis moraux, affirme Truda Rosenberg. Vous n’avez pas toujours le temps de soupeser les conséquences et souvent, vous devez agir pour ne pas mourir. Ce n’est que plus tard, si vous survivez, que vous avez l’occasion de réfléchir à vos gestes et, bien sûr, vous traînez un sentiment de culpabilité vis-à-vis des personnes que vous avez dû abandonner. La tristesse qui nous envahit lorsque nous songeons à ceux qui n’ont pas survécu est compensée seulement par les grandes réalisations accomplies, souvent en leur nom, par les survivants. »
Sans masque a été traduit de l’anglais original par Christine Klein-Lataud et publié par les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa.
Le lancement de Sans masque aura lieu le lundi 28 février 2011 au pavillon Desmarais, salle 12102. Pour obtenir plus d’information, ou pour faire une réservation, visitez le site : http://www.sciencessociales.uottawa.ca/rsvp/fra/
2/08/2011
Faculty Author Week at the uOttawa Bookstore
It's Faculty Author Week at the University of Ottawa Bookstore! For those of you who've been curious about what your professors are up to in their spare time, head to the bookstore this Thursday between 2 and 6pm. You'll be able to snack, chat and browse the stacks while you're at it!
Featured authors include: Damien-Claude Bélanger, Nathalie Bélanger, Lise Boily, Marcel Chartrand, Béatrice Craig, Gordon Digiacomo, Liliane Dionne, Andrew Donskov, David Dyment, Pascale Fournier, William Leiss, Errol Mendes, and Christian Milat.
La Librairie de l’Université d’Ottawa vous invite à célébrer la Semaine des publications professorales du 7 au 11 février 2011, venez rencontrer nos professeurs auteurs lors d’une réception le jeudi 10 février, de 14 h à 18 h. Des rafraîchissements seront servis.
1/25/2011
Dancehall: the Carribean book launch
Great news for all those of you who have been looking for a reason to head for warmer climes – as if the weather this week wasn’t enough!
The University of the West Indies' Institute of Caribbean Studies and the UOP invite one and all to attend the launch of DanceHall: From Slave Ship to Ghetto by Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah. You’ll likely need a plane to get there, but who can say no to a Jamaican vacation?
Stanley Niaah’s book is the first to document the cultural significance of dancehall, a genre of popular Jamaican music that combines reggae, digital instrumentation and rapid-fire DJ lyrics. Dancehall music came into vogue in Jamaica during the 1980s, and its popularity continues to grow around the world. In DanceHall, Stanley Niaah examines over 400 years of Black Atlantic performance history through the eyes of a native Jamaican, and links it to other genres of music including as American blues, South African kwaito, and Latin American reggaetòn.
The launch will certainly be one for the books (if you’ll forgive the pun,) and will feature conversations with Professors Brian Meeks and Wilma Bailey as well as Jerome Hamilton, the Executive Director at Headline Entertainment, and the beautiful and talented Nadine Sutherland, Recording Artist. As an extra treat, the after party will include a performance by Stone Love, one of the veteran sound systems featured in the book, as well as some other surprises.
To help you all get in the right frame of mind for this groundbreaking launch, check out one of Sonjah Stanley Niaah’s favourite dancehall songs:
The University of the West Indies' Institute of Caribbean Studies and the UOP invite one and all to attend the launch of DanceHall: From Slave Ship to Ghetto by Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah. You’ll likely need a plane to get there, but who can say no to a Jamaican vacation?
Stanley Niaah’s book is the first to document the cultural significance of dancehall, a genre of popular Jamaican music that combines reggae, digital instrumentation and rapid-fire DJ lyrics. Dancehall music came into vogue in Jamaica during the 1980s, and its popularity continues to grow around the world. In DanceHall, Stanley Niaah examines over 400 years of Black Atlantic performance history through the eyes of a native Jamaican, and links it to other genres of music including as American blues, South African kwaito, and Latin American reggaetòn.The launch will certainly be one for the books (if you’ll forgive the pun,) and will feature conversations with Professors Brian Meeks and Wilma Bailey as well as Jerome Hamilton, the Executive Director at Headline Entertainment, and the beautiful and talented Nadine Sutherland, Recording Artist. As an extra treat, the after party will include a performance by Stone Love, one of the veteran sound systems featured in the book, as well as some other surprises.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Rex Nettleford Hall, Multipurpose Room
University of West Indies, Mona Campus
6:00pm
To help you all get in the right frame of mind for this groundbreaking launch, check out one of Sonjah Stanley Niaah’s favourite dancehall songs:
12/14/2010
Author Reading
For those of you looking for something to do on Saturday night, here’s some information about an event of the literary persuasion!
UOP author Gregory Betts (The Wrong World: Selected Stories and Essays of Bertram Brooker) will be doing a poetry reading along with Jeanette Lynes. The event is part of the AB series, which presents audiences in the Ottawa-area with experimental, sound and performance poetry readings.
The event is being held this Saturday, December 18th at the Mercury Lounge in the Byward Market. Doors open at 7:30pm and the revelry will begin at 8:00pm. For more information, visit the AB series website at http://abseries.org/
UOP author Gregory Betts (The Wrong World: Selected Stories and Essays of Bertram Brooker) will be doing a poetry reading along with Jeanette Lynes. The event is part of the AB series, which presents audiences in the Ottawa-area with experimental, sound and performance poetry readings.
The event is being held this Saturday, December 18th at the Mercury Lounge in the Byward Market. Doors open at 7:30pm and the revelry will begin at 8:00pm. For more information, visit the AB series website at http://abseries.org/
12/08/2010
Lancement collectif au CRCCF
Le Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française de l’Université d’Ottawa vous invite au lancement collectif du CRCCF demain soir, le 9 décembre, à 16 heures. Le lancement sera l’occasion de présenter sur scène les dernières parutions du CRCCF.
Onze publications y seront présentées, y inclut les Cahiers Charlevoix n° 8 rédigé sous la direction de la Société Charlevoix et le Dictionnaire des écrits de l’Ontario français rédigé sous la direction de Gétan Gervais et Jean-Pierre Pichette.
Onze publications y seront présentées, y inclut les Cahiers Charlevoix n° 8 rédigé sous la direction de la Société Charlevoix et le Dictionnaire des écrits de l’Ontario français rédigé sous la direction de Gétan Gervais et Jean-Pierre Pichette.
11/24/2010
Meet the 2010 winner of the Governor General's Literary Awards!
For those of you who are looking for something to do this evening, you may want to head down to the ByWard Market for a literary meet-and-greet!
Those of you who venture out will have the opportunity to meet the winners of the 2010 GGs, and have your books signed. The winners include novelists, non-fiction writers, poets, playwrights, illustrators and translators from across the country.
The English-language winners will be gathered at Nicholas Hoare Books, 419 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, and the French-language winners will be at the Librairie du Soleil, 33 George Street, Ottawa.
The event takes place from 6-8pm so if you're lucky, you may even have the opportunity to check out both locations!
For a complete event details and more information on the winners, visit the website of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Those of you who venture out will have the opportunity to meet the winners of the 2010 GGs, and have your books signed. The winners include novelists, non-fiction writers, poets, playwrights, illustrators and translators from across the country.
The English-language winners will be gathered at Nicholas Hoare Books, 419 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, and the French-language winners will be at the Librairie du Soleil, 33 George Street, Ottawa.
The event takes place from 6-8pm so if you're lucky, you may even have the opportunity to check out both locations!
For a complete event details and more information on the winners, visit the website of the Canada Council for the Arts.
11/11/2010
11/10/2010
Évènement: les cultural studies comme projet transdisciplinaire
Les PUO vous invite à la conférence de Boulou Ebanda de B'béri, auteur de la récente parution Les Cultural Studies dans les mondes francophones. Boulou Ebanda de B'béri est professeur au département de communications et directeur-fondateur du Laboratoire des médias audiovisuels pour l'étude des cultures et sociétés (LAMACS) de l’Université d’Ottawa.L’évènement s’agit d’une reflection sur les ‘cultural studies’ comme projet transdisciplinaire.
Coordonnées de l'événement:
Jeudi 11 novembre 2010, 16h30 à 18h
Pavillon Desmarais (DMS 3105)
Université d'Ottawa
11/09/2010
Launch: The Doom Loop in the Financial Sector, by William Leiss
Come one, come all, to the launch of William Leiss' latest book:
The Doom Loop in the Financial Sector and Other Black Holes of Risk.
The Doom Loop in the Financial Sector and Other Black Holes of Risk.
11/01/2010
Two-for-One Book Launch Tomorrow!
A launch will be held tomorrow evening for two of our recent titles: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Hungarian and Canadian Perspectives edited by Christopher Adam, Tibor Egervari, Leslie Laczko and Judy Young, as well as Gender and Modernity in Central Europe edited by Agatha Schwartz.
If you're planning on being at the uOttawa campus tomorrow, we encourage you to come out and support the wonderful folks who made these (very attractive) books possible.
If you're planning on being at the uOttawa campus tomorrow, we encourage you to come out and support the wonderful folks who made these (very attractive) books possible.
10/12/2010
Photos from the launch of Sofia Tolstoy's memoirs
Here are some great pictures that were taken Wednesday evening during the launch of My Life, the memoirs of Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya. Thanks to Peter Thornton for providing us with the photographs.
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| Front row, left to right: François Houle,Vice-President Academic and Provost; Andrew Donskov, Editor of My Life; Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, uOttawa student. Back row: Dmitry Avdeev, First Secretary to the Russian Ambassador; Antoni Lewkowicz, Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa; John Woodsworth, Translator of My Life; Michael O’Hearn, Director of the University of Ottawa Press; Roman Shevchenko, Third Secretary to the Russian Ambassador, Arkadi Klioutchanksi, Translator of My Life. |
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| Michael O’Hearn, Director of the University of Ottawa Press |
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| Andrew Donskov, Editor of My Life |
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| Unknown attendee |
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| Unknown guests |
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| Arkadi Klioutchanski, Translator of My Life |
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| Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, student; Arkadi Klioutchanski and John Woodsworth, Translators of My Life |
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| John Woodsworth, Translator of My Life |
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| Antoni Lewkowicz, Dean, Faculty of Arts; Dmitry Avdeev, First Secretary to the Russian Ambassador; crowd |
10/06/2010
Launch Tonight! Sofia Tolstoy’s memoirs out at last.
The UOP office is gearing up for a great day today, despite the inclement weather.
Today we will be celebrating the launch of what was probably the most complicated publication the press has ever undertaken: My Life, the memoirs of Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya. The book was edited by Andrew Donskov and translated from its original Russian by John Woodsworth and Arkadi Klioutchanski.
It’s great to know that all of our hard work has paid off and that we’ve made it through the process unscathed and with amazing results. We’ve put together a book that is physically striking, (and not only because of its size: it weighs 2.6 kilos!) that is on a interesting and truly important topic, is well researched, well written, well translated, and just generally well done.
But don’t take it from me – take a look at what others are saying:
CBC News – Tolstoy’s Wife Gets to Tell her Story
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/10/05/tolstoy-memoir.html
Ottawa Citizen – Inside the World of Tolstoy
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Inside+world+Tolstoy/3629657/story.html
If you are interested in attending tonight’s launch – please feel free to come! It will be held this evening, at 5pm at the University of Ottawa campus.
For complete information on the launch, visit the following link: http://www.press.uottawa.ca/news/launch-of-my-life
Today we will be celebrating the launch of what was probably the most complicated publication the press has ever undertaken: My Life, the memoirs of Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya. The book was edited by Andrew Donskov and translated from its original Russian by John Woodsworth and Arkadi Klioutchanski.
It’s great to know that all of our hard work has paid off and that we’ve made it through the process unscathed and with amazing results. We’ve put together a book that is physically striking, (and not only because of its size: it weighs 2.6 kilos!) that is on a interesting and truly important topic, is well researched, well written, well translated, and just generally well done.
But don’t take it from me – take a look at what others are saying:
CBC News – Tolstoy’s Wife Gets to Tell her Story
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/10/05/tolstoy-memoir.html
Ottawa Citizen – Inside the World of Tolstoy
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Inside+world+Tolstoy/3629657/story.html
If you are interested in attending tonight’s launch – please feel free to come! It will be held this evening, at 5pm at the University of Ottawa campus.
For complete information on the launch, visit the following link: http://www.press.uottawa.ca/news/launch-of-my-life
9/21/2010
UOP’s Having a Party – and you’re invited!
As you know, we’re gearing up for the launch of Sofia Tolstaya’s memoirs, which will be held in T-minus 15 days!
It’s shaping up to be a classy event; held in the Tabaret Hall, with live musicians, some distinguished speakers (including the Russian Ambassador!) great food, and good company.
We invite all those who are interested in learning more about the project to come out and celebrate with us!
You’ll find the invitation below. Please make sure to RSVP!! Here's the link: http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/rsvp/register.php?event=8
It’s shaping up to be a classy event; held in the Tabaret Hall, with live musicians, some distinguished speakers (including the Russian Ambassador!) great food, and good company.
We invite all those who are interested in learning more about the project to come out and celebrate with us!
You’ll find the invitation below. Please make sure to RSVP!! Here's the link: http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/rsvp/register.php?event=8
2/22/2010
Event - Salon du livre de l'Outaouais
The University of Ottawa Press invites you to the 31st Salon du livre de l'Outaouais. Come and see new books by your professors and colleagues at our booth (# 94, Prologue Inc.).
Author signings
Friday, February 26
7 PM to 8 PM: Pierre Hurtubise, author of Tous les chemins mènent à Rome
Saturday, February 27
1 PM to 2 PM: Georges Sioui, author of Histories of Kanatha
2 PM to 3 PM: Louise N. Boucher, contributor to Entre lieux et mémoire
3 PM to 4 PM: Charles Le Blanc, author of Le complexe d'Hermès
4 PM to 5 PM: Réal Fillion, author of La dynamique multiculturelle et les fins de l'histoire
31st Salon du livre de l'Outaouais
February 25 to 28, 2010
Palais des congrès de Gatineau
(200 Promenade du Portage in Gatineau)
Hours
Thursday, February 25 from 9 AM to 9 PM
Friday, February 26 from 9 AM to 9 PM
Saturday, February 27 from 10 AM to 9 PM
Sunday, February 28 from 10 AM to 5 PM
Map for the directions
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Author signings
Friday, February 26
7 PM to 8 PM: Pierre Hurtubise, author of Tous les chemins mènent à Rome
Saturday, February 27
1 PM to 2 PM: Georges Sioui, author of Histories of Kanatha
2 PM to 3 PM: Louise N. Boucher, contributor to Entre lieux et mémoire
3 PM to 4 PM: Charles Le Blanc, author of Le complexe d'Hermès
4 PM to 5 PM: Réal Fillion, author of La dynamique multiculturelle et les fins de l'histoire
31st Salon du livre de l'Outaouais
February 25 to 28, 2010
Palais des congrès de Gatineau
(200 Promenade du Portage in Gatineau)
Hours
Thursday, February 25 from 9 AM to 9 PM
Friday, February 26 from 9 AM to 9 PM
Saturday, February 27 from 10 AM to 9 PM
Sunday, February 28 from 10 AM to 5 PM
Map for the directions
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2/05/2010
Event - book launch of "Le VocabulAIDE"
The Département d’études langagières of the Université du Québec en Outaouais and the University of Ottawa Press invite you to the book launch of Le VocabulAIDE, in the presence of the author Pierre Cardinal and his main collaborator, Marie-Paule Lavoilette-Chartrand.
The launch will take place on Tuesday, February 9, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, at the café-bar Le Tonik (off the lobby, next to the cafeteria) in Alexandre-Taché hall at UQO, 283 Alexandre-Taché Boulevard in Gatineau (parking available on Belleau Street, to the west of the campus).
This event is part of the Semaine du français at UQO, whose theme this year, « La pensée se réalise dans le mot », perfectly suits the spirit of Le VocabulAIDE.
Wine and light refreshments will be served following a brief presentation.
The launch will take place on Tuesday, February 9, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, at the café-bar Le Tonik (off the lobby, next to the cafeteria) in Alexandre-Taché hall at UQO, 283 Alexandre-Taché Boulevard in Gatineau (parking available on Belleau Street, to the west of the campus).
This event is part of the Semaine du français at UQO, whose theme this year, « La pensée se réalise dans le mot », perfectly suits the spirit of Le VocabulAIDE.
Wine and light refreshments will be served following a brief presentation.
For more information, please contact Nancy Béliveau at (819) 595-3900, ext. 4444.
This event will be in French only.
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1/14/2010
Event - It’s Alive! Bertram Brooker and Vitalism
Gregory Betts, editor of The Wrong World: Selected Stories and Essays of Bertram Brooker will be giving a 45 minute talk at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre on Sunday, 31 Jan 2010. The event will start at 2pm with a 45 minute walking tour in the exhibition It’s Alive! Bertram Brooker and Vitalism delivered by guest curator Adam Lauder. The audience will then convene in our atrium for Betts’s talk, after which we will serve refreshments (coffee,tea, cookies).Event Location
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12/07/2009
Event - UOP launches The Bold and the Brave: A History of Women in Science and Engineering
On December 1, the UOP launched The Bold and the Brave: A History of Women in Science and Engineering. During her speech, the author of the book, Dr. Monique Frize, told an anecdote about book launches: "My parents were writers and I used to go to my parents launches, but now, it's my turn." A few years ago, the new author realized that during her well filled career, she has accumulated a lot of knowledge about the place of women in her profession. She decided to share this knowledge by writing this book, but she says, "I have six more, but they still in my head!" More seriously, the author made a connection between her book and the massacre of 13 female engineering students at Montreal's École Polytechnique 20 years ago. This tragedy remains an important reminders of how uncomfortable the place of women in science can be.
In Dr. Frize, inequalities between men and women are not a matter for the history books, they still exist today, especially in the fields of science and engineering. Anybody interested by the study of women in society should definitely pick up this book.
For further information on The Bold and the Brave: A History of Women in Science and Engineering check out the UOP’s website.
9/17/2009
Event - The Forgotten Peace: Mediation at Niagara Falls, 1914 by Michael Small
In the early hours of April 22, 1914, American President Woodrow Wilson sent Marines to seize the port of Veracruz in an attempt to alter the course of the Mexican Revolution. As a result, the United States seemed on the brink of war with Mexico. An international uproar ensued. The governments of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile offered to mediate a peaceful resolution to the crisis. Surprisingly, both the United States and Mexico accepted their offer and all parties agreed to meet at an international peace conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
For Canadians, the conference provided an unexpected spectacle on their doorstep, combining high diplomacy and low intrigue around the gardens and cataracts of Canada’s most famous natural attraction. For the diplomats involved, it proved to be an ephemeral high point in the nascent pan-American movement. After it ended, the conference dropped out of historical memory.
This is the first full account of the Niagara Falls Peace Conference to be published in North America since 1914. The author carefully reconstructs what happened at Niagara Falls, examining its historical significance for Canada’s relationship with the Americas. From this almost forgotten event he draws important lessons on the conduct of international mediation and the perils of middle-power diplomacy.
Michael Small is assistant deputy minister, Human Resources, of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He has served as a diplomat in Malaysia, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Mexico and was Canadian ambassador to Cuba from 2000 to 2003. He is also a fellow of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
For Canadians, the conference provided an unexpected spectacle on their doorstep, combining high diplomacy and low intrigue around the gardens and cataracts of Canada’s most famous natural attraction. For the diplomats involved, it proved to be an ephemeral high point in the nascent pan-American movement. After it ended, the conference dropped out of historical memory.
This is the first full account of the Niagara Falls Peace Conference to be published in North America since 1914. The author carefully reconstructs what happened at Niagara Falls, examining its historical significance for Canada’s relationship with the Americas. From this almost forgotten event he draws important lessons on the conduct of international mediation and the perils of middle-power diplomacy.
Michael Small is assistant deputy minister, Human Resources, of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He has served as a diplomat in Malaysia, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Mexico and was Canadian ambassador to Cuba from 2000 to 2003. He is also a fellow of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
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Type: Informational Meeting
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: LaMarsh Room, Victoria Ave. Library
Street: 4848 Victoria Ave.
Phone : 9053568080
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