CANADIAN DIPLOMACY IN A TURBULENT INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM

Closed Seminar : 9h-12h

Exchanges between young researchers and practitioners from the world of diplomacy and defence.

• • Morning seminar venue : 3744 rue Jean-Brillant, Montréal – Local 6420 (6th floor)
  • Seminar registration (free and mandatory)

Click Here to Register for the Closed Seminar

9h-10h15 – Seminar 1 : Rethinking Youth and Multilateralism: State of the Field and Methodological Tools

10h15-10h45 : Coffee Break

10h45-12h – Seminar 2:  Strategic Competition Revisited: the State of Research and Methodological Reflections

12h: Lunch Break

Colloquium : Canadian Diplomacy in a Turbulent International System – 13h-18h

No Registration Required

13h00: Opening Remarks

• • Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé, Co-Director, Network for Strategic Analysis and Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, Bishop’s University

13h10 : Introduction

13h30-14h50 – Panel 1: The Imprint of Canadian Values in Global Diplomacy

Moderator: Frédéric Mérand, Professeur et directeur du département de  science politique à l’Université de Montréal

• • Henri-Paul Normandin, Fellow at Institut d’Études Internationales de Montréal
  • Renée Larivière, Senior Director of Programmes at Interpeace
  • Cat Evans, Director of European and African Affairs at Independent Diplomat

14h50-15h00: Coffee Break

15h00-16h20 – Panel 2 : Respect For International Law and Responsibility to Protect in the Face of Contemporary Conflicts

Moderator: Nicolas Klingelschmitt, Chercheur émergent – Réseau d’Analyse Stratégique

• • Jennifer Welsh, professeure en relations internationales à McGill, directrice de la Maxswell Bell school of public policy
  • Marie-Joëlle Zahar, professeure en science politique, et directrice du Réseau de recherche sur les Opérations de Paix (ROP) – Université de Montréal
    
  • Graeme Simpson, Principal Representative & Senior Peacebuilding Advisor, Interpeace USA; Adjunct Lecturer in Law, Columbia University School of Law

16h20-16h30: Coffee Break

16h30-17h50 – Panel 3 : Emerging Practices and New International Priorities: (Dis)information, the Importance of Youth, Competition, and Diplomatic Sabotage 

Moderator: Andrew Abou Mourad, Cofondateur de United Nations Youth of Canada

• • Lieutenant-Colonel Carl Chevalier, Commandant du Centre de formation pour le soutien de la paix (PSTC)
  • Michael Eaton, Executive Director of the National Model United Nations
  • Daniel Jean, professionnel en résidence à l’École d’affaires publiques et internationales de l’Université d’Ottawa, membre émérite de l’École de la fonction publique du Canada, membre associé de l’Observatoire des conflits multidimensionnels de la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand à l’UQAM et membre du Conseil stratégique du Réseau d’Analyse Stratégique
  • Natascha Hryckow, Associate Fellow within the Global Fellowship Initiative of the GCSP and Former Coordinator, United Nations Panel of Experts on Somalia
  • Ali Altiok, Former Youth, Peace and Security Project Officer at Interpeace

Event Organizers

Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brulé, Professor, Bishop’s University  

Nicolas Klingelschmitt, PhD candidate – Université du Québec à Montréal  

Andrew Abou Mourad, Cofounder United Nations Youth of Canada (UNYC)