Hello everyone,
We urge you to check out the "UN: REFORM OR FADE?" Panel Discussion
this coming Wednesday, it should prove to be very enlightening given
the host of exciting speakers in attendance.

1. UN: Reform or Fade?
2. NATO: Challenges of Relevance
3. Environment and Social Justice Week Events
4. European Studies Career Discussion Roundtable
5. Religion and Human Rights Undergraduate Symposium
6. Near and Middle Eastern Civilization Event
7. Munk Centre Events

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1. UN: REFORM OR FADE?

A UN panel released in December a report on reform that will be
debated this year at the UN. Come and find out about it, ask
questions, and see what the experts predict might happen at the UN
this year in terms of REFORM.

A DISCUSSION FORUM, WITH PANELISTS:

+David S. Wright, former Canadian Ambassador and
permanent representative to NATO
+Barbara Falk, Professor of International Governance
+Lawrence Thacker, Professor of International Law
+Marcus Gee, editorialist and editorial page editor of the Globe and
Mail

+Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility
Munk Centre for International Studies
+Wednesday, March 9th, 2005, 7pm

Free entrance and light refreshments

Presented by: The UofT We the People Society and the World
Federalists Toronto
Sponsored by: SAC and the International Relations Society

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2. Thursday, March 17th, 12:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.

"NATO: Challenges of Relevance."

Speaker:. Charles Court, Deputy Permanent Representative, Canadian
Joint Delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels.

Sponsored by the Centre for International Studies, Co-Sponsored by
the International Relations Programme and the International
Relations Society

Light lunch to be provided
Registration required: Marilyn Laville at irpro@...
208N - North House MCIS
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3. ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WEEK MARCH 7-11
+MONDAY, March 7th, 7pm
Bahen Centre rm. 1190
PANEL DEBATE with Marilyn Churley, Provincial M.P.P., on a greenbelt
for Ontario

+TUESDAY, March 8th, 6pm
Sanford Fleming rm. 1105
KEYNOTE SPEAKER KEN WIWA acclaimed author, newspaper columnist, and
activist on 'Environment and Globalization'

+WEDNESDAY, March 9th, 11am-2pm
+Harthouse Great Hall STUDENT GROUPS FAIR and $5 Lunch
+4pm Earth Sciences rm 2093 SEMINAR with Beth Savan "Students
driving sustainability"
+7pm OISE Auditorium FILM NIGHT Featuring a Documentary and
Discussion

+THURSDAY, March 10th, 1-4pm
International Students Centre WORKSHOPS: Hemp Beading
(BYOB (where the second "B" is for Beads)Equity Gardening
+6pm International Students Centre FREE ORGANIC DINNER
+7pm International Students Centre SPEAKER: John Bell
"Is it too late? Can we stop capitalism from destroying the planet?"

+FRIDAY, March 11th, Location The James Joyce Pub, PUB NIGHT
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4. Career Roundtable Discussion...
Sponsored by the European Studies Program.

This annual event features informal presentations by individuals
working in a variety of international fields, followed by an
extensive question-and-answer session.

Wednesday March 9, 2005
12:00 noon to 2:00 pm
Room 108N
Munk Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place

Light lunch provided
Registration is necessary due to limited seating:
e.klein@...
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5. Religion and Human Rights Undergraduate Symposium
A cross-cultural, inter-disciplinary and contemporary dialogue.

Tuesday March 15th 2005
2-4 pm

Department and Centre for the Study of Religion
University of Toronto
123 St George Street
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5. Near and Middle Eastern Civilization Event...

Tuesday from 10-5 will be an exhibition of media in Middle Eastern
languages (4 Bancroft Ave. Near and Middle Eastern department room-
200B) with a forum from 4-6 (same place room 323) and also the
feminist and women's press of the Middle East (same place room 200B)
from 10-5.

This exhibition is a means of showing how the Western media portrays
Middle Eastern media in Canada. It will examine the new 'ethnic
media' in Canada. Participants are from the Middle Eastern media in
Toronto with a number of different newspapers attending.

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6. Munk Centre Events...

1. Monday, March 07, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Welcome to the Nation, Go Get Slaughtered, and We Promise You a Long
and Pleasant Life: Koreans as Japanese and Japanese as Americans in
WWII
Speaker: Tak Fujitani (University of California, San Diego)
Liberation under Siege: U.S. Military Occupation and Japanese
Women's Enfranchisement
Speaker: Lisa Yoneyama (University of California, San Diego)
Sponsored by Asian Institute
Co-Sponsored by Department of East Asian Studies
Registration: ai.events@... or 416 946 8996
208N - North House, MCIS

2. Tuesday, March 08, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
What Happens to NORAD Now?
Speakers: James Fergusson (Director, Centre for Defence and Security
Studies, University of Manitoba), Dwight N. Mason (Former Chair,
U.S. Section, Permanent Joint Board on Defense, Canada-US), Lt.-Gen.
(Ret.) George Macdonald, (Former Vice Chief of the Defence Staff and
former Deputy Commander-in-Chief, NORAD), Col. Douglas Murray
(Chair, Social Sciences Division, United States Air Force Academy),
David Rudd (President, Canadian Institute for Strategic Studies),
Victoria Samson (Research Analyst, Centre for Defense Information)
Sponsored by Centre for the Study of the United States, Woodrow
Wilson International Centre for Scholars, Canada
Co-Sponsored by Canada Institute on North American Issues,
Dalhouisie University, The Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
Registration: registration.munk@...
More Information: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/canada
The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, MCIS

3. Wednesday, March 09, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CPHS Lupina Seminar Series
Food Cravings and Eating Behaviour
Speaker: Jennifer Coelho (Lupina/OGS Fellow)
Sponsored by Comparative Program on Health and Society
Registration: cphs.munk@...
208N - North House, MCIS

4. Wednesday, March 09, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Roundtable on Careers
Sponsored by European Studies Programme
Registration: e.klein@...
108N - North House, MCIS

5. Friday, March 11, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
The Future of Canadian Foreign Policy
Speaker: Daryl Copeland (Foreign Affairs Canada)
Sponsored by International Relations Programme
Co-Sponsored by Centre for International Studies
Registration: communications@...
208N - North House, MCIS

6. Friday, March 11, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CIS Development Seminar
Deconstructing Disciplinary Discourses of Development III
Speakers: Gustavo Indart (Economics, U of T), Al Berry (Economics, U
of T), Karen Mundy (Education, U of T), David Colburn (Public
Health, U of T)
Chair: Gavin Smith (Anthropology, U of T)
Sponsored by Centre for International Studies
Co-Sponsored by Centre for Comparative, International and
Development Education at OISE/UT, Department of Anthropology,
Department of Geography, Department of Political Science, Department
of Sociology
Registration: Tina Lagopoulos at cis.general@...
208N - North House, MCIS

7. Friday, March 11, 12:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Workshop: Managing Health Care in Russia: Crises in the Making?
Blood from a Stone: Problems of Privatization in Russian Provincial
Health Care
Speaker: Matthew Crosston (Political Science, Clemson University)
Patients vs. Doctors: Russian Healthcare in the Courtrooms
Speaker: Alexei Trochev (Political Science, U of T)
Discussant: Joseph Wong (Political Science, U of T)
Sponsored by Centre for Russian and East European Studies
Registration: Light lunch provided. Registration required:
janet.hyer@...
108N - North House, MCIS

8. Friday, March 11, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Public lecture by the Latvian poet Juris Kronbergs
Sponsored by Chair of Estonian Studies
Co-Sponsored by Centre for Russian and East European Studies
208N - North House, MCIS

9. Friday, March 11, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Writing of the Borderlands
Speakers: Juri Talvet (Comparative Literature, University of Tartu),
Juris Kronbergs (Latvian poet), Antanas Sileika (Lithuanian/Canadian
author)
Chair: Karl Jirgens (English, University of Windsor)
Sponsored by Chair of Estonian Studies
Co-Sponsored by Centre for Russian and East European Studies
208N - North House, MCIS

10. Monday, March 14, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Theory and Practice of Ukrainian Literary Groups in the 1920-
1930s
Speaker: Rostyslav Melnykiv (Skovoroda Kharkiv Pedagogical State
University, Ukraine; Kolasky Fellow; Jacyk Visiting Scholar)
Sponsored by Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Co-Sponsored by Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine
Registration: Alesia Kachur at jacyk.program@... or 416-946-
8113
108N - North House, MCIS

11. Tuesday, March 15, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Waste-Econ Seminar Series
Public Participation in Vietnam: Waste and Environmental Impact
Assessments
Speaker: Chuck Hostovsky (Lecturer/Research Associate, Department of
Geography, U of T)
Sponsored by Asian Institute
Co-Sponsored by The Waste-Econ Program (Department of Geography and
Institute for Environmental Studies)
Registration: curtispuncher@... or 416-978-3373
108N - North House, MCIS

12. Wednesday, March 16, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
IES Seminar Series
Franz Kernic, "Terror-Phobia?! - Public Perceptions and the EU's
Response to Terrorism"
Speaker: Franz Kernic (Visiting Professor, Carleton University,
Centre for European Studies)
Sponsored by Institute of European Studies
Registration: mark.laszlo.herbert@...
208N - North House, MCIS

13. Thursday, March 17, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
NATO: Challenges of Relevance
Speaker: Charles Court (Deputy Permanent Representative, Canadian
Joint Delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels)
Sponsored by Centre for International Studies
Co-Sponsored by International Relations Programme, IR Society
Light lunch to be provided. Registration required: Marilyn Laville
at irpro@...
208N - North House, MCIS

14. Thursday, March 17, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Apologies Workshop
Is This an Age of Apology?
Speaker: Elazar Barkan (Claremont Graduate University)
Sponsored by Munk Centre for International Studies
Co-Sponsored by Centre for International Studies
Registration: michael.marrus@...
208N - North House, MCIS

15. Thursday, March 17, 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, MCIS and 156S -
South House, MCIS
and
Friday, March 18, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM and Saturday, March 19, 8:00
AM - 6:00 PM
The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, MCIS
Transatlantic Security Roundtable Series
Dual Citizenship: Democracy, Rights, and Identity in a Globalizing
World
Sponsored by Institute of European Studies
Registration: mark.laszlo.herbert@...

16. Friday, March 18, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
The Jerusalem Question: Current Challenges and Frameworks for Peace
Chair: Michael Bell
Speakers: Yaacov Bar Simon (on the "Prospects and Challenges"),
Yitzhak Reiter (on "The Fence/Barrier Issue"), Ora Ahimeir (on "The
Role of NGOs and Think-tanks")
Sponsored by Jerusalem Project, Munk Centre for International
Studies
Registration: registration.munk@...
108N - North House, MCIS

17. Friday, March 18, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Southeast Asia Speakers Series
Subject Siam: Gender, Justice, and Colonial Modernity
Speaker: Tamara Loos (Cornell University)
Sponsored by Asian Institute
Co-Sponsored by Department of History
Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Room 2098

18. Friday, March 18, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
F. Ross Johnson/Connaught Distinguished Speaker Series
French-American Wars: Vietnam, Algeria, Iraq
Irwin Wall (Professor Emeritus, University of California Riverside)
Sponsored by Centre for the Study of the United States
Co-Sponsored by the Toronto French Studies Group
Registration: Not Required
208N - North House, MCIS

19. Friday, March 18, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
B.N. Pandey Memorial Lecture 2004/2005
What Was Subaltern Studies?
Speaker: Dipesh Chakrabarty (Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished
Service Professor of South Asian History, University of Chicago)
Sponsored by Centre for South Asian Studies
Seeley Hall, Trinity College, University of Toronto, 6 Hoskin Avenue

20. Saturday, March 19, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Sri Roop Lal Jain Lecture 2004/2005
Candanbala's Tears: Recovering the Emotional Life of Jainism
Speaker: Whitney Kelting (Northeastern University)
Sponsored by Centre for South Asian Studies
Cartwright Hall, St. Hilda's College, 44 Devonshire Place