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The G78 web site brings you analysis, comment, and information on Canada in international affairs and the impact of international affairs on Canada

Become a G78 Member - 2012 Membership Campaign

New Report

2011 Annual Policy Conference Report released
The Growing Struggle between Democracy and Global Economic Liberalization

Coming Events

Luncheon Speaker Series presents

A New Colonialism for Africa?

Hunger, Aid Dependency and Selling Off of Land & Resources

with Obang Metho

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 12 Noon

Palais Imperial Restaurant, 311- 313 Dalhousie St., Ottawa

COST: $30 for luncheon and presentation, $5 for presentation only
(For presentation only, please plan to arrive by 12:45. Coffee and tea will be available.)

RESERVATIONS: group78@web.net or 613-230-0860 by Friday, February 24, 2012. We regret that late registrations cannot be accepted.

New Feature

Read book reviews by our members on the Group of 78 bookshelf.

Special Speaker Series

• November 28 - Jim Stanford - Taking Back Credit: Why Democratizing Control over Money is Essential to Global Well-Being
  Program (PDF).
  Presentation (PDF)

Group of 78 Luncheon Speaker Series

• January 31 , 2012: Robert Fowler - Sleeping with Al-Qaeda
  Program (PDF).
  
  
• December 6, 2011: Dr. Monia Mazigh - What is really happening in the Middle-East: An uprising, a revolution or a change of guard?
  Speaking Notes (PDF)
  Program (PDF).
  
  
• 26 October 2011: Susanne Tamás - Canada's Office of Religious Freedom: What Lies Ahead?
  Program (PDF).
  Submission by the Bahá'í Community of Canada to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade regarding the Office of Religious Freedom, October 19, 2011
  
  
• 21 June 2011: Earl Turcotte - International Disarmament: Is Canada's Reputation About to Suffer?
  Program (PDF).
  Statement on Cluster Munitions (PDF).
  Cluster Munitions Q & A (PDF).
  Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Reform Proposal (PDF)
  
  
• 31 May 2011 - Barbara Shenstone - The Plight of the Palestinians: A View from the Field
  Program (PDF).
  
  
• 26 April 2011 - Errol Mendes - Peace and Justice at the International Criminal Court: A Court of Last Resort
  Program (PDF). His book Peace and Justice at the International Criminal Court is available at www.e-elgar.com.
  
  
• 22 March 2011 - Delivering Assistance Amidst Conflict: Long-time Experience in Afghanistan and Pakistan with Kevin McCort, President & CEO of Care Canada
  Program (PDF). Speaking Notes (PDF).
  
  
• 16 February 2011 - Dr. Robert Zuber on the United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect: The Current State of Play and Options for Expanding the R2P “Toolkit”
  Program (PDF). Speaking Notes (PDF).
  
  
• 25 January 2011 - Dr. Nicole Schwartz-Morgan - Loose Cannons in Cyberspace.
  Program (PDF).
  
  
• 24 November 2010 - Alex Neve - Observing the Trial of Omar Khadr at Guantanamo.
  Program (PDF). Speaking Notes (PDF).


• 26 October 2010 Ian Smillie - Blood on the Stone: Greed, Corruption and the War in the Global Diamond Trade (book available on Amazon).
  Program (PDF).
• 22 June 2010 Bernard Wood - Aid Effectiveness: What's in a Name?
  - The key Paris and Accra documents (external link)
  - List of documents around the Paris Declaration Evaluation (external link)



• 26 May 2009 - Diana Ralph - The Canadian Jewish Movement for Justice for Palestinians

• 24 March 2009 - Newton Bowles - The UN Convention for Women: Is it working?

• 25 March 2008 - Newton Bowles - Human Wrecks or Human Rights


• 29 January 2008 - John Foster - Afghanistan and the New Great Energy Game. See his updated article June 19, 2008 "A Pipeline Through A Troubled Land: Afghanistan, Canada, and the New Great Energy Game"

Past Conferences:

• 2011: The Growing Struggle between Democracy and Global Economic Liberalization
• 2010: Security and Human Rights in Canadian Foreign Policy
• 2009: Peace, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law: Canada's Role in the Middle East
  
• 2008: All Politics Are Global: Canadian Foreign Policy in an Inter-connected World
  
• 2007: Global Stewardship: A Vision for Canada in the World
  
• 2006: African Stability: A Role for Canada?
  
• 2005: Internationalism Revitalized, or "Pax Americana": W[h]ither Canada?
• 2004: Sovereignty and the Interdependence of Nations: Implications for Canada
• 2003: Canada and the Developing World: Meeting our Responsibilities
• 2002: Hot-Button issues in Canadian Foreign Policy since Sept. 11
• 2001: Change and Challenge to Canadian Foreign Policy, 1981-2001
• 2000: Canada's Commitment to World Peace
• 1999: Globalization and its Discontent

Statements

March 25, 2011 - The Group of 78 has endorsed the Voices-Voix declaration on democracy, free speech and transparency in Canada.

Group of 78 Vision Statement: Global Stewardship: Awakening Canada's Commitment to the World

Afghanistan: In Search of Peace. December 1, 2007
Group of 78 submission to the Independent Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan