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The Arctic Region in an Era of Uncertainty
June 2, 2022 - 12:00pm EDT
Registration: Eventbrite
Presented by CIPS, OPSA and NAADSN
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has impacted the geopolitical landscape and brought upon fundamental shifts in international relations. The Arctic region has been impacted, with Arctic states rethinking their participation in Arctic …
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The Challenge of China: Protecting Human Rights and Democracy in the Global Institutions of the 21st Century
June 2, 2022 - 8:30am EDT
Registration: Microsoft Forms
Thursday, June 2 & Friday, June 3, 2022
The People’s Republic of China (PRC), without a doubt, poses the most pressing human rights challenges since the creation of the United Nations and global institutions that were built …
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Why Do Donors’ Approaches to Aid Effectiveness Differ?
May 25, 2022 - 11:00
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Organised by the Fragile States Research Network and the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS), in partnership with Global Affairs Canada
As signatories of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, Northern donors should reinforce national ownership of development …
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A New National Security Strategy for Canada: A Report by the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Task Force on National Security
May 24, 2022 - 4:00pm EDT
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Presented by CIPS and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
The University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) has formed a Task Force on National Security to evaluate the changing security environment
The AU at 20: Challenges and Opportunities
April 22, 2022 - 2:30pm
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Presented by CIPS, as part of the project Changing Orders: Shaping the Future and Securing Rights in a World in Transformation. The roundtable is organized with the support of the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue and the …
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A Conversation with Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction: Current Situation and the Best Practices for Protecting Future Assistance to Afghanistan
April 7, 2022 - 11:00am EDT
Webinar Featuring Keynote Speaker John Sopko US Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
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Discussant Daryl Copeland, former Diplomat and Professor
Presented by CIPS, the Asian Studies Network (ASN) and the Fragile States Research Network (FSRN)
The Center for International …
Heineken in Africa: Brewing a Better Africa?
April 6, 2022 - 12:30pm EDT
Presented by CIPS and the Fragile States Research Network (FSRN)
Multinational corporations are generally considered motors for development in Africa and the Dutch beer giant Heineken is often cited as one of the best examples. Heineken claims Corporate Social Responsibility
Reclaiming the Legitimacy Discourse: Opening the Space for a Critical Understanding of Legitimacy
March 30, 2022 - 12:00 pm
Presented by CIPS and the Fragile States Research Network (FSRN)
Our understanding of legitimacy, especially state legitimacy, is anchored in the experience of Western democratic countries and the functioning of the Weberian-inspired states. The tools that we use to assess …
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Roadblock Politics: The Origins of Violence in Central Africa
March 23, 2022 - 12:00
Presented by CIPS
Along the muddy roads and forested rivers snaking through Central Africa, rebels and soldiers, traditional authorities and civil servants, erect roadblocks where they deploy the threat of violence to impose their will on passersby. There are, in …
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International Solidarity between Indigenous Peoples: Sovereignty and Self-Determination in the Post-COVID World
March 21, 2022 - 8:30am
Registration: Zoom
The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is pleased to partner with the Centre for International Policy Studies Asian Studies Network (CIPS-ASN), the Canada Research Chair on Legal Diversity and Indigenous Peoples, and the Taiwan Studies Research …
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CIPS-CIPSS/CEPSI Graduate Student Conference
March 18, 2022 - 8:30am
Registration for the conference: Eventbrite
Registration for the Keynote speech: Eventbrite
Presented by CIPS and CIPSS
The Centre for International Policy Studies is excited to announce the continuation of our annual graduate student conference. This year’s theme will be “…
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Keynote Speech: Patricia Fuller | CIPS-CIPSS/CEPSI Graduate Conference
March 18, 2022 - 1:00pm
Registration for the conference: Eventbrite
Registration for the Keynote speech: Eventbrite
Presented by CIPS and CIPSS
The Centre for International Policy Studies is excited to announce the continuation of our annual graduate student conference. This year’s theme will be “Cooperation, …
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Responding to Forced Displacement due to Climate Change and Environmental Degradation: Legal Strategies in Canada and France
March 16, 2022 - 11:30 am
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Presented by The Refugee Hub and The Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability, with financial support from the Changing Orders project (CIPS)
More than ever, countries around the world are confronted with the question of how law …
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Resurgent Resource Nationalism: Comparative Regional Experiences
March 15, 2022 - 4:30pm
Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN)
IPEN Roundtable Series, 2021-22
Political economy in difficult times: revealing blind spots and reimagining theory and practice
Have the last couple of years of turmoil produced major changes in the …
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Contextualizing the Russia Sanctions: Implications for the Global Political Economy
March 10, 2022 - 12:00pm
Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN)
The world has watched in horror as Russia has invaded Ukraine, causing a massive humanitarian crisis. Among the main responses from Western nations has been a major ramping up of …
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Cross-border Solidarities in 21st Century Contexts: Feminist Perspectives and Activist Practices
March 9, 2022 - 11:00am
Presented by CIPS and the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies
Cross-border Solidarities in Twenty-First Century Contexts: Feminist Perspectives and Activist Practices (edited by Janet M. Conway, Pascale Dufour and Dominique Masson)
This collection considers how political solidarities are being …
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Live from Kyiv: The Battle for Ukraine
March 9, 2022 - 1:00 pm
Presented by the Chair on Ukrainian Studies and CIPS
In the past several days, the Russian attack on Ukraine has intensified, with several cities (Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Sumy, Chernihiv and many others) under intense bombardments with the number of civilian …
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The Role of Yemeni Actors and Prospects for Peace in Yemen
March 4, 2022 - 12:00
Presented by CIPS and the Security Studies Network
What is the role of Yemeni actors in peace-making in Yemen? Much international debate and analysis focuses on the role of regional and international powers and of the UN, but the role …
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Russian Invasion of Ukraine
March 4, 2022 - 1:00 pm
Presented by the Chair of Ukrainian Studies and CIPS
For the past week, the whole world has watched in shock the unspeakable military aggression by Russia on Ukraine, causing already hundreds of deaths and half a million refugees. The Chair …
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Born in Blackness: The Central Role of Africans in the Making of the Modern World
February 28, 2022 - 2:30pm
Presented by CIPS as part of Black History Month
Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world place Europe at the centre: the Renaissance, the Age of Discovery, the Industrial Revolution –this is the conventional textbook story of how …
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Libya’s Post-Revolutionary Era and Prospects for 2022
January 27, 2022 - 12:00
Presented by CIPS and the Security Studies Network
In this presentation, Emadeddin Badi, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and Senior Analyst at the Global Initiative (Against Transnational Organized Crime), will discuss developments in Libya since NATO’s intervention in 2011 …
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Russia vs Ukraine and NATO: Assessing the Ukraine Crisis
January 26, 2022 - 12:00pm
Presented by CIPS
‘There is a real risk for new armed conflict in Europe’. These are the chilling words of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Russia has amassed an estimated 100,000 combat-ready troops, tanks, and heavy military equipment near Ukraine’s …
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Afghanistan: Voices from the Ground
January 14, 2022 - 12:00 pm
Presented by the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) and the Fragile States Research Network (FSRN)
The event will give the audience a glimpse into the lives of ordinary Afghans who have been historically ignored, brutalized, and repeatedly abandoned over
IPEN Roundtable Series, 2021-22: Why We Need Feminist Political Economy Now More Than Ever
December 9, 2021 - 11:30
Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN)
IPEN Roundtable Series, 2021-22
Political economy in difficult times: revealing blind spots and reimagining theory and practice
Have the last couple of years of turmoil produced major changes in the …
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Denouncing Sexual Violence in the DRC: A Conversation with Sandra Safi Bashengezi
December 3, 2021 - 12:00
Presented by the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS)
The Centre for International Policy Studies is very pleased to welcome Sandra Safi Bashengezi, a Congolese journalist, trainer and filmmaker, who will join us for a discussion on journalism and …
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Discussing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Instrumentalist or Rights-Based Approaches?
November 23, 2021 - 2:00
Presented by the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS)
A panel discussion on findings and implications from the first systematic review of instrumentalist claims of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.
Read the entire systematic review here.
Learn more:…
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Potentia Journal of International Affairs – 12th Issue Launch and Information Session
November 18, 2021 - 1:00
Potentia, the interdisciplinary student journal of CIPS invites you to celebrate the publication of its twelfth issue! The Centre for International Policy Studies’ (CIPS) “Potentia”: Journal of International and Public Affairs is a scholarly journal …
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Haiti: How to Get out of the Crisis?
November 12, 2021 - 12:00
Presented by CIPS and the Fragile States Research Network, in partnership with the Canadian International Council National Capital Branch’s Latin America and Caribbean Study Group
Since the assassination of President Moise in July 2021, de facto Prime Minister Ariel Henry …
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“International Intervention and the Problem of Legitimacy” | Book Launch with Andrew Gilbert
November 9, 2021 - 1:00
Presented by CIPS and the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies
You are invited to a book launch for Andrew Gilbert‘s International Intervention and the Problem of Legitimacy. The event will include a discussion of the book with the …
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IPEN Roundtable Series, 2021-22: Is Neoliberalism Dead at Last?
November 8, 2021 - 1:30
Presented by CIPS and the International Political Economy Network (IPEN)
IPEN Roundtable Series, 2021-22
Political economy in difficult times: revealing blind spots and reimagining theory and practice
Have the last couple of years of turmoil produced major changes in the …
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Security and Intelligence Studies Symposium
November 3, 2021 - 11:00
Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies
Symposium November 3, 4, 5, 2021
Online in partnership with the Centre for International Policy Studies (University of Ottawa)
Registration: November 3
Registration: November 4
Registration: November 5
November 3 – The …
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The Inaugural Global Ideas Lecture: Academic Freedom, Free Speech and Thinking for Yourself
November 1, 2021 - 1:00pm
Presented by CIPS & The University Research Chair on Global Political Thought
Registration: Eventbrite
Academic freedom is threatened from without—by authoritarian regimes in China, Turkey, Russia, Hungary, the list goes on—but it is also threatened from within. What does it
Workshop for Graduate Students! From Term Paper to Article: Strategies for Your First Academic Article
October 21, 2021 - 3:00
Presented by CIPS
Registration: Eventbrite
Please note that this is a workshop for graduate students.
“Publish or Perish” is a foreboding phrase for many graduate students, and the path to a first academic publication can seem daunting. While advice books …
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A New Era? German Foreign Policy after Merkel
October 7, 2021 - 12:00pm
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Presented by CIPS and the European Council on Foreign Relations
On September 26, Germany will elect a new parliament. With it a new coalition government will come to power and Angela Merkel will depart the political stage after …
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Afghanistan 360 Degrees… So What Now?
September 23, 2021 - 11:00am
Presented by CIPS and the Fragile States Research Network
Registration: Eventbrite
Afghanistan is headline news again. Twenty years after 9/11, we are witnessing the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan. How and why did this 360 degrees turn …
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Displacement in Afghanistan: How Should the International Community Respond?
September 14, 2021 - 9:00am
Registration: Zoom
Presented by the World Refugee and Migration Council, the US Institute of Peace and CIPS
With the sudden return to power of the Taliban following the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, large numbers of people are fleeing …
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A World in Flux: Foreign Policy Options for the Next Canadian Government
September 13, 2021 - 11:00 am
Registration: Eventbrite
Presented by CIPS:
The 2021 Federal Election takes place in an international climate of continued turmoil and uncertainty. Foreign policy is rarely a vote winner, but the COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder that in a globalized world …
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