Event Date: November 27, 2015 – 11:30
Location: Social Sciences Building, 120 University Pvt., room 8003 (8th floor)
Presented by the CIPS, the Fragile State Research Network and the Africa Study Group of the Canadian International Council/National Capital Branch.
Free. In English. Registration is not required. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.
Barely two years after winning its independence from Sudan, South Sudan was plunged into a new war that is estimated to have killed over 50,000 persons, displaced millions, destroyed vital infrastructure and deeply damaged the social fabric. In August 2015, a Compromise Peace Accord was signed, enabling parties to end the war and establish a government of national unity. What is the status of CPA (II) implementation? What are South Sudan’s ongoing humanitarian needs, as well as its plans for peacebuilding and statebuilding over the longer term? What are international actors, notably Canada and the European Union, doing in South Sudan. What are international actors’ options for the next phase?
This panel will take stock of South Sudanese conflict dynamics, and explore future prospects for peace and development in the country.
Panelists:
Hüstin Läkü: Founder of Canadian Friends of Sudan and a graduate of the uOttawa Development and Global Studies program
Arnold Kammel: Director, Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy
Louise Ouimet: Chair, Canadian International Council Africa Study Group and retired Canadian ambassador.
“The South Sudan Crisis: Human Rights and the Challenges of Governance” with Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada & Hüstin Läkü, Center for Peace and Development (University of Juba) and Seed for Democracy for South Sudan
Moderator and Discussant: Professor David Carment, NPSIA (cross-appointed to African Studies, Carleton University)
Presented by the CIPS Fragile States Research Network
The ongoing civil war and the growing famine make it difficult to envisage the road to peace in South Sudan today. What is the status of the international humanitarian response? What are the prospects for dialogue and for revitalising peace talks in the country? What is Canada doing in that difficult context and what could ordinary Canadians, including the Diaspora, contribute?
Alan Hamson has been Canada’s ambassador to South Sudan since 2016. Prior to that posting, he served in China, in Afghanistan, in Colombia and at the Canadian Permanent Mission to the UN in New York. Mr. Hamson has an LLM in Human Rights Law from the University of London and is a graduate of the National Security Programme at Canadian Forces College.
The event will be chaired by uO professor Stephen Baranyi.
In English, free, limited seats.
The Africa Study Group is happy to announce that, in co-operation with the Centre for International Policy Studies of the University of Ottawa and with Open AIR, of UofO’s Faculty of Law, its next presentation will be by Paul Lamontagne, CEO of FinDevCanada. Mr Lamontage will explain the mandate and strategy of FinDev Canada, which opened for business in January 2018, as well as his aspirations for the organization.
Paul Lamontage was previously Executive Investment Partner at Capafrica, a Canadian private equity group investing in renewable energy, infrastructure and telecommunications in Africa. Before that, he was Head, Africa & Middle East, Global Banks at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). He was the founding CEO of Enablis Financial Corporation, where he pioneered a new model for impact investing in early-stage small and medium-sized enterprises in South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania. Paul Lamontagne has a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University and an MBA from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris.
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Le Groupe de Réflexion sur l’Afrique est heureux d’annoncer qu’en collaboration avec le Centre des Études sur la Politique internationale (CEPI) de l’Université d’Ottawa, ainsi qu’avec Open AIR, de la Faculté de droit de l’Ud’O, que M. Paul Lamontagne, Directeur général, FinDevCanada viendra nous expliquer le mandat et la stratégie de FinDEv Canada, qui a été lancée en janvier 2018. M. Lamontagne présentera également ses aspirations pour l’organisation.
Paul Lamontagne était auparavant associé directeur général de l’investissement chez Capafrica, un groupe canadien de capital-investissement actif dans les secteurs des énergies renouvelables, de l’infrastructure et des télécommunications sur le continent africain. Avant de se joindre à Capafrica, il a occupé le poste de responsable, Afrique et Moyen-Orient, Banques mondiales, à la Banque canadienne impériale de commerce (CIBC). Paul Lamontagne a été le chef de direction fondateur d’Enablis Financial, où il a fait œuvre de pionnier en proposant un nouveau modèle d’investissements à retombées pour le développement visant de jeunes PME africaines. M. Lamontagne est titulaire d’un baccalauréat ès arts de l’Université McGill et d’un MBA de l’Institut d’études politiques de Paris.
