TIME: 5:30 pm (please note the new time and please arrive on time; allowing sufficient time to adapt to ongoing construction work on Main street)
LOCATION: Room 103 at St. Paul University, 223 Main Street, Ottawa
AGENDA:
1) Opening remarks … ASG Chair Louise Ouimet
2) Students’ views of Ghana’s economic and democratic development
A discussion with three students from Carleton University – NPSIA who spent a few weeks in Ghana last Spring to study Ghana in situ: Katie Rychliski and Kenneth Boddy, both undergraduate students, and Prince Owusu : Ph.D. student, from Ghana. They will be accompanied by their teacher Chris Brown who is an Associate Professor of Political Science in the field of comparative politics, with a specialization in the politics of Africa. He has worked in Botswana and in Ghana as a development planner and as a local government policy advisor. He is working on a book on the institutionalization of liberal democracy in Botswana, which is funded by a research grant from the SSHRC. He is currently the Program Director for Carleton University’s Bachelor of Global and International Studies.
3) Upcoming events:
Upcoming event of interest to our members: CIC-NCB is participating to the Ottawa Peace Festival, which will take place between September 21 and October 2: a total of 25 events. CIC-NCB event is scheduled on Wednesday, September 30 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at St. Paul University in the Alumni Amphitheatre on Peace & Security Issues: Canada’s Role. Three regions will be covered: Middle East, Africa and Latin America & the Carribean. More details to follow. You may consult the festival website:www.ottawapeacefestival.blogspot.com
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