Date: April 17, 2025 / Time: 12:30 – 2:30 PM | REGISTRATION: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PGtlqrxBQZW_1a998E45iw.
Over the last half century, the G7 has served as an agenda-setting forum for leaders from the most prosperous countries of the Global North. The G20 came into being in 1999 to draw together leaders from the Global North and Global South to deal with the most pressing issues. In 2025, Canada chairs the G7 and South Africa chairs the G20. What can we expect from leaders about Africa? What should they consider for Africa?
Panelists
Valerie Percival is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) at Carleton University. She served on The Lancet Commission on Peaceful Societies through Health and Gender Equality, was a fellow with the Wilson Center, and has worked for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, the International Crisis Group, and UNCHR.
John Kirton is director and founder of the Global Governance Program, which includes the G7 Research Group, the G20 Research Group, the BRICS Research Group and the Global Health Diplomacy Program, based at the University of Toronto, where he is a professor emeritus of political science, having taught global summit governance and diplomacy and Canadian foreign policy.
Chris W. J. Roberts is president of AfriCan Access Consulting, an instructor in political science at the University of Calgary, and a Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. He was a founding director of the Canadian Council on Africa in 2002 and has been involved in Canada-Africa business development and policy issues for three decades.
