Continued Education Initiatives and Dissemination of the Report in North America
Encouraged by the successes achieved in 2009, the W2I team will use the very limited funds remaining from Phase I to continue disseminating the report’s findings and recommendations across North America, by writing more op-eds, articles and opinion pieces for the media. The following events are planned or have already taken place in 2010:
January 26 and 27, 2010
Calgary, University of Calgary’s Centre for Military and Strategic Studies
Dr. Chalk presented the W2I Project in two lectures at the University of Calgary for students in the faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences.
January 26, 2010
Cattlemen’s Club, Calgary
Dr. Chalk participated in a civic dialogue on W2I with members of the business, philanthropic and academic communities.
February 3, 2010
Edmonton, University of Alberta
W2I Lead Researcher Kyle Matthews presented the W2I Project at the University of Alberta
February 3, 2010
Edmonton
Kyle Matthews met with municipal and provincial government officials to plant the seeds for future resolutions supporting W2I
February 4, 2010
Edmonton, Grant MacEwan University
Kyle Matthews presented the W2I Project at Grant MacEwan University’s Global Awareness Week
February 9, 2010
Montreal, McGill University
"Médecins Sans Frontières and The Will to Intervene: A Dialogue on Dilemmas and Possible Solutions" – Dr. Chalk and Kyle Matthews took part in a dialogue with Rony Brauman (president of MSF from 1982 to 1994 and current research director at the "Centre de réflexion sur l'action et les savoirs humanitaires"
February 10, 2010
Ottawa, Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
Kyle Matthews took part in a discussion of “Mass Atrocity Prevention Planning” with Michael C. Pryce, Founder and President of COA Consultants and COA Non-Profit, and Paul Dewar, M.P., Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and Other Crimes Against Humanity
February 11, 2010
Montreal, Concordia University
MIGS sponsored a workshop featuring Mike Pryce of COA Consultants and COA Non-Profit (COA NonProfit), who discussed the genocide intervention planning tools developed by the MARO Project at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
February 17, 2010
Montreal, Université de Montreal
Kyle Matthews introduced W2I at the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies, a research centre sponsored by the Université de Montreal and McGill University.
April 14, 2010
Washington D.C., U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), Committee on Conscience
Dr. Chalk, Gen. Dallaire and Kyle Matthews will present the W2I report’s findings at the USHMM
April 14, 2010
Washington D.C., U.S. Institute of Peace,
MIGS and W2I closed-door discussion that will bring together senior members of the Cohen/Albright Genocide Prevention Task Force, the United States Institute of Peace, and representatives from the Obama Administration and Congress to discuss the recommendations of Mobilizing the Will to Intervene and the Cohen/Albright report
June, 2010 (date tba)
Toronto
With the assistance of Ben Peterson (Founder and Executive Director of Journalists for Human Rights) a civic dialogue on the W2I report’s findings for a small number of Toronto’s leading journalists, public intellectuals, municipal and provincial officials
Spring, 2010 (date tba)
New York City
John Parisella (the new Quebec Delegate General in NYC) is coordinating with MIGS to organize a W2I event in NYC. Event will take place at the International Peace Institute.
Vancouver launch of the Will to Intervene (W2I) Project Report
Mobilizing the Will to Intervene:
Leadership and Action to Prevent Mass Atrocities
Dialogue on Mobilizing the Will to Intervene
Friday, November 27, 2009
10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Room 420, Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
AGENDA
9:30am: Refreshments served
10:00am: Welcome by Dr. Jennifer Allen Simons, President of The Simons Foundation
Welcome and introduction of Prof. Frank Chalk, Co-chair of the W2I Project, and Ms.
Shauna Sylvester, Dialogue Moderator, by Dr. Mark Winston, Chair and Academic
Director, Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University
Introduction of Dialogue participants
Brief on the Will to Intervene (W2I) Project and related issues by Prof. Frank Chalk,
Co-Director of the W2I Project and Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and
Human Rights Studies at Concordia University
Discussion moderated by Ms. Shauna Sylvester, Director of Canada’s World
Closing remarks by Dr. Jennifer Allen Simons, President of The Simons Foundation
12:00: noon Conclusion
The Will to Intervene (W2I) Project is a research initiative created by LGen. The Hon. Roméo Dallaire (Ret’d),
Senator, and Prof. Frank Chalk, Director of MIGS, to identify strategic and practical steps to raise the capacity of
government officials, legislators, civil servants, non-governmental organizations, advocacy groups, journalists, and the
media to build the Will to Intervene to Prevent Mass Atrocities.
The W2I Dialogue is convened by The Simons Foundation, the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights
Studies (MIGS) at Concordia University, SFU’s Centre for Dialogue, and Canada’s World.
THE MUNK CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
AND THE TRUDEAU CENTRE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES
THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
PRESENT A
PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF
THE REPORT OF THE
MONTREAL INSTITUTE FOR GENOCIDE AND HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES,
"MOBILIZING THE WILL TO INTERVENE: LEADERSHIP AND ACTION TO PREVENT MASS ATROCITIES"
TUESDAY/13 OCTOBER 2009
10:00 AM - 12:00
VIVIAN AND DAVID CAMPBELL CONFERENCE FACILITY
FEATURING
SPEAKERS FRANK CHALK AND KYLE MATTHEWS, MIGS/CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY,
AND JANICE STEIN, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
WITH DISCUSSANTS CRISTINA BADESCU AND TAYLOR OWEN, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
REGISTRATION AT: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventId=8264
THE MONTREAL INSTITUTE FOR GENOCIDE AND HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
PRESENTS A
MIGS WORKSHOP
with
Kyle Matthews
W2I Lead Researcher
on
"Mobilizing the Will to Intervene: Researching History for Public Policy Recommendations"
Monday, 5 October 2009
12:15-13:45/Room LB-1014
1400 DE MAISONNEUVE BLVD. WEST
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Kyle Matthews is W2I's Lead Researcher. He joined the project after more than five years of diplomatic service at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. During that time, he was posted to the Southern Caucasus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Geneva. He previously worked for CARE Canada in Albania and later at its headquarters in Ottawa, where he managed various humanitarian response initiatives and peace-building projects. Originally from Ottawa, Kyle completed his Master’s in Development and International Relations at Aalborg University in Denmark (2001), earned a certificate in Refugee Issues from York University (2002) and received his undergraduate degree in History from Carleton University (1996). He is currently completing a Professional Master’s at the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University
The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), at Concordia University, is pleased to invite you to attend the American and Canadian launch of the report:
Mobilizing the Will to Intervene:
Leadership and Action to Prevent Mass Atrocities
The Will to Intervene (W2I) Project is a research initiative created by Lieut. General (retired) Romeo Dallaire and Dr. Frank Chalk, the Senior Fellow and Director of MIGS, that aims to operationalize the principles of the Responsibility to Protect. Led by researcher Kyle Matthews, more than 80 interviews were conducted with high-level policy-makers, members of Congress, parliamentarians, NGO representatives, and journalists in Canada and the United States, some for the first time on record.
U.S. Launch
Monday September 21st, 2009, 1:00pm-3:00pm United States Institute of Peace, 1200 17th Street N.W. - Washington, D.C. Co-organized by MIGS and the United States Institute of Peace, the American launch will consist of a presentation of the report’s findings, followed by a panel discussion on the report’s policy proposals and the challenges of mobilizing the domestic will in the U.S. to prevent mass atrocities. The panel will include Lieut. General (retired) Romeo Dallaire, Co-Director of the W2I Project, Michael Gerson, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement, and Andrew Natsios, a Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. James Traub, a writer for the New York Times Magazine, will moderate the event. To RSVP, please go to www.usip.org/events/mobilizing-the-will-intervene
Canadian Launch
Tuesday September 22nd, 2009, 10:00am-10:45pm National Press Gallery, 150 Wellington Street, Press Theatre room, Ottawa The Canadian launch will consist of a press conference where the report’s findings and policy proposals to the Canadian Government will be unveiled. The speakers at the press conference will include Lieut. General (retired) Romeo Dallaire, and Dr. Frank Chalk, Co-Directors of the W2I Project, Robert Fowler, former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, Senator Hugh Segal, and Ed Broadbent, former leader of the New Democractic Party.
Please note that this event is not open to the public. Only journalists accredited with the National Press Gallery are permitted to attend the press conference. Journalists should contact Colin Lafrance, lafraco@parl.gc.ca, to obtain a pass if they do not already have one.
Canadian Parliamentary Launch
As a follow up to the W2I press conference, a panel discussion on the report’s policy recommendations for the Government of Canada will take place on Parliament Hill in the morning of 1 October for Canadian Members of Parliament, Senators, government officials and civil society groups. The event is being co-organized by MIGS and the Canadian All Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. The event will be moderated by Robert Fowler, former Canadian Ambassador to the UN, and panelist will include Lieut. General (retired) Romeo Dallaire and Allan Gotlieb, former Canadian Ambassador to the United States. Other panel members will be announced in due time.
Thursday October 1st, 2009, 8:30am-10:00am 140 Wellington street (Victoria Building), Room 505, Ottawa, ON
To RSVP, please go to: http://www.preventiongenocide.org/lang/en/upcoming-events-les-evenements-a-venir/w2i
