Please join us to remember and celebrate VOW's 50^th Anniversary

       

You are invited to attend our gala event

BUILDING PEACE: RESISTING WAR Canadian Voice of Women for Peace 50th Anniversary Celebration and Conference November 12 – 14, 2010 University of Toronto, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto  ON Canada

P RO G R A M

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12

 

2:00–4:00 pm  Free Event: Student Round Tables with lawyers from The Hague, International City of Peace and Justice. The event will include Hague lawyers from the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Court of Justice, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and other Hague legal institutions.

5:30–7:00 pm  Reception – cash bar and book launch: Legacy of Love by Marion Kerans: Remembering Muriel Duckworth, Her Later Years, 1996–2009 Flute and guitar performance

7:00 pm  Gala Dinner    Opening Remarks: Lyn Adamson and Janis Alton, Co-chairs, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) Moderator: Dr. Marilou McPhedran, Dean, University of Winnipeg Global College and Director, Institute for International Women’s Rights, feminist human rights lawyer, and VOW member

Keynote Address: Cora Weiss, President Hague Appeal for Peace and Former President

International Peace Bureau – Women Preventing War and Promoting Peace

Special guests, including UNESCO Ambassador Kim Phuc, Pauline Shirt (invited), Echo Choir, pianist/peace activist Pierre Jasmin, Michaelle Jean (invited), Ursula Franklin (invited), Kim Rivera

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13

 

8:15–9:00 am Registration and continental breakfast

9:00 am  Panel A: Delegitimization of War: Existing Resources in International law and Ways Forward

Moderator: Shirley Farlinger, writer, playwright, peacemaker and member of VOW Louise Frechette (invited), Former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations and Former Deputy Secretary General to the United Nations Valerie Oosterwald, Professor, University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law

and former member of the Canadian delegation to the International Criminal Court negotiations

Maja Groff, VOW member, with Karlijin van der Voort, lawyers from The Hague Dr. Barbara Falk, Associate Professor, Canadian Forces College and Fellow at Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto

11:00 am  Panel B: Another Way: Conflict Prevention and Non-violent Conflict Resolution Developments

Moderator: Amina Sharif Hassan, Co-chair, Voice of Somali Women for Peace Betty Reardon, a founder of contemporary peace education and founding director of the International Institute on Peace Education, Columbia University Ingeborg Breines, former UNESCO Culture of Peace staff and gender specialist (by video link from Norway) Pauline Shirt (invited), Cree Elder, Traditional Healer Lyn Adamson, non-violence trainer, Co-ordinator of PeaceWorks and VOW Co-chair Anne Goodman, Co-director Transformative Learning Centre, University of Toronto and President, InterChange: International Institute for Community-based Peacebuilding

12:30 pm  Musical presentation – DAREarts Children’s Choir

Luncheon and networking

2:00 pm  Small Group Discussion A: International legal institutions; UN Reform; Policy-based approaches with lawyers from The Hague, Dr. Joan Russow, Dr. Marilou McPhedran, and Tamara Lorincz Small Group Discussion B: Skills-building approaches in the community, schools, government; the disarmament movement; men, masculinities and peacebuilding/gender & peacebuilding with Hania Fedorowicz, Anna Snyder, Betty Reardon, Janis Alton, Michael Kaufman (invited), Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg, Hon. Louise Otis (invited) and Hannah Hadikin

4:00 pm  Student reception with Flora Terah

4:30 pm Feature film Pray the Devil Back to Hell – women in Liberia move from political exclusion to the Presidency  or inter-active workshop on non-violent dialogue

6:30 pm Cultural evening Reception followed by vegetarian dinner, Friends House, 60 Lowther Avenue Toronto

8:00 pm Music by Sandy Greenberg and the Raging Grannies The 1325 Key to Peace, an original play by Shirley Farlinger

 

9:00 pm Cake Cutting! Coffee & Tea

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14

9:30 am Registration, refreshments and music

10:00 am Canadian Voice of Women for Peace Annual General Meeting Co-chairs: Lyn Adamson and Janis Alton Past-Presidents Panel – 50 Years of Taking Action, Building Peace with Marion Pape, Martha Goodings, Joy Warner, and Janet Eaton

11:00 am Challenges and Strategies: Raising Our Voices – regional news, youth views, advocacy skills

12:45 pm Business meeting  Conclusions and recommendations; Declaration Closing of the meeting – youth representative

1:45 pm Closing luncheon and toast to the future

3:00 pm Women’s Walking Tour of U. of T. Campus: a Guided Tour. An opportunity to preview Women of Toronto: A Walking Tour by Pat Staton – forthcoming Green Dragon Press, 2011

S P O N S O R S

Canadian Voice of Women for Peace • Canadian Pugwash • Department of Peace Initiative

InterChange • Science for Peace • Physicians for Global Survival (Canada) • International Peace Bureau Peace Magazine • PeaceWorks • World Citizens • World Federalists Movement – Canada

TICKETS AND REGISTRATION 

U of T is handling ALL ticket sales. Please complete and return to VOW office no later than Oct. 29th. Please purchase tickets from UofTtix Box Office. 416-978-8849 http://www.uofttix.ca/

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM

Science for Peace Student Group and Canadian Voice of Women for Peace

50th Anniversary Reception, Gala Dinner, Conference and AGM

November 12–14, 2010

University of Toronto, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto

Name(s):

Address: Postal Code:

Telephone: (H) (W) Fax: E-mail:

Do you have any dietary restrictions?

Do you wish vegetarian meals?

Package of all 4 events

$125/adult: persons @$125 = $

$65/student: persons @$65 = $

TOTAL $

OR

1. Friday Reception, Gala Dinner with Keynote Speaker

$75/adult: persons @$75 = $

$40/student: persons @$40 = $

Subtotal 1 $

2. Saturday Conference (includes light breakfast, refreshments breaks, lunch)

$40/adult: persons @$40 = $

$20/student: persons @$20 = $

Subtotal 2 $

3. Saturday Reception, Vegetarian Dinner & Cultural Evening at Friends’ House (limited seating)

$10/adult: persons @$10 = $

$5/student: persons @$5 = $

Subtotal 3 $

4. Sunday Annual General Meeting (includes refreshment breaks and lunch)

$25/adult: persons @$25 = $

$10/student: persons @$10 = $

Subtotal 4 $

TOTAL ORDER $

Download Registration Form here 

Please complete and return to VOW office no later than October 29th. 761 Queen St. West, Suite 203, Toronto, Ontario M6J 1G1

Participants are expected to cover their own costs relating to travel and accommodation but please inquire if cost is a barrier, or to sponsor a student: 416-603-7915 vow@ca.inter.net For a list of billets and hotels, please call VOW at 416-603-7915.