Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Vancouver launch of the Will to Intervene (W2I) Project Report:
Mobilizing the Will to Intervene:
Leadership and Action to Prevent Mass Atrocities
With PROF. FRANK CHALK, Co-Director of the W2I Project & Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), Concordia University
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
Room 420, Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
ACADEMIC SEMINAR
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Presentation to students and academics on the findings and
policy proposals of the Will to Intervene (W2I) Project Report
PUBLIC LECTURE
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Highlights of MIGS case studies of Canadian and US policies towards the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and the 1999 events in Kosovo and
policy recommendations to the governments of Canada and the US
Visit www.sfu.ca/reserve or call 778-782-7779 to register
Refreshments will be provided
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 Vancouver launch of the W2I Project Report is convened by The Simons Foundation, SFU Centre for Dialogue, and the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia University.