Pearson
Global
was
established
to
celebrate
great
Canadian
Prime
Minister
Lester
B.
Pearson,
his
work
as
a
diplomat
to
make
the
world
a
safer
place.
Pearson
lectures
provide
a
congenial
intellectual
environment
for
the
exchange
of
opinions
and
ideas.
The
intention
is
that
experienced,
thought
provoking
lecturers
will
share
their
knowledge
and
expertise
for
the
benefit
of
the
larger
community.
Each
lecture
will
focus
on
a
different
aspect
of
sustainable
development
under
nine
diffrent
themes
such
as
development,
economics,
environment
and
natural
resources,
food
and
agriculture,
health,
governance,
information
and
communication,
science
and
technology,
social
policy
and
gendr
equality.
And
also
may
draw
on
a
variety
of
disciplines
including,
but
not
limited
to,
resource
economies,
social
and
economic
issues
related
to
development,
issues
related
to
design
capacity,
policy
discussions and the global challenges of urban and rural communities.
Pearson
Global
forms
a
multi-disciplinary
and
diverse
community
that
includes
distinguished
senior
scholars
and
eminent
members
of
society
beyond
the academic world. Dr. Neville Hewage, program director of Ontario International Development Agency, was one of the founders of the Pearson Global.
Our Speakers
Professor
W.
Andy
Knight
is
former
Director
of
the
Institute
of
International
Relations
in
Trinidad
and
past
Chair
of
the
Department
of
Political
Science
of
the
University
of
Alberta,
Canada.
He
is
currently
Professor
of
international
Relations
in
the
Political
Science
Department
at
the
University
Alberta,
Canada
and
a
Fellow
of
the
Royal
Society
of
Canada
(FRSC).
He
has
written
and
edited
several
books
on
Global
Politics,
the
United Nations, Terrorism, Building Sustainable Peace and Regional integration movements.
His
most
recent
books
include:
Female
Suicide
Bombings:
A
Critical
Gendered
Approach
(with
Tanya
Narozhna
of
the
University
of
Winnipeg)
published
by
University
of
Toronto
Press
in
2016;
Remapping
the
Americas:
Trends
in
Region-Making,
with
Julian
Castro-Rea
&
Hamid
Ghany
(Ashgate
2014);
The
Routledge
Handbook
of
the
Responsibility
to
Protect
(with
Frazer
Egerton)
–
Routledge
2012;
Towards
the
Dignity
of
Difference?:
Neither
'end
of
History'
Nor
'clash
of
Civilizations'
(with
Mojtaba
Mahdavi)
–
Ashgate
2012;
and
Global Politics (with Tom Keating) – Oxford University Press 2010.
Dr. Andy Knight, Ph.D.
Christopher
Isike,
PhD
is
a
Professor
of
African
Politics
and
International
Relations
Department
of
Political
Sciences,
University
of
Pretoria,
Hatfield,
South
Africa.
An
Africanist
scholar
by
research
standpoint,
Prof
Isike’s
teaching
and
research
interests
revolve
around
the
quality
of
women’s
political
representation
in
Africa,
women
and
peace-building
in
Africa,
African
immigration
to
South
Africa,
human
security,
human
factor
development
in
Africa,
African
soft
power
politics
and
development
dynamics.
A
C3
rated
researcher
by
South
Africa’s
National
Research
Foundation
(NRF),
Prof
Isike
has
published
scores
of
quality
articles
in
international
peer-reviewed
journals.
He
consults
for
the
UNFPA,
UNICEF,
UN
Women
and
the
KwaZulu-
Natal
provincial
government
on
gender
equality
and
women
empowerment
issues
in
the
province.
In
recognition
of
his
work
on
gender
equality
in
Africa,
he
was
selected
by
the
South
African
government
to
be
part
of
a
KwaZulu-Natal
government
delegation
to
Ethiopia
on
a
study
tour
to
explore
its
social
transformation
model
in
ending
early
childhood/forced
marriages
in
2013.
Prof
Isike
has
just
finished
a
one
year
sabbatical
stint
as
Senior
Research
Advisor
at
the
Shell
Petroleum
Development
Company
in
Nigeria
where
he
was
a
programme
monitoring
and
evaluation
specialist
in
the
External
Relations
Department
of
the
company.
He
is
a
Council
and
Executive
member
of
the
South
African
Association
of
Political
Science
(SAAPS),
a
member
of
the
International
Political
Science
Association
(IPSA),
Canadian
Association
of
African
Studies
(CAAS),
EPOS;
Global
conflict
mediation
and
resolution
network
and
Ontario
International
Development Agency (OIDA).
Dr. Christopher Isike, Ph.D.
Dr. Neville Hewage, Ph.D.
Neville
Hewage,
Ph.D.
is
an
Adjunct
Professor
of
the
Law
and
Justice
Department
Laurentian
University.
Sudbury,
Ontario,
Canada.
He
also
is
a
research
fellow
of
the
International
Centre
for
Interdisciplinary
Research
in
Law
at
Laurentian
University.
He
is
a
managing
editor
for
OIDA
International
Journal
of
Sustainable
Development.
The
OIDA
IJSD
Journal
indexed
in
SSRN,
EBSCO,
DOAJ,
AMICUS
Canada
Library
and
Archives
databases.
He
involved
in
a
wide
variety
of
international
development
projects
across
the world.
Dr.
Hewage
is
a
conference
co-chair
for
International
Conference
on
Sustainable
Development
organized
by
the
Ontario
International
Development
Agency
(OIDA).
The
conference
is
a
multidisciplinary
forum
and
discusses all issues related to human development and solutions adapted.
Dr.
Hewage
is
a
member
of
the
Law
Society
of
Ontario
and
licensed
to
provide
legal
services.
He
is
a
senior
partner of the Hewage Law Group.
Symposium on Genocide and Reconcilliation : Canada and Beyond
Wendsday, November 27, 2019 at 6:30 PM
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