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
gender
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.
University of Alberta, Canada
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.
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Neville Hewage, Ph.D.
Laurentian University, Canada
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
Conference Centre
Marriot Downtown Hotel
CF Eaton Centre
525 Bay Street
Toronto, ON M5G 2L2
The event is concluded.
Please read summary of findings here.
Symposium Objective
The symposium proposes multidisciplinary strategies for economic socio-political, cultural and institutional changes, and support reconciliation efforts.
Symposium will also analyze social, political, legal issues surrounding genocide claims against Canada, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and beyond.
Masudur Rahman, Ph.D, Emeritus, Nord University, Norway, has a long academic carrier as a teacher and
researcher, at various universities in Norway. Educated as a sociologist and an economist, Dr. Rahman has
an eclectic range of research interests, embracing economy and society relations, both at micro and macro-
levels. Dr. Rahman’s research works are diverse and multifaceted.
Those include macroscopic studies of the structures of power as well as interpersonal network relations, at
a variety of levels. Divers, yet, Dr. Rahman’s research works fit broadly under the umbrella of development
process, including economic and social organizations and political mobilization, in Bangladesh and South
Asian countries. Dr. Rahman’s recent studies include the sustainability of the Norwegian welfare model.
Dr. Masud Rahman, Ph. D.
Nord University, Norway.
Anwar
Shah
Arkani
B.Sc.
is
a
two-time
refugee,
a
lifelong
activist
and
human
rights
defender
for
the
Rohingya
people.
His
mother
is
a
survivor
of
the
1942
massacres
and
his
father
was
killed
by
the
Burmese
regime
alongside
thousands
of
others
during
the
1978
Rohingya
cleansing
operation.
Anwar
fled
from
Burma
into Bangladesh in 1984 to escape persecution as the situation continued to deteriorate.
In
1998
Anwar
resettled
in
Canada
as
a
government
sponsored
refugee.
Shortly
afterwards,
he
was
awarded
a
scholarship
by
the
United
State
Information
Agency
to
study
at
Indiana
University
where
he
graduated
with
a Bachelor of Science in December 2002.
In
2006-2007
Anwar
intervened
in
person
by
coming
to
the
aid
of
and
freeing
thousands
of
stranded
Rohingya
at
the
Thai-Burma
border,
who
had
been
intercepted
and
detained
by
Thai
authorities
while
fleeing
from
Burma
into
Thailand
and
Malaysia
using
fishing
boats
through
the
Bay
of
Bengal.
As
a
result
of
this
work
Anwar
was
invited
by
NGOs
to
talk
at
the
United
Nations,
Geneva,
about
the
Rohingyas’
plight:
first
time
in
March
2009
at
the
UNHRC,
and
a
second
time
in
April
2009
at
the
Durban
Review
Conference
[held
in UN Geneva].
Anwar
is
the
founder
and
president
of
the
Rohingya
Association
of
Canada
[RAC]
established
in
December
2007.
RAC
has
been
a
leading
Rohingya
organization
in
Canada
advocating
for
Rohingyas'
rights.
RAC
has
been
at
the
forefront
of
various
Canada-wide
advocacy
campaigns
highlighting
the
Rohingya
crisis.
RAC
contributed
significantly
toward
the
production
of
"Time
To
Act:
Rohingya
Voices,"
a
Rohingya
exhibition
at
the Museum which opened on June 15th, 2019 to be displayed for the next six months.
On
the
national
scene
[within
Canada]
and
also
internationally,
Anwar
has
been
a
frequent
speaker
at
conferences
and
seminars
addressing
the
issue
of
the
Rohingya.
Along
with
other
distinguished
panelists,
Anwar
was
invited
to
testify
at
Canada’s
Parliament
and
Senate
on
several
occasions
as
a
subject
matter
expert.
Since
2007,
RAC
has
also
been
helping
the
newcomer
Rohingyas
resettled
in
Canada
with
their
post
settlement
work.
To
maintain
the
cultural
identity,
Anwar
has
established
a
Rohingya
Language
School
in
2009
where
Rohingya
language
and
cultural
norms
are
thought
on
the
weekends.
Since
2011,
the
school
has been integrated into the International Language School.
Anwar works as an IT professional in Waterloo for a living.
Anwar S. Arkani, B.Sc.
Rohingya Association of Canada
