Events
IDSO Conference
The Politics of Aid: Implications of the CIDA-DFAIT Merger
The I&D students are organizing an event that is sure to impress! Come and join us on October 4, 2013 for our conference entitled ‘The Politics of Aid: Implications of the CIDA-DFAIT Merger’.
The conference will be divided into two sessions. The morning session will feature two panels. The first panel will discuss the merger’s immediate implications on the delivery of Canadian aid and the second will tackle the long-term implications of this merger on the quality and effectiveness of Canada’s development assistance.
The first session will be followed by a presentation from a distinguished keynote speaker. Finally, the afternoon session will feature a job-networking event with people working in the field of international development.
Some of the confirmed participants include representatives from Care Canada, Oxfam, Baastel Group, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Department of Foreign Affairs, World University Services of Canada (WUSC), Cuso International, SPPA I&D alumni, Carleton University Co-op, and academia.
Your attendance will help make sure that this event is a huge success!
For more details on this conference and other I&D events, be sure to check The Agent – our monthly newsletter that is published on the SPPA website. Hope to see you there!
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IDSO Conference Agenda
The Politics of Aid: Implications of the CIDA-DFAIT Merger
Friday, October 04, 2013
| 8:15 am to 8:45 am | Registration |
| 8:45 am to 9:00 am | Opening Remarks by Susan Phillips and SPPA I&D (TBD) |
| 9:00 am to 10:45 am | Panel I: Immediate implications of the mergerModerator: Lisa Mills, SPPA FacultyGuest Panelists from: Oxfam Canada, Care Canada, Baastel, CIDA, & CCIC |
| 10:45 am to 11:15 am | Coffee Break and Light Snacks |
| 11:15 am to 1:00 pm | Panel II: What next? A forward look beyond the mergerModerator: Alexandra Mallett, SPPA Faculty |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Guest Panelists from: CCIC, DFAIT, The McLeod Group, & University of OttawaLunch and Keynote AddressDr. Liam Swiss, Former CASID President& Assistant Professor at Memorial University |
| 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Networking EventGuests from various organizations, SPPA Faculty, alumni, & students |