OmniTRAX/Broe Quest Series
War-Affected Children
Two Steps Forward:
Looking Back & Facing the Future
September 9 & 10, 2005
Does the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child make any difference?
Is Canada’s foreign policy doing it all can to stop the use of child soldiers?
Does Canada’s domestic policy do all it can to help refugees and immigrants dealing with the long-term effects if growing up in a war-zone?
Join with educators, policy makers, filmmakers, researchers, members of the immigrant and refugee communities, war-affected children, and youth to consider how to make this a century of peace in which the rights of the child are globally respected, protected, and promoted.
Take in a unique film festival during Quest and the Manitoban premiere of Peacekeepers, an NFB documentary shot in the Democratic Republic of Congo & the United Nations headquarters in New York. The free public premiere takes place September 9 - learn more.
QUEST guest speakers include:
- Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau – Journalist, filmmaker, director of Canada World Youth and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
- Jimmie Briggs – Author, Goodwill Ambassador and UN Special Envoy for Children & Armed Conflict
- Olara A. Otunnu – Former UN Special Representative for Children & Armed Conflict
- Lloyd Axworthy – University of Winnipeg President and former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Alison E. Lawton – Mindset Media Member & Producer of Stolen Children: Hidden War documentary
- Eric Hoskins – Medical doctor, Co-founder & President of War Child Canada, journalist, humanitarian, & one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Award (Globe & Mail, ROB)
All Quest conference events are wheelchair accessible. Detailed maps are available here.
Schedule:
- Friday, September 9, 2005 (text)
- Saturday, September 10, 2005 (text)
- Full Schedule [PDF] (as at September 7, 2005)
Quest War-Affected Children Conference Photo Gallery
Previous Quest Conferences:
Quest: North
The Circumpolar Reality - Global Citizens Respond
March 4 & 5, 2005
Caught in the Crossfire:
Global Citizens Making A Difference
October 15 & 16, 2004