Conference Speakers
- Dr. Lloyd Axworthy
Conference Host, President and Vice Chancellor, University of Winnipeg - Dr. Obijiofor Aginam
Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Carleton University - Dr. Samantha Arnold
Faculty Member, Department of Politics, University of Winnipeg - Dr. Erin Baines
Research Director of the Conflict and Development Programme, Liu Institute for Global Issues - Adrian Bradbury
Co-founder of GuluWalk, Founder and Director of Athletes for Africa - Larry Chartrand
Director Aboriginal Governance Program, University of Winnipeg - Dr. Jeff Corntassel
Professor Indigenous Governance Program, University of Victoria - Dr. Irwin Cotler
Member of Parliament - Senator Roméo Dallaire
Senator - Dr. Shelagh Day
Director of Operations, Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) - Kenneth Deer
Publisher/Editor-in Chief, Eastern Door - Jennifer deGroot
Project Manager, UNPAC - Judith Dueck
Vice-chair, HURIDOCS - Dr. Alex Freund
Professor of History, University of Winnipeg - Ellen Gabriel
President, Quebec Native Women Inc. - Dr. Parvin Ghorayshi
Professor, Sociology Department, University of Winnipeg - Dr. Joan Grace
Associate Professor, Department of Politics, University of Winnipeg - Paul Heinbecker
Director & Senior Researcher Centre for Global Relations, Governance and Policy at Wilfrid Laurier University & Centre for International Governance Innovation - Dr. Tony Hoffman
Lecturer, Psychology, University of California Santa Cruz - Dr. Eric Hoskins
Director, Warchild Canada - Dr. Andrew Knight
Professor, International Relations, University of Alberta - Ambassador Walther Lichem
Visiting Professor, University of Alberta, Former Austrian Ambassador to Canada - Dr. Karen Magro
Faculty Member, Education, University of Winnipeg - David Matas
Senior Legal Council, B'nai Brith Canada - Monia Mazigh
- Celeste McKay
Consultant, Native Women's Association of Canada - Lynn McBrien
Assistant Professor,
Psychological and Social Foundations College of Education,
University of South Florida - Chief Ovide Mercredi
Chief, Grand Rapids First Nation - Ambassador Paul Meyer
Canadian Ambassador to the Human Rights Council, Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations Mission - Dr. Marianne Mollman
Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch - Dr. Sabelo Ndlovu
Senior Lecturer, Monash International University, South Africa - Dr. Hillel Neuer
Executive Director, UN Watch - Bill Pace, Executive Director
World Federalist Movement - Dr. Rasmick Panossian
Director of Programming, Rights and Democracy, Montreal - Ben Peterson
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Journalists for Human Rights - Allan Rock
Former Canadian Ambassador to the UN - Jacqueline Romanow-Bear
Faculty Member, Aboriginal Governance Program - Dr. William Schabas
Director, Centre for Human Rights / Ireland - Dr. Eliakim Sibanda
Faculty Member, History Department, University of Winnipeg - Jan Stewart
Director, Institute for War-Affected Children - Tony Tavares
Multicultural Education Consultant, Manitoba Education - The Very Reverend, The Honourable Lois Wilson
Ecumenist in Residence, The Toronto School of Theology - Representatives from the Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan and Hand in Hand for Peace, and other children of conflict
- University of Winnipeg Collegiate and Students from the Human Rights High School Round Table
**Disclaimer - Speakers list subject to change.
