OmniTRAX/Broe Quest Series
War-Affected Children Conference
Two Steps Forward: Looking Back & Facing the Future
September 9 & 10, 2005
Tentative Schedule: Friday, September 9, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Foyer outside Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Refreshments
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Welcome and Introductions:
- Hon. Rey Pagtakhan (Chair, Planning Committee for QUEST War-Affected Children & Director of the Global College at The University of Winnipeg)
- Lloyd Axworthy (President, The University of Winnipeg)
- Alaa Abd-El-Aziz (Vice-President (Research, International & External), The University of Winnipeg)
9:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Plenary 1 - Children & War Backgrounder Session:
- Olara Otunnu (Former UN Special Representative for Children & Armed Conflict)
- Mark Golden (Faculty, University of Winnipeg)
- Dr. Sean Byrne (Exec. Dir. Mauro Centre for Peace, University of Manitoba)
- Myriam Denov (Faculty, University of Ottawa)
- Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau (Filmmaker, journalist, writer, producer, contributing editor for Maclean's, and a director of Canada World Youth and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation)
- Moderator: Parvin Ghorayshi (Global College, The University of Winnipeg, Co-Chair WAC Conference)
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Plenary 2 - Trouble Shooters or Peace Makers? Youth & Post-Accord Peace Building:
- W. Andy Knight (Faculty, Political Science, University of Alberta and author of A Changing United Nations)
- Siobhan McEvoy (Faculty, Political Science, Butler University)
- Moderator: Hon. Rey D. Pagtakhan
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Riddell Hall
Lunch - Cost: $2 & Canned Good for the UWSA Foodbank
Up Close & Personal with Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau
(Filmmaker, journalist, writer, producer, contributing editor for Maclean's, and a director of Canada World Youth and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation)
1:30 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Break
1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Workshops 1 and 2
Room 2M70 (2nd Floor, Manitoba Hall)
Workshop 1: Barriers to Learning, Strategies for Transformation
- Larry Chartrand (Director, Indigenous Governance Program, University of Winnipeg)
- Serge Kaptegaine (Peace Activist & Coordinator for Hand in Hand, Project for Peace in the Congo and former teacher)
- Selamawi Ezuz (Counselling Coordinator, Needs Centre)
- Karen Magro (Faculty, University of Winnipeg)
- Moderator: Phyllis Webster (Faculty, University of Winnipeg Collegiate)
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Workshop 2: The Lost Boys & Girls of Sudan: The War That Never Ends
- Donna Carreiro (Journalist & Member Ad Hoc Committee)
- Rev. Rueben Guarang (Lost Boy & Girl Rep.)
- John Guarang (Lost Boy & Girl Rep.)
- Moderator: David Northcott (Member Ad Hoc Committee)
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Workshops 3 and 4
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Workshop 3: New Directions in Literacy Education
Bridging a Gap Between War-Affected & North American Youth
- Myra Laramee – Aboriginal Issues (Principal, Niji Makwa School)
- Kim Olynyk – How War-Affected Children are Portrayed in North America (Faculty, University of Winnipeg)
- Pamela Singh (Research Project Coordinator, Needs Centre for War-Affected Children, author of Best Practices for Working With War-Affected Youth & Children)
- Jan Stewart (Faculty, University of Winnipeg)
- Moderator: Mavis Reimer (Faculty, University of Winnipeg)
Room 2M70 (2nd Floor, Manitoba Hall)
Workshop 4: Youth Activism: A Tool of Social Conscience
- Charlotte Kudadirgwa
- Ashley Lam - Generation Peace (University of Manitoba Student)
- Diane Plamondon - Project Afrique - to be confirmed - (Guidance Counsellor, Collège Jeanne-Sauvé)
- Darryl R. Toews (volunteer coordinator of the Manitoba Campaign to Ban
Landmines (MBCBL)) - Moderator: Sarah Amyot, Past President UWSA
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Ramada Marlborough Conference Centre
Film Premiere, “Peacekeepers”