Friday, February 5 – 4:30PM – 7:30PMPCJ Conference Poster

Saturday, February 6 – 9:00AM – 6:00PM

Location: The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs (1 Devonshire Place)

The first-ever World Humanitarian Summit is happening in May 2016 in Istanbul at the initiative of the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. Given this upcoming summit and the challenges of various humanitarian projects, particularly those in the Syrian crisis and the Ebola epidemic, our conference will provide for the most opportune time to incite a critical examination of the field of humanitarianism in the context of global and complex crises. Our conference, Humanitarianism Exposed, aims to move beyond thematic and idealistic discussions of humanitarian goals and paradigms, and will closely assess the role of private corporations and local as well as international nongovernmental organizations in the humanitarian sector. Humanitarianism Exposed will confront and deconstruct, head-on, the practical dilemmas that impact humanitarian aid and humanitarianism around the world.

 

The conference will begin on the evening of February 5th with a keynote presentation. The next day will feature two separate panel presentations and a debate.

 

Speakers:

Janice Stein – keynote – founding Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs; Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Department of Political Science
Marcy Vigoda – UNOCHA
Carole Devine – MSF
Renee Provost – Centaur Jurisprudence Project
Susan Woodward – CUNY
Nidhi Tandon – OXFAM
Zeib Jeeva – International Development and Relief Foundation
Vasu Mohan – International Foundation for Electoral Systems
Jules Porter – Right to Play
Judith Teichman – University of Toronto
Conn Nugent – President of the Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment

This event is open to the public and is not exclusive to U of T students. Register for your FREE ticket today – spaces are limited!

Registration: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/19011/
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/977978888963444/
Twitter: @PCJConference
Email: conference@pcjsociety.ca