Description

This year we mark the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Peace Agreement. While the Agreement has contributed to building a more peaceful society, much remains to be done. This talk will reflect on some opportunities and challenges for peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. In addition, a discussion of the implications of Brexit for the GFA and Northern Ireland will be examined.

Speaker’s Biography

Branka Marijan is a Program Officer at Project Ploughshares, a Waterloo-based non-governmental organization that works on international security issues and disarmament. At Ploughshares, Branka is leading research on the implications of emerging military and security technologies. Branka holds a PhD from the Balsille School of International Affairs; her doctoral thesis focussed on Peace-building in Bosnia and Northern Ireland. She did fieldwork in Northern Ireland for several months in Belfast. Branka attended McMaster University for both her MA in Globalization studies and BA in Peace and Conflict studies and German. She also completed a semester abroad at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Branka was born in Livno, Bosnia-Herzegovina and has lived in Hamilton since 1997.

Registration

Pre Registration through RSVP on our meetup page is required.

Tickets:
$5 students
$10 professionals
Free for CIC Members

Contact: hamilton@thecic.org 

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