With a new government in Ottawa, Canada must undertake an honest assessment of where we stand in the world today if we are to re-emerge as an influential global player.

Speaker’s Biography
Stephen J. Toope is Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, President of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and an Officer of the Order of Canada. From 2006-2014, he was President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia. A former President of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and Dean of Law at McGill University, Prof. Toope also served as Law Clerk to the Rt. Hon. Brian Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada, and as Chair of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. He co-authored Legitimacy and Legality in International Law: An Interactional Account with Jutta Brunnée which won the American Society of International Law’s 2011 Certificate of Merit for Creative Scholarship. Prof. Toope publishes in leading international journals on international dispute resolution, international environmental law, human rights, the use of force, and international legal theory, and has lectured at leading universities around the globe.

Event Partner
Union Club of BC

Date and Time
Wednesday June 15, 2016
11:30am to 2:00pm

Venue
Union Club of BC 805 Gordon Street
Victoria, BC V8W1Z6 Canada

Registration
CIC Member ……………………………….. $30.00
CIC Student Member ………………………$10.00
CIC Young Professional Member …………$20.00
Non-Member ……………………………….$40.00
Non-Member Student ……………………..$20.00

Please contact Paula Skippon for registration at cic.secretary@yahoo.com before Monday June 13th.