The Saskatoon branch of the Canadian International Council invites you to our next event, free of charge and open to the public, on the following important international issue:

TOPIC: Global Food Security in a Time of Unprecedented Change
SPEAKER: Dr. Peter Phillips, Centre for Study of Science and Innovation Policy, JSGS
DATE: Thursday, January 16, 2025
PLACE: Saskatoon Club, 417 21st Street East, Saskatoon
TIME: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

~~~ This is the twelfth event of our 2024/25 program ~~~
[Read further below about the option for joining the speaker for dinner beforehand.]

Over the past twenty years, a growing number of international researchers have linked the causes of several recent major human conflicts – including the rise of the Arab Spring, the crisis in Darfur and the invasion of Ukraine – to food shortages, which have been caused by unpredicted changes in normally reliable weather patterns.
Environmental changes present great threats to the food supply, directly to us as well as to our friends around the world. What further risks can we expect to the foods we eat? What are the dangers to us? Is there anything we can do to protect the world’s food supply? Join us as Dr. Peter Phillips explores these and many other questions.

The very recently retired Dr. Peter Phillips is Distinguished Professor and Founding Director of the Johnson-Shoyama Center for the Study of Science and Innovation Policy. He earned his Ph.D. at the LSE and practiced for 13 years as a professional economist in industry and government. At the University of Saskatchewan, he was the Van Vliet Research Professor, created and held an NSERC-SSHRC Chair in Managing Technological Change in Agriculture, and was director of the virtual College of Biotechnology. He has had appointments at the LSE, OECD, European University Institute in Florence, University of Edinburgh and University of Western Australia. He was a founding member of the Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee and was on the boards of Canadian Agri-food Policy Institute, Pharmalytics and Ag-West Bio Inc.

Itinerary:
5:30 p.m. Doors open
6:00 p.m. Public presentation – free and open to the public
7:30 p.m. Event concludes
8:00 p.m. Dinner with the speaker (register online at the Eventbrite site)
9:30 p.m. Doors open for public presentation

DINNER WITH THE SPEAKER:
Want to find out even more about the issues, and discuss them with the speaker and other internationalists? Consider buying a dinner ticket and joining us after the talk, at 8:00 p.m., also at the Saskatoon Club.
Register for dinner by email to dannybwee@gmail.com, indicating the number of dinners you wish to purchase. Register before noon on Tuesday, January 14. Pay for meals by e-transfer.
Prices for dinner with the speaker, following presentation
$20 – Students
$40 – All other CIC members
$50 – Nonmembers
Register for dinner with the speaker before January 14, 12:00 noon. Dinner registrants will be expected to pay even if they cannot or do not attend. Persons with dinner reservations who cannot attend are encouraged to find someone else to take their place.

We hope you can make it!

Yours in service,
Dan Sutherland, Programming Chair
Canadian International Council – Saskatoon Branch