April, 2005
Food for Thought Speaker Series
Summary: Chad Bown will give a lecture titled "Economics of International Trade Laws and Policies". Access research papers here.
Show Me the Money
Summary: Policy only works if it's backed up by budgetary clout, says retired UN ambassador
Getting the U.N. back on track
Summary: Canada's Louise Fréchette is at the centre of the United Nations' struggle to reform itself. The deputy secretary-general says the U.N. will come to terms with change, Graham Fraser reports
UN requires our help to be effective
Summary: Society needs this organization to fight threats ranging from poverty to global terrorism
Jennifer Welsh Public Lecture
Summary: Reality and Canadian Foreign Policy: A Reply to Allan Gotlieb
Louise Fréchette Public Lecture: The UN in the 21st Century
Louise Fréchette Public Lecture
Canada still searching to find its place in the world
This week Waterloo hosts two Canadian women who are playing major roles in the shaping of international affairs. Louise Fréchette, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, is at the centre of the reform of that troubled institution.