Project Events
Workshop: "Energy Futures Available Today"
May 19
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 8:00am - 4:30pm
CIGI
The goal of the conference "Energy Futures Available Today" is to enable international researchers, policy advisors and building professionals to meet and exchange information to understand current initiatives, to share lessons gained, to promote effective mechanisms, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector.
Meeting: The International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
Feb 12
Friday, February 13, 2009 (All day) - Sunday, February 15, 2009 (All day)
CIGI Distinguished Fellow Louise Fréchette will travel to Washington to participate in the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament meeting taking place on February 13-15
Workshop: The Canadian Nuclear Industry: Status and Prospects
Jan 30
Friday, January 30, 2009 - 8:00am - 5:00pm
Carleton University
This event is by invitation only.
Conference: "The Nuclear Energy Revival: Regional perspectives and governance challenges"
Nov 05
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 5:00pm - Friday, November 7, 2008 - 5:00pm
CIGI
This conference is by invitation only.
Regional workshop on ‘The nuclear energy revival and global governance: Asia-Pacific perspectives’
Apr 10
Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 9:00am - Friday, April 11, 2008 - 6:00pm
Part of the nuclear energy futures project, this regional workshop is one of a series of consultations being conducted as part of the worldwide project led by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in cooperation with the Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance (CCTC).
CIGI/DFAIT Roundtable: Nuclear Revival: Implications for Global Nuclear Safety, Security and Non-proliferation Regimes
Dec 10
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 (All day)
The Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance (CCTC), CIGI and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) hosted a roundtable with Canadian nuclear energy stakeholders to discuss the future of nuclear energy in Canada and the impact of a worldwide revival on global governance.
CIGI07
Oct 25
Friday, October 26, 2007 (All day) - Saturday, October 27, 2007 (All day)
CIGI
The conference will engage accomplished researchers, practitioners, business leaders and policy makers from around the world to discuss and advance issues of critical global importance.
Beyond Hiroshima: The Role of Canada in Nuclear DisarmamentActions
Feb 15
Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
CIGI
Douglas Roche - journalist, politician, academic and diplomat. Senator Douglas Roche is one of Canada’s foremost experts on peace and disarmament. He is the former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament and former Chairman of the United Nations Disarmament Committee. His previous Novalis book, The Human Right to Peace, was released in 2003.
Related Materials
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Jonathan Tirone
CIGI Senior Fellow Trevor Findlay comments that given the alleged non-independence of Japan's nuclear regulator, the country will come under strong pressure at the upcoming IAEA conference to provide a detailed account of what happened at Fukushima.
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Jonathan Tirone
In a Bloomberg article on the world's nuclear watchdog, CIGI Senior Fellow Trevor Findlay says that the IAEA is missing an opportunity to improve shortcomings in reactor safety exposed by the Fukushima disaster.
Article
Jonathan Tirone
In light of the recent IAEA meeting in Vienna, CIGI Senior Fellow Trevor Findlay comments to Bloomberg that there has been resistance for decades to mandatory safety standards and IAEA-led checks.
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In an op-ed for the Ottawa Citizen, Louise Frechette and Trevor Findlay argue that the multiple reactor crises at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant reinforce the need for strengthening global instruments to ensure nuclear safety worldwide.
