Reports

Check out reports from our many different dialogue sessions to see the evolution of our conversation on Canada's role in the world. Give us your input by hosting your own dialogue session.

Atlantic dialogues - Striking a Balance

From November 17th to 24th 2008, Canada’s World travelled through the Atlantic provinces engaging Canadians in dialogue about Canada’s role in the world. Given the importance of both environmental and economic concerns in shaping Canadian foreign policy and Canada’s role in the world, Canada’s World felt a conversation about the relationship between the two would be timely and illuminating. “The Economy and the Environment: Striking a Balance” became the subject of the Atlantic Dialogue tour. The following reports detail the conversations that took place in each location:

November 17th → Fredericton (coming soon!)

November 19th → Charlottetown (coming soon!)

November 21st → Halifax (coming soon!)

November 24th → St. John's

Regional dialogues/ Dialogues régionaux

"Au-delà des dichotomies: Le role du Canada au XXIème siècle" - le rapport final de nos dialogues régionaux - est maintenant disponible.

"Moving Beyond Dichotomies: Canada's Role in the 21st Century" - the report from our regional dialogue sessions - is now available.

Or check out highlights from specific dialogue sessions:

February 15th to 17th → Calgary

February 22nd to 24th → Winnipeg

February 29th to March 2nd → Toronto

March 7th to 9th → Vancouver

March 14th to 16th → Halifax

le 28 à 30 mars → Montréal (en français)

le 4 à 6 avril → Moncton (en français)

April 11th to 13th → Ottawa

Community dialogues/ dialogues communautaires

15 novembre 2008 → Dialogue de Montréal sur les inégalités à l'échelle mondiale

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Un groupe varié de citoyens de Montréal a participé à une journée de discussion autour du thème des inégalités mondiales. Parmi les participants on trouvait une infirmière, un musicien et un organisateur d’évènement, une technologiste médicale, une auditrice de banque, des étudiantes en politique internationale. Plusieurs participants étaient originaires des Caraïbes.

November 7th 2008 → Ottawa Dialogue on Conflict

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A group of citizens met on a Friday morning to discuss the changing nature of conflict worldwide and the role Canada should play in this issue today. Most of the participants were students from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs from the University of Ottawa while others were from different walks of life, including a person from the Royal Canadian Legion and some people having lived overseas.

October 30th 2008 → Winnipeg Dialogue on Global Connectivity

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Participants at this dialogue were asked to: answer the questions  "How do you think others perceive Canada?  How would you like Canada to be perceived?"; define the phrase "global connectivity" and our assets, values and interests in relation to it;  and finally develop recommendations for the federal government on leveraging our global connectivity to strengthen Canada’s effectiveness in the international arena.

October 27th 2008 → Edmonton Dialogue on Climate Change

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Participants at this dialogue were asked to: answer the questions  "In relation to climate change,  how do you think others perceive Canada?  How would you like Canada to be perceived?"; create a timeline of Canada's role in the world regarding climate change; define Canadian assets, values and interests related to climate change; identify principles on which they want future action on climate change to be based; and develop secific actions they would like to take to address climate change.

September 24th 2008 → Vote for the World Strategy Session with students, Vancouver

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Canada's World gathered a group of students together to discuss the need to put global issues on the agenda during the 2008 election campaign. After hearing from Kevin Millsip, from local organization Check Your Head, and several first-time voters, students were asked to break into groups and discuss their opinions on the most important question about Canada's role in the world during this election campaign. The report details their questions, and suggested actions for making global issues a priority.

May 20th and June 29th → Food for Talk Community Dialogues, Vancouver and Toronto

Reports coming soon!

The Food for Talk community dialogue events brought together youth, senior and local community members with representatives from business, government and NGOs for a full-day of dialoge on our role in the international food chain. Check back here for reports from these events, and refer to our online resource guide for more information.

Roundtable dialogues

March 31st 2008 → Winnipeg Roundtable on Humanitarian Aid

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This citizens' roundtable, supported by the University of Winnipeg Global College, brought together a group of Winnipeg citizens, who used the dialogue to express their desire for Canada to democratize our foreign policy making process. Troubled by the tendency for policy to be made behind closed doors and without public debate, participants sought a more open, public consultation process as a requirement for all major foreign policy decisions.

May 26th 2008 → Kitchen Roundtable on Ideas for a Great Canada, Toronto

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This self-organized roundtable brought together a group of five friends in Toronto for a conversation on Canada's role in the world, using our Guide to Hosting a Kitchen Roundtable as a resource. Participants Kathleen Kevany, Preethi Gopinath, Ardavan Tajbakhsh, Greg Woodall and Paraic Lally agreed on a list of desired achievements for Canada (including the Millennium Development Goals, universal medical care, food security, avoiding poverty of the mind, body and spirit, and access to safe water and energy) and the need to narrow down to one or two goals and take appropriate and timely action. Participants also stressed the need for action on a personal level, beginning with dialogue.

June 3rd 2008 → Leveraging our Global Connectivity: Exploring the role of diversity in Canadian foreign policy, Toronto

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The objective of this roundtable were: to create the opportunity for community leaders to share their knowledge on leveraging global connectivity; to enable community leaders to contribute to the larger Canada's World Citizens Policy Agenda; and to create and build upon existing relationships between community leaders. Major themes that emerged from the day included the strong feeling that Canada does not take full advantage of its cultural communities and globally connected citizens, and that many avenues for doing so should be explored, including involving communities in the foreign policy-making process, and moving forward with recognition of foreign credentials.

June 3rd 2008 → Voices from Faith-based Communities, Toronto

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The objective of this roundtable were: to create the opportunity for faith-based community leaders to share their ideas for how their groups can positively contribute to Canada's international policy; to enable faith-based community leaders to contribute to the larger Canada's World Citizens Policy Agenda; and to create and build upon existing relationships between faith-based leaders, and to generate further inter-faith understanding and cooperation. Major themes that emerged from the day included the belief that Canadian international policy must remain in-line wih core values embodied by faith communities, including peacefulness, equality and repect for diversity.

June 5th and 6th 2008 → Roundtable on Indigenous Rights, Winnipeg

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The roundtable was designed with two main goals in mind - to offer a learning environment where participants could deepen their understanding of Indigenous rights issues, and explore further avenues for personal involvement; and to engage participants in a conversation about how the local community can work together to improve the situation of Indigenous Rights. The major theme that emerged from the day was the pressing need for Aboriginal Peoples to understand their relationship to legal, political, economic and social systems, and to claim their place in a society of fractured identities.