[CCC] Canadian International Policy eDiscussions - "Democracy" - international participation

[Mary Pines]

If you're interested in politics and Canadian foreign policy, please see below.


>
>Dear colleagues,
>
>I have received the information below from the 
>Department of Foreign Affairs and International 
>Trade in Ottawa which may be of interest to 
>colleagues or students of yours on politics 
>courses, postgrad or undergraduate. It is in 
>regard to a government-hosted web-based 
>discussion on Canadian foreign policy.
>
>The discussion topic which will start on 22 
>January 2007 is 'Democracy Promotion'. Previous 
>discussions included Non-proliferation, Arms 
>Control and Disarmament; Failed and Fragile 
>States; and Renewing Multilateral Institutions. 
>
>The earlier discussions helped to inform 
>students and to animate the curriculum of 
>courses throughout Canada. Through the 
>incorporation of the eDiscussions in various 
>curricula, professors and students were able to 
>understand and contribute better to this public 
>debate from its outset and enrich their studies 
>through netcast interviews with experts, key 
>documentation and information on current 
>Canadian government policies.
>
>A direct link to the new discussion is at 
>http://geo.international.gc.ca/cip-pic/current_discussions/internationalclassroomparticipation-en.asp.
>
>DFAIT invites Canadian Studies and political 
>science classes internationally to help frame 
>the discussion by providing a policy position 
>paper on Democracy Promotion which will be 
>posted online. A template for policy papers is 
>provided on the website above. For examples of 
>papers submitted on the non-proliferation topic, 
>see 
>http://geo.international.gc.ca/cip-pic/current_discussions/resources-nacd-en.asp.
>
>Upon completion, a summary of the eDiscussion 
>and a summary of the policy position papers will 
>be presented to senior policy-makers at DFAIT. 
>An official DFAIT response will be developed and 
>posted on the site.
>
>eDiscussions are a component of the Canadian 
>International Policy website (see: 
>http://geo.international.gc.ca/cip-pic/menu-en.asp).
>
>The site's three main objectives are:
>
>*	to become the principal resource for 
>information on current and past Canadian 
>international policy;
>*	to frame and contextualize Canada's foreign policy;
>*	and to engage Canadians and students of 
>Canada through online policy discussions.
>
>DFAIT is also interested in receiving feedback 
>on other ways that you foresee these discussions 
>could be incorporated into Canadian Studies 
>programs and political science courses. 
>
>Thanks and best wishes,
>Bill
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>Dr William Lawton
>Academic Relations Officer/Agent des relations académiques
>Canadian High Commission/Haut-commissariat du Canada
>Canada House
>Trafalgar Square
>London   SW1Y 5BJ
>
>tel    		020-7258 6691
>fax/téléc	020-7258 6476
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Mary Pines
Graduate student

Roeper Lab
Anatomy Building
Department of Physiology, Development
and Neuroscience
University of Cambridge
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Cambridge
CB2 3DY


tel. +44 (0)1223 339 558

email: mkpp2 at cam.ac.uk