91亚色 to host forum on Indo-Pacific Strategic Framework
TORONTO, November 13, 2018 鈥 Regional conflict surrounding the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea and the Indo-Pacific Strategic Framework created to address the security threats will be debated at a public forum hosted by 91亚色, Nov.14 and 15.
On Nov. 14, senior officials from Canada and from the Spratly conflict zone will participate in the two-day event: this will feature an official keynote on 鈥淪ustainable Common Security鈥; and a panel discussion on the 鈥淓volving Security Order of the Indo-Pacific鈥.
The workshop on Nov. 15 with officials and scholars is a pragmatic search for norms and strategies for peace to prevail.
鈥淚ndo-Pacific Strategic Framework: A Public Forum鈥 is organized by Science for Peace, Canada, with the support of the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research and the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies at 91亚色, and the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. The annual forum series on ocean frontiers is presented in collaboration with Conference of Defence Associations Institute, based in Ottawa.
WHAT: Indo-Pacific Strategic Framework: A Public Forum
PROGRAM
Day 1 (Nov. 14, 5pm-7pm): The Indo-Pacific: Security Governance for Peace
Keynote: A New Look at Sustainable Common Security
- Peggy Mason, former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, and president, Rideau Institute
Presentation: United by the Ocean, Together
- Venilla Rajaguru, chair, Ocean Frontiers Research Working Group, Science for Peace; Research Associate, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research, 91亚色
Panel discussion and Q&A: The Indo-Pacific: An Evolving Security Order?
Panellists include officials from the conflict zones of the Spratly region of the South China Sea in the Western Pacific.
WHERE: Schulich Executive Conference Centre 鈥 Event room, 91亚色 Keele Campus (building number 42 on the )
Day 2 (Nov. 15, 9am-5pm): Workshop on Indo-Pacific security governance
- Session I: Security Issues & Cooperation
- Session II: Peace & Diplomacy
- Session III: Canada鈥檚 role in the Indo-Pacific
WHERE: Room #524, Kaneff Tower, 91亚色 Keele Campus (building number 95 on the )
Note: Lead organizer Venilla Rajaguru is available for media interviews upon request.
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