El Muro (The Wall): On Borders, Renewed Exclusions, and Other Nightmares of
In-security
Gilberto Rosas
Thursday, October 13
1:30 鈥� 3:30 pm
764 91亚色 Lanes

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The Critical Border Studies Speaker Series is sponsored by the 91亚色 Centre for International and Security Studies and the Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost.

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Left: David Dewitt

Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the聽 is an independent, nonpartisan think tank on international governance. Led by experienced practitioners and distinguished academics, CIGI supports research, forms networks, advances policy debate and generates ideas for multilateral governance improvements.

鈥淚 congratulate David on his new role as vice-president of programs at CIGI,鈥� said Stan Shapson, vice-president research & innovation at 91亚色. 鈥淒avid has served the University so well as associate vice-president research, bringing an important blend of academic excellence, strategic thinking and administrative efficiency to this challenging role. His new role draws on his expertise as a first-rate academic administrator and his widely recognized career as a scholar in international affairs. I invite the 91亚色 community to join with me in wishing him every success in this new adventure.鈥�

Under its , CIGI seeks to identify and address areas of major global governance that will be challenged over the next decade. Its research and work will focus on four program themes: the Global Economy, Energy &聽Environment, Development, and Global Security.

鈥淚n a few short years, CIGI has emerged as a pre-eminent source of innovative thinking about international governance,鈥� Dewitt said. 鈥淚 am excited about the opportunity to work with CIGI鈥檚 staff, fellows and partners in building significant new programs of research and policy development. Our goal is to advance better ideas for promoting global prosperity and security.鈥�

About David Dewitt

Dewitt is a specialist in international affairs with expertise in security and conflict, the Middle East and Asia Pacific, and comparative public diplomacy. He earned a BA at the University of British Columbia and an MA and PhD from Stanford University.

Prior to assuming his current position within the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, he served as director of the 91亚色 Centre for International聽& Security Studies (YCISS) from 1988 to 2006. He is the author or contributing editor of books, chapters and peer reviewed articles as well as commissioned reports on Canadian foreign, security, and defense policy, international and regional security and conflict management in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, arms control and proliferation, and human security.

In the early 1990s, Dewitt co-directed the North Pacific Cooperative Security Dialogue, a Foreign Affairs sponsored multilateral track-two diplomacy initiative, and has been involved in various track-two initiatives on security in Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

Dewitt has been a visiting scholar at Tel Aviv University and an international research fellow of the Korean Institute for Defense Analysis. He served as founding chair of the Canadian Consortium for Asia Pacific Security and as a co-chair of the Canadian Member Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific. He also was a co-director of the Canadian Consortium for Human Security, national chair of the Canadian Professors for Peace in the Middle East, and has served as chair of the Partnerships for International Strategies with Asia聽now based at the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.

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The event will take place April 27, from 7 to 9pm, in the Rosedale Room of the Marriot Bloor-91亚色ville Hotel, 90 Bloor St. E., Toronto. Everyone is welcome to attend. It is sponsored by the 91亚色 Centre for International Security Studies and the at 91亚色.

The forum will feature analyst, author and educator Daryl Copeland, 91亚色 law Professor of Osgoode Hall Law School and director of the聽Jack & Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime & Security, and Dutch and Australian media theorist and innovative philosopher Geert Lovink. 91亚色 political science Professor 搁辞产别谤迟听尝补迟丑补尘, director of the 91亚色 Centre for International & Security Studies, will be the forum鈥檚 moderator.

Lovink is a research professor of Interactive Media at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, a professor of new media at the University of Amsterdam and is the founding director of the Institute of Network Cultures in Amsterdam.

Before joining Osgoode, Scott was the Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in 2000 and a professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, from 1989-2000. Scott is currently a commissioner on the civil-society (Truth Commission) in Honduras in the context of which information sourced from WikiLeaks plays a significant role. He is also convening editor of the quarterly journal聽 and series editor of the聽. He was named a 2010聽 Visiting Fellow and is an editor of聽 (Hart Publishing, 2001).

Latham鈥檚 research is focused on technologies of border surveillance; critical theories of sovereignty, global governance and migration; international communication; the politics of knowledge and large-scale monitoring systems. He is the author of B and co-editor of and .

Copeland is an adjunct professor and Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, who specializes in foreign policy, global issues, diplomacy and public management. He is the author of聽. From 1981 to 2009, Copeland served as a Canadian diplomat with postings in Thailand, Ethiopia, New Zealand and Malaysia. During the 1980s and 1990s, he was elected five times to the executive committee of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers. From 1996-1999 he was national program director of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs in Toronto and editor of Behind the Headlines, then Canada's international affairs magazine. In 2000, he received the Canadian Foreign Service Officer Award.

For more information, visit the 91亚色 Centre for International & Security Studies website.

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The clip runs over six minutes and is available on .

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McMurtry, former attorney general of Ontario, will open with remarks on social justice in Canada. Each panelist will speak about a different aspect of the theme, followed by a question and answer period. Robert Latham, director of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for International & Security Studies, will talk about rights to mobility and citizenship; sociologist Lesley Wood, about social movement, globalization and policing; and Sara Horowitz, director of 91亚色鈥檚 Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies, about gender, genocide and Jewish memory.

The two-hour event starts at 1pm in 280N 91亚色 Lanes.

Research Matters is an annual lecture series showcasing 91亚色 research and sponsored by the associate dean of research in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). Dean Martin Singer and Barbara Crow, associate dean of research, will introduce the Jan. 12 panel discussion.

Previous panels have discussed issues such as scholarship and policy development, internationalization and global health, the north, China, knowledge mobilization, pandemic planning and interdisciplinary research. To view videos of the panel discussions, visit the聽LA&PS website.

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鈥淭he question becomes at what point does any given individual weigh the cost of the experience against the benefit of the visit,鈥� says Latham, adding that several factors, including the training and experience of the border guards, can impact the experience for an individual.

Latham said he is against the aggressive approach to security and believes it is possible to stop the few bad apples without alienating the majority of good people.

鈥淲e know the percentages are very, very low of people who are up to no good, creating some kind of deception in order to commit a crime or engage in terrorism,鈥� says Latham. 鈥淪o the question becomes what does the 鈥榗ulture鈥� of mistrust get you if you end up alienating a large number of people who are only interested in vacation, visiting family, or engaging in legitimate business.鈥�

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He spoke to the Calgary Herald April 24 about how in conflicts defined by the number of our dead:

As Canada鈥檚 role in Afghanistan approaches its final year, the number of injured soldiers is more than 10 times the fallen.

鈥淔atalities do draw the most attention, because there鈥檚 a finality to it,鈥� says Martin Shadwick, a military analyst in the 91亚色 Centre for International & Security Studies. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a clich茅, but it鈥檚 the ultimate sacrifice. Even though our number of wounded is quite high, it doesn鈥檛 resonate. That鈥檚 disquieting, because some of these guys are horrifically injured for the rest of their lives.鈥�

The Canadian Forces say they simply don鈥檛 want Taliban insurgents to know.

Shadwick points out that security concerns are somewhat valid because information can travel the globe in moments. However, Canada鈥檚 suppression of their numbers is far greater than other countries, such as Australia, which makes a public announcement every time a soldier is seriously wounded.

鈥淎 yearly release of the numbers seems overzealous. There must be a compromise in there somewhere. In comparative terms, we seem to be relying very heavily on the side of caution,鈥� Shadwick says.

April 18 about the Canadian Forces' plan to cut back on recruiting staff now that the armed forces are nearing their targets:

Defence analyst Martin Shadwick said the end of the military mission in Afghanistan in July 2011 takes some of the pressure off the Canadian Forces in terms of the need for new recruits.

But he questioned whether cutting back on recruiting staff was the right approach, considering that some services such as the navy have significant problems getting personnel.

"Can you really let all those folks go considering the navy is hurting?" he asked.

Shadwick also spoke to DefenseNews about :

Canada's Army is emerging as the clear winner in equipment purchases. It has received approval to spend more than 5 billion Canadian dollars ($4.9 billion) on several new fleets of armored vehicles, while an Air Force program to buy search-and-rescue planes and the Navy's efforts to spend billions on new vessels are in limbo.

The ongoing war in Afghanistan, and the fact that the service has become the main force called on by government for both international and domestic deployments, has bolstered its support, say analysts and officers.

"The Army is the major beneficiary of money available for equipment, largely because of Afghanistan and presumably because of an expectation they'll be called up more in the future for other missions," said defense analyst Martin Shadwick, a strategic studies professor at 91亚色 in Toronto.

Shadwick said the Army has been high profile over the last decade. It has been in Afghanistan, and is the first service the Canadian government usually turns to for international missions, as well as domestic deployments to deal with natural disasters such as forest fires and flooding.

Military officers privately agreed with that assessment, noting that although the Air Force has received new aircraft in the last three years, those planes have a transport role that would be used largely to support Army deployments. Canada has purchased and received four C-17s and is receiving the first of its new fleet of C-130Js starting in May.

. . .

Shadwick said one advantage that the Army has over the other two services is that the equipment it needs is readily available, unlike the construction of vessels that can take up to a decade.

"The lead time on acquiring a Close Combat Vehicle is relatively fast compared to purchasing ships or even compared to some Air Force projects," Shadwick said.

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Four speakers will untangle some of the issues at Guns聽& Global Security: From Neighbourhoods to the United Nations, which will take place Thursday, April 22, from 7 to 9pm at the Toronto聽Marriott聽Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel, 525 Bay St., Toronto. Admission is free.

Canada is a producer and exporter of arms, as well as a recipient of both legal and less than legal transfers of weapons, mainly from the United States. For Canadians this has translated into greater numbers of guns on city streets and a more dangerous environment for the country鈥檚 military forces when they are deployed abroad.

Right: Barbara Falk

The problem of civilian possession will be addressed at multilateral arms control negotiations under the (SALW) and the Arms Trade Treaty. These discussions will explore the relationship of civilian possession of arms and problems of control, both domestic and international, for creating conditions of security and insecurity.

The panel for the YCISS discussion is comprised of Ryerson Professor Wendy Cukier of the 91亚色-Ryerson Joint Graduate Program in Communication & Culture; Ken Epps, senior program associate at Project Ploughshares; 91亚色 criminology Professor James Sheptycki; Gregory Getty of the Toronto Police Service; and moderator Barbara Falk of Canadian Forces College.

Left: Wendy Cukier

The panel hopes to address some of the fundamental issues, such as how the concept of 鈥渃ivilian possession鈥� should be interpreted under SALW and identifying the problems with civilian possession of small arms and light weapons faced by Canadian Forces.

The panellists will聽examine the problems and prospects of regulating small arms proliferation within Canada and the United States and whether civilian possession of weapons in Canada and the US needs to be addressed by state and non-state actors. They will also discuss what effect the multilateral arms control negotiations will have on arms trade as practised by Canada and the United States.

Since 2003, YCISS has held two annual public lecture series on contemporary issues in Canadian security, each exploring a current dilemma facing Canadian defence and security. The goal of the Contemporary Dilemmas in Canadian Security Lecture Series is to raise public awareness of the issues we face as Canadians, and to contribute to the public discussion of those issues. The lecturers are drawn from 91亚色, across Canada and around the world to provide informative, challenging reflections on the issues of the day.

This event is partly sponsored by the Guns, Crime and Social Order research project, an ongoing project that seeks to examine the relationship between weaponization and social cohesion.

To pre-register for the event, click here. For more information, visit the YCISS Web site.

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The conference, which is hosted by the 91亚色 Centre for International & Security Studies follows two successful events, hosted by the University of Bristol in 2008 and the Newcastle Universityin 2009. 91亚色's conference will be the聽third聽Popular Culture聽& World Politics Conference. This year's event seeks to continue the growing conversation on the intersections of various forms of popular culture and the study of world politics from a range of disciplines and practices in the social sciences, humanities and the arts.

Conference聽organizers are currently seeking collaboration and proposals for performances, screenings, panels or individual papers, on any aspect of world politics and popular culture. The two-day conference will also involve a series of performances, exhibitions and public events to be held at 91亚色 and other parts of Toronto that will explore the dynamic links between popular culture, performance and world politics through cinematography, photography, art, music, video games, television and the Internet.

The conference intends to showcase Toronto-based artistic projects, pieces and performances related to the theme of world politics and international relations. The organizers welcome any proposals for collaboration or involvement based on the above themes from members of the 91亚色 community and local artists.

If you are interested in attending the conference, you聽should submit a brief abstract, limited to 250 words, of your paper聽or performance. Click here to learn more. The deadline for聽submissions is April 14.

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McDonald's is giving away free coffee, while Tim Hortons' Roll Up The Rim To Win campaign is in full throttle. Which company is winning the coffee war? What does it bring to the bottom line? And, which brand tastes better?

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Robert Latham, associate professor of Political Science and director of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for International & Security Studies, and Qasim Farah, a 91亚色 graduate student in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, spoke about the possible recruiting of young Canadian Somalis by Al Shahab, an organization that has been added to the government鈥檚 list of terrorist organizations, on CBC Radio鈥檚 鈥溾�� March 10. The audio clip is available on .

Barbo Ciakudia, an international studies student at Glendon College and an organizer of 91亚色's How Much Do You Know About the D. R. Congo? conference, was interviewed on Metro Morning about the relationship between coltan, a metallic ore used to manufacture electronics, such as cell phones and computers, and the Congo's decades-long conflict. Both the interview and the conference took place on March 11. The segment runs over seven minutes and is available on CBC's "" Web site.

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