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| IPRA2006 SPECIAL PRESENTERS |
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Johan Galtung, the Norwegian "father of peace research" is the premier pioneer
of peace-related scholarship, founder of Peace Research Institute, Oslo,
Norway,(PRIO), the world's first peace research institution. Johan
is also a founder of Transcend, an on-line source leading to a large number
of peace-building and conflict resolution courses and workshops. Johan
Galtung will address a plenary on the subject "Professionalism in
Violence Prevention and Peace Building". ...for more |
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Martin Luther King, III is President and CEO of the King Center, and President of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the organization that his father
cofounded in 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin III's dedication to creating
and implementing strategic nonviolent action to rid the world of social,
political and economic injustice has propelled him to the forefront as
one of America’s most ardent advocates for the poor, the oppressed and
the disillusioned. Martin will offer the Opening Keynote address for.IPRA2006 on June 29, 8:00 p.m. in MacEwan Hall ...for more. |
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Doreen Spence is a healer, an author, a presenter, an advocate, a creator, an educator,
a speaker and a mentor. Born of Cree ancestry in Northern Alberta Often
based in Calgary this award-winning teacher will lead the "Canada's First Nations on Peace" Plenary on Sunday
morning, July 2nd, 2006 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m....for more. |
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Majid Tehranian,the eloquent and knowledgeable professor of International Communication has served as, Director of the TODA Institute for Global Peace & Policy Research. Professor Tehranian has taught at Harvard, Tufts, Southern California and Tehran University. His specialties are international political economy of culture, communcation, development, democray and peace. Majid Tehranian will address the series of special plenaries on peace journalism .... for more |
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Shall Sinha, the unparalleled Gandhi scholar, conducts his unique and profoundly
sensitive portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi and brings that embodiment back from
visiting India, Sri Lanka, Dubai and Ireland to his Alberta home. Dr. Sinha's
portrayal is a rare opportunity to witness Gandhi's message in Gandhi's
character. Not only does Shall Sinha wear the outward acoutrements of the
Mahatma, he reveals his very heart and spirit. Dr. Sinha will be a keynote
presenter on Canada Day, Saturday evening, July 1st, 7:00 p.m in MacEwan
Hall ... for more |
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Mel Duncan,
practiced exponent of non-violence and a founder of Gandhi-like Non-Violent
Peace Force (NPF) joins Shall Sinha to describe the two years of NPF in the 20
year civil war of Sri Lanka. ...for more. |
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Robert Stewart, Okotoks,
Alberta Rotarian and Canadian North-West Territories Chartered Accountant become
one of Canada's most knowledgeable and experienced peace educators--the pride of
Alberta peace education, founder of the Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace and
the 80,000 hits per month website: www.peace.ca tells his own story of living out his culture of peace.
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Toh Swee-Hin,
UNESCO Award-winning peace educator formerly of the University of Alberta and
now with Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, where he is the inaugural
director of the Multi-Faith Centre. Plus his colleague in both Alberta and
Australia. ...for more. |
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Virginia
Floresca-Cawagas, award-winning Filipino-Canadian, and recipient of the
Yoneji Ebitani Award for outstanding research in Curriculum and Instruction
jointly shared with Toh Swee-Hin, together they discuss "Another World Is
Possible: Education for a Culture of Peace Through Interfaith
Dialogue".
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| Previous IPRA2006 Speakers |
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David Suzuki.is a renowned advocate of sustainable ecology, an ardent environmentalist,
scientist and award-winning broadcaster. As the host of the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation’s television series: The Nature of Things his critical work
has been highly praised as it reached millions of ordinary Canadians..
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Romeo Dallaire.is a Canadian hero, former head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda
and recipient of the Governor General’s award for his book Shake Hands
with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. ...for more. |
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