Prof. Larry Chartrand starts new research program entitled “Metis Treaties in Canada: Past Present and Future” funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 - Deconstructing the Promise of ‘Inclusive Equality’ in the Context of New Extractivism: Lessons from Peasant Women’s Activism in Ecuador
The HRREC is sponsoring a panel during the Canadian Council on International Law Annual Conference entitled "Natural Resources, Human Rights, and Conflict"
We would like to thank you for the great amount of interest in the work of the Clinic. We are currently reviewing the applications and we will have a first selection by the first week of October. Selected students will be contacted by the Project coordinators.
Gordon F. Henderson scholars present at the 23rd World Congress of Political Science in Montreal
Dr. Areli Valencia, Gordon Henderson Postdoctoral Fellow, and Joaquin Bardallo Bandera, Gordon Henderson Master Fellow at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), will present at the 23rd World Congress of Political Science in Montreal (July 19-24)
HRREC Director addresses Third Istanbul Conference on Mediation
At the invitation of the Foreign Ministry of Turkey, HRREC Director John Packer is currently addressing the Third Istanbul Conference on Mediation (26-27 June 2014).
Prof Mark Toufayan, HRREC member recent publication in “African Legal Theory and Contemporary Problems: Critical Essays”
Prof Toufayan has recently published a chapter:
“When British Justice (in African Colonies) Points Two Ways: On Dualism, Hybridity, and the Genealogy of Juridical Negritude in Taslim Olawale Elias” in the book:
HRREC Director addresses ASEAN-UN Regional Dialogue
At the request of the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, HRREC Director John Packer is currently in Kuala Lumpur to contribute to the annual ASEAN-UN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Regional Dialogue on the Political-Security Cooperation Pillar.
Congratulations to Antoine Lavoie recipient of the 2013-2014 Jacques Gaudreau Memorial Prize
The Human Rights Research and Education Centre would like congratulate Antoine Lavoie for being the 2013-2014 Jacques Gaudreau Memorial Prize recipient.
HRREC Director delivers a mediation clinic for the United Nations Summer Academy in New York
HRREC Director, John Packer, is currently at United Nations (UN) headquarters delivering a mediation clinic for senior officials. This is the second year that Prof. Packer has been asked to deliver this key element of the week-long programme, as part of the annual UN Summer Academy organised by the UN System Staff College.
Dr. Kirsten J. Fisher, Gordon F. Henderson Postdoctoral Fellow 2012-2013 and member of the HRREC, has recently published a book entitled “Transitional Justice for Child Soldiers: Accountability and Social Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Contexts”.
January 23, 2014 – Lunch conference: “L’utilisation du droit de l’enfance dans la responsabilité sociale des entreprises du gouvernement canadien, des minières transnationales canadiennes et du gouvernement malien”
Olabisi Delebayo Akinkugbe, Doctoral Candidate’s new publication : “The Dillemma of Public-Private Partnerships as a Vehicle for the Provision of Regional Transport Infrastructure in Africa” The law and Development Review
International expert on mediation and dialogue, Professor John Packer, is advising the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission for Ukraine
Gordon F. Henderson scholars present at the 23rd World Congress of Political Science in Montreal
Dr. Areli Valencia, Gordon Henderson Postdoctoral Fellow, and Joaquin Bardallo Bandera, Gordon Henderson Master Fellow at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), will present at the 23rd World Congress of Political Science in Montreal (July 19-24)
Prof Toufayan has recently published a chapter: