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8 April 2009

ADVISORY – Public Lectures by UN Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, and Professor Jeffrey Sachs

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The Sauvé Scholars Foundation is proud to announce our co-sponsorship with the McGill Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) (formerly the McGill Center for Developing-area studies (CDAS) ) of two public lectures in Montreal by distinguished speakers: UN Deputy Secretary General, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro and Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development; and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University.

On Wednesday, April 15, Professor Sachs, who is also Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will address the topic of “What Canada Can Do to Help Achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)”. The lecture will be held at the Stewart Biology Building (1205 Docteur-Penfield) at 9:30 am and will be followed by a reception for all who attend the lecture.

Dr. Migiro, whose topic is “Forging a Renewed Partnership for Development”, will speak on Thursday April 16 at the McGill Faculty Club at 3pm. Prior to her appointment as Deputy Secretary-general, Dr. Migiro served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for the Republic of Tanzania from 2006-2007. In that capacity, she spearheaded Tanzania 's engagement in the pursuit of peace, security and development in the Great Lakes Region.

Please see the attached poster/flyer for details:

Dr. Jeffrey Sachs: What Canada Can Do to Help Achieve the MDGs
Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro: Forging a Renewed Partnership for Development

On behalf of the ISID and the Sauvé Scholars Foundation, we look forward to welcoming you to one or both of these important events.
 
Désirée McGraw
Directrice générale / Executive Director
Fondation Jeanne Sauvé Foundation
Boursiers Sauvé Scholars

Notes on our co-sponsor

The new McGill Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) has absorbed The Centre for Developing Area Studies (CDAS).The mandate of ISID is to focus on multidisciplinary research and teaching on development, establish new relations with the international development community, and to train future generations of researchers, teachers, policymakers and development practitioners. Under the direction of Professor Phil Oxhorn, the new institute will ultimately become home to undergraduate programs in International Development Studies, African Studies, Middle Eastern Studies and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, as well as a new Development Studies option at the Master’s level. This will make ISID one of the largest undergraduate teaching units in McGill’s Faculty of Arts.