Student applicants must be working on their Masters or PhDs in the areas of International Relations, Political Science, History, Public Administration, Law or Economics. The Seminar will take place from April 30th to May 5th. Deadline for applications is February 18, 2000. Participation in either official language. If you would like to submit a project for funding please see the John Holmes Fund page for information and application guidelines.
Reports are available electronically.
Among the participants were Professors Andrew Cooper, John English and Elizabeth Riddell Dixon from University of Waterloo, Iver Neumannm of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Christopher Raj of Nehru University of India, William Maley of the Australia Defence College, and Ramesh Thakur, Vice Rector of the UN University in Tokyo, Japan. Among those attending were Nobel Laureate John Polanyi of the University of Toronto, Marcus Gee from the Globe and Mail , John Currie and David Malone of the International Peace Academy. This event was organized by Errol Mendes of the University of Ottawa. Hosted by the University of British Columbia Crime Centre, the Ottawa Group met to discuss how controlling the flow of small arms augments global human security. The Ottawa Group was formed in 1998 to exchange ideas and views from around the world to deal with this emerging issue.