Colin, Author at Jeanne Sauvé Foundation

Sauvé – St. Johnsbury Exchange

March 6, 2009
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Past Events

By Sauvé Scholars 2008-2009 In early March, six Sauvé Scholars travelled to St. Johnsbury, Vermont as guests of the Colwell Center for Global Understanding. Engaging with students, faculty and community members about key international issues, the Schola...

Gérald Sapey inaugurates the 2009-2010 Speakers Series

September 22, 2009
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Past Events, Speaker Series

By Sara Gonzalez Devant Gérald Sapey, President of Reporters Without Borders and an active member of the Fondation Hirondelle was the first guest of the 2009-2010 Speakers Series at the Jeanne Sauvé House. RSF’s website features the motto “Don�...

Wangari Maathai and David Suzuki at Maison Jeanne Sauvé

September 28, 2009
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News

By Liam McHugh-Russell (Sauvé Scholar 2009-10) On Monday, September 28th 2009, Sauvé House was happy to host two honoured guests, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai and renowned Canadian geneticist and environmental activist David Suzuki. Dr. ...

Sauvé Scholars meet Bill Clinton

October 16, 2009
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Past Events, Special Guests

By Janet Jobson (Sauvé Scholar 2009-2010) On Friday 16 October, the 2009/10 Sauvé Scholars attended a McGill University degree ceremony where a Doctorate of Laws honoris causae was conferred on former US President William Jefferson Clinton. In introdu...

2009-10 Sauvé Scholars host The Rt. Honourable Paul Martin

October 19, 2009
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Past Events, Special Guests

Diversity is a wonderful thing but do we, as humans, have the capacity to really understand difference? This was the question posed to the Sauvé Scholars by former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin when he joined us for a special lunch at Maison Jeanne...

Mirwais Nahzat invited speaker at cnference on Canada’s role in Afghanistan

October 23, 2009
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Past Events

By Mirwais Nahzat (2009-10 Sauvé Scholar) Current Sauvé Scholar Mirwais Nahzat joins a group of distinguished speakers at a conference hosted by the Liu Institute of the University of British Columbia: After 2011? A discussion of Canada’s role in ...

Senator Roméo Dallaire at Sauvé House

October 28, 2009
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Past Events, Speaker Series

On 28 October 2009, the 2009-10 Sauvé Scholars had the pleasure of meeting Senator Roméo Dallaire at a special event highlighting Mobilizing the Will to Intervene: Leadership and Action to Prevent Mass Atrocities, a report on genocide prevention invol...

A Public Servant Par Excellence Speaks on Government That Works

January 19, 2010
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Past Events, Speaker Series

By Megan Carroll and Liam McHugh-Russell How can we measure whether a government works? Good policy is important. Accountability is certainly part of the answer. Yet ultimately, government which works is government which acts; it is government which, in s...

A New Way Forward: Public Forum on Afghanistan

The Sauvé Scholars Program and McGill’s Human Rights Working Group are pleased to have hosted a public forum on Afghanistan featuring Dr. Nipa Banerjee, former Canada Head of Aid in Afghanistan, University of Ottawa; Prof. Stephen Saideman, McGill ...

2010 Jeanne Sauvé Address Delivered by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean

February 18, 2010
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Jeanne Sauvé Address, Past Events, Receptions

On Thursday February 18, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada delivered the Inaugural Jeanne Sauvé Address in front of more than 300 guests gathered in person at McGill University’s Moyse Hall or attending...

Elizabeth May: Confronting Canada’s triple deficit – ecological, fiscal and democratic

By Janet Jobson (Sauvé Scholar 2009-10 ) On Wednesday, 31 March, the Sauvé Foundation was honoured to welcome the leader of Canada’s Green Party, Ms. Elizabeth May, to speak on the topic Confronting Canada’s Triple Deficit – Ecological, Fiscal a...

2009-2010 Sauvé Scholars’ Day at the Kahnawake Survival School

A Day at the Kahnawake Survival School By Liam McHugh-Russell (2009-10 Sauvé Scholar) Each year, in addition to their individual projects, the Sauvé Scholars work together on one or more community-focused collective projects. One of those projects this ...

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