On the very good idea of a good war: Afghanistan ten years in

Public Issues Forum

Our Afghan Decade: A roundtable discussion on the past, present and future of Canada’s mission in Afghanistan http://this.org/magazine/2011/09/23/10-years-in-afghanistan/

THE PANELSTS:

Amir Attaran is Professor in the Faculties of Law and Medicine at the University of Ottawa, and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Law, Population Health and Global Development Policy.

Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims is a peace and human rights educator, researcher, and consultant specializing both in women’s rights in conflict-affected contexts, and in Afghanistan.

Graeme Smith is an award-winning foreign correspondent for /The Globe and Mail/, based in Kandahar for three years, and since reporting from India, Pakistan, Libya, and beyond.

John Duncan is the director of the Ethics, Society, and Law program at the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto.

MODERATOR:

Melissa S. Williams is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

CO-SPONSORS:

•Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto
•The Provost, Trinity College
•The Margaret MacMillan Trinity One Programme, Trinity College
•The International Relations Programme, Trinity College
•Victoria College
•Ethics, Society & Law Students’ Association, Trinity College

Mon, Oct 17, 2011
03:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Cartwright Hall, 1st Floor, St. Hilda's Residence
44 Devonshire Place