Canada Seminar

Date: 

Monday, March 25, 2019, 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Bowie Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA

"Indigenous Peoples' Issues in Canada in 2019"

Speaker: Mariame Aboubakrine, Chair, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Chair: Ronald Niezen, William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies and Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy, Faculties of Law and of Arts, McGill University 

Lunch will be provided if you register by clicking the sign up link below.

Dr. Aboubakrine is a medical doctor and a member of Tin-Hinan, a women’s association working for the defence, promotion of Indigenous peoples's rights in Sahel-Sahara region including the right to a sustainable development, particularly the Tuareg. She is also an independent consultant on gender issues, education,health, and conflict resolution/peace agreement in Indigenous communities.Dr Aboubakrine is an international speaker and author of articles on issues as diverse as the right to health,culture or Indigenous languages.

 

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See also: Canada Seminar