Towards 2030: Building Canada’s Engagement in Global Sustainable Development

The University of Calgary invites you to join Margaret Biggs, former President of the Canadian International Development Agency and John McArthur, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and United Nations Foundation as they present the Centre for International Policy Studies’ working group report "Towards 2030: Building Canada’s Engagement with Global Sustainable Development.”

Mayor Naheed Nenshi is pleased to join this public event and will present local perspectives on the findings of the report.

Date: February 10, 2016
Location: Senate Room, Seventh Floor, Hotel Alma
Address: 169 University Gate NW
Time: 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. (presentation/discussion) 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. (refreshments/networking)
Parking available in Lot 3 and the Arts Parkade (Map) 

Kindly RSVP by Monday, February 8

About the event:
Margaret Biggs, and John McArthur co-led the Centre for International Policy Studies’ working group report, “Towards 2030: Building Canada’s Engagement with Global Sustainable Development”. The conclusions found are clear. The world is in the midst of a complex and dramatic set of transformations. The traditional view of “international development” as solely a matter of charity and moral importance, secondary to Canada’s hard interests, is long outdated. The complex, inter-related nature of contemporary global challenges demands a new mindset, a new coalition of actors, and even new terminology.

Refreshments will be served.