After having a long brain storm session with some people interested in the future of Canadian Foreign Policy was inspired to write this thought experiment. Perhaps a helpful way to frame our current Foreign Policy ennui is to see the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) as facing a challenge analogous to [...]
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Canadian Foreign Policy as a Disruptive innovation problem
Negotiation Workshop for NGOs in Vancouver
I’ll be doing a Negotiation Workshop on behalf of the Hollyhock Leadership Institute in Vancouver this April 25th and 26th. You can find out more, or register, here. Since moving back to Vancouver I’ve been interested in finding ways to enable the local NGO community so when HLI asked if this is something that might [...]
Critical Negotiations in social change movements
Recently I had the good fortune of sharing a tea with Andrea Reimer of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee. Our conversation focused on critical negotiations in social change movements – and more specifically, environmental movements. Andrea pointed me to The Movement Action Plan, an article by social activist Bill Moyer. The article outlines both the [...]
OpenCities and Seneca College
As many of you know I’m deeply interested in Open-Source systems and so was super thrilled when David Humphrey invited me over to Seneca College for a reception at the Centre for Development of Open Technology (CDOT). Who knew such a place existed. And in Toronto no less! There is something in the air around [...]
Congratulations to Engineers Without Borders
Since they are too humble to say it (it’s not even on their webpage!) fellow Canada25 alum Parker Mitchell and fellow ActionCanada alum George Roter won the Public Policy Forum’s prestigious Young Leaders Award for founding and then growing Engineers Without Borders (EWB) into the successful organization it is today. I’d encourage anyone not familiar [...]
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