{"id":362,"date":"2015-09-20T18:17:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T22:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/cgpm\/?p=362"},"modified":"2015-09-20T18:18:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T22:18:21","slug":"event-canadian-russian-relations-and-harpers-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cgpm\/2015\/event-canadian-russian-relations-and-harpers-foreign-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Event: Canadian-Russian Relations and Harper\u2019s Foreign Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Please join us for\u00a0<b>a special guest lecture<\/b>\u00a0given by\u00a0<b>Canadian Ambassador Chris Westdal\u00a0<\/b>on<i>Canadian \u2013 Russian Relations and Harper\u2019s Foreign Policy<\/i>.\u00a0 Drawing on decades of diplomatic experience, Ambassador Westdal will share his insights into the state of Canadian-Russian relations, with an eye to the greater context and nature of Canadian foreign policy under Prime Minister Stephen Harper.<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place\u00a0<b>Thursday September 24, 2015 from 3:00-5:00pm in the MacOdrum Library (ML), Room 482, Carleton Campus.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Speaker biography: Chris Westdal<\/b>\u00a0was Canadian Ambassador to Russia 2003-06; the UN in Geneva and the Conference on Disarmament 1999-2003; Ukraine 1996-98; South Africa 1991-93; and Bangladesh and Burma 1982-85. He earlier worked for CIDA in Tanzania, India and Nepal. In Ottawa, he worked at CIDA, DFAIT and the PCO. He studied political science at St John&#8217;s College (BA 1970) and public administration at the University of Manitoba (MBA 1970). Now a consultant and occasional commentator on international affairs, he has served on corporate boards with interests in Russia and Ukraine and is a director of Silver Bear Resources.<\/p>\n<p>This event is co-sponsored by the\u00a0<i>Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies<\/i>\u00a0(EURUS) and the\u00a0<i>Centre for Governance and Public Management\u00a0<\/i>(CGPM). 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