Last week Dr. Erin McCandless led a delegation of people involved in International Dialogue / New Deal process to a series of public events in Ottawa and Toronto. With a grant from the Canadian government’s DFAIT and in partnership with the North South Institute at the University of Ottawa, she brought government and civil society representatives from DRC and South Sudan amongst others, to meet with government officials and to present at several high profile public events, including:
The New Deal Two Years On: What Difference Is It Making?
CIC Toronto: Time for a “New Deal”: The g7+ as an Emerging Voice for Fragile States
The group sought to raise awareness on the New Deal, to collectively reflect upon the achievements and challenges around its implementation to date, and the implications for North-South and international politics, aid effectiveness, and related trends in scholarship.
Dr. McCandless also led the team to participate in the International Studies Association annual conference, held in Toronto this year. In addition to chairing a panel on reflecting on the New Deal two years on, she held panels on “Assessing Resilience”, “Paradigms for Knowledge Creation and Action in Peacebuilding” and delivered a paper on “Civil Societies Assessing Peacebuilding and Statebuilding”.
