Saskatoon
Dear friends,
Thank you.
With your active interest and support, we have had a busy half-year. (The CIC year starts on July 1, with most branches hosting their first events in September.)
Our 2011-2012 programming has thus far featured a wide variety of topics: comparison of health systems of Canada and the Philippines; Canada-US-Mexico relations; Canada’s role in the Libyan conflict; orphan drugs; and the international pressures on intellectual property. You have responded in terms of good attendance and great, thoughtful comments, which have extended far beyond the events and into articles into the newsletters, comments on the web and person-to-person conversation.
In doing so, you are keeping this CIC community strong, and we all thank you for this.
Events for the new year are being planned as you read this. Expect Saskatoon events on Canada’s mining impact overseas; Canada-China relations; Israel-Palestinian peace process; and more. Keep checking out this page – in particular the column on the right – as new ones are confirmed.
Thank you for your comments and contributions to the newsletter, e-copies of which can be found in the “View All” at the bottom of this page. Val Schneider has been doing an amazing job on this outreach to members and other friends. You have helped immensely to contribute to content for this, and I invite you to continue to do so into 2012.
Thank you as well to those of you who have submitted stories and commentary for use on the website. Thank you for your energies in this work. New submissions are added frequently – check out the “View All” at the bottom of this page. Contact us if you have a viewpoint you would like to add to the website: Saskatoon@opencanada.org
As we near the end of the calendar year, I wish you good relaxation time with family and friends. Take time to remember and celebrate your victories over the past twelve months.
The experiment known as CIC has been ongoing for some eighty years. With your help, let’s keep it going for another, shall we?
Let’s talk: Saskatoon@opencanada.org
Yours in service,
Daniel Sutherland
Chair – Saskatoon Branch
About
There is a magic in the prairies which encourages in its people a concern for the world and a heightened sense of political activism. CIC has provided a home to such people in Saskatoon since the inception of the branch in 1932.
Constantly transforming through the years, the branch draws its membership from many careers, generations and political stripes, providing common ground for a surprising number of communities within the region. Students, business people, community activists, researchers, politicians – all these and more gather here because of their common interest in the world, and Canada’s place within it.
The branch’s membership rosters through the years have included university presidents, provincial cabinet ministers and CBC’s own Shelagh Rogers.
Every branch across Canada is a success because of the impressive speakers they draw in for their events. CIC Saskatoon thanks its many partners, both inside and beyond the university, for its continued successes, including Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, The Hanlon Centre for International Business Studies, The Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, and the International Office, University of Saskatchewan.
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News – January 2012
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