Tag: G8

By Corinna Callsen

The Group of Six Billion People’s summit will be held at the University of Calgary June 21–25, 2002. Organizers hope the G6B will be a conference where alternatives to G8 solutions are sought. Ideas and solutions beneficial for people all over the world and respect for human rights and the environment are the main focus… Continue reading G6B alternative to G8

By Corinna Callsen

While G8 countries are starting to rise from the largest simultaneous economic slowdown in a quarter century, they face a series of acute risks. From stagnation in Japan to higher debt in North America, the global economy has seen better days.Producing sustainable growth is as essential for the reduction of poverty in Africa as it… Continue reading Sustainable growth conference

By Corinna Callsen

University officials assured the community of a safe environment and an interesting program on campus in the weeks to come at a g8 information session, on June 5, 2002.Up to 15,000 people are expected to come to Calgary during the g8 summit and co-ordinator of the Office for University g8 Activities Bill Warden is concerned… Continue reading University of Calgary officials prepare for G8

By Joanna Farley

Kananaskis Country will soon come alive with politicians, media and protestors as the G8 Summit rolls into town. To better inform the public of the issues, the Parkland Institute and the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation put together Talking G8: The Travelling Road Show, a globalization workshop to be held throughout Alberta.“The Travelling Road Show… Continue reading G8 Road Show to hit University of Calgary

By Farrah Alladin

Religion has an important role to play in shaping the future of globalization, Calgary Bishop Fred B. Henry told an audience of about 40 at the University of Calgary on May 16."Globalization has its own logic, but it doesn’t have its own ethics," said Henry. "In order to make globalization work for the world’s poor… Continue reading Globalization and religion

By Meraj Abedin

“Poverty is the worst form of violence."– Mahatma GandhiNo, he wasn’t talking about terrorism. He was talking about poverty. Such are the clear words of one the greatest men of our times. As the G-8 summit in Kananaskis steadily approaches, we need to step back from the vagaries and incoherent details of the globalization debate… Continue reading Poverty is a constant threat

By Allie Smyth

Billed as the “People’s Summit,” the Group of Six Billion Conference will be held at the University of Calgary June 21–25, 2002."The world doesn’t need another club like the Group of Eight telling it what to do, working mostly behind closed doors," said G–6B Conference Coordinator Lynn Foster at a press conference on Wed., April… Continue reading Preparing for the G–6B

By Eric Fung

Protestors aren’t camping out on the University of Calgary grounds just yet, but they are listening and asking all the questions they can.Students, activists and citizens alike attended the forum on Group of Eight summit security in MacEwan Hall on Thu., March 28. The G-8 summit, which will be held in Kananaskis from June 28–29,… Continue reading Securing the forest

By Jane Alkhouri

A passionate Robert Fowler spoke about the upcoming Group of Eight summit in Kananaskis and stressed the importance of aid to developing African countries."The summit is like an instance d’impulsion where it becomes a forum from which leaders can inspire or give impulsion to ideas and focus that may not be available elsewhere," said Fowler.… Continue reading A heads-up on G-8

By Kyle Young

It’s coming. Like a looming shadow, Calgary is beginning to sense the approach of something very much larger than itself, the Group of Eight summit. Soon our campus will be flooded by activists from all over the world in their globalized effort to halt globalization. We will bear witness to the violence of European anarchists,… Continue reading Flawed democracy