Speeches

Opinion

• What 2012 can Learn from 2011, by Joseph Ingram, (published by the Huffington Post, January 10, 2012)

• Smarter trade for a stronger Canada, by Joseph Ingram & Daniel Poon, (published in the National Post, December 27, 2011)

• Peace in Afghanistan Isn't the Absence of War, by Joseph Ingram, (published by the Huffington Post, October 6, 2011)

• Canada Could Punch Above its Weight in Multilateral Policy Shift, by Joseph Ingram, (published by the Huffington Post, June 29, 2011)

• Libyan Crisis Provokes Unprecedented Global Action, by Hany Besada (published by The Zimbabwean, Harare,  Zimbabwe, May 19 , 2011; Accra Mail, Ghana, May 23, 2011; Egyptian Gazette, Cairo, Egypt, May 23, 2011; Korea Times, Seoul, South Korea, May 24, 2011; Seoul Times, South Korea, May 27, 2011;  The Hill Times, Ottawa, Canada, May 30, 2011; Times of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria, May 30^th, 2011)In the Arab Spring, Islamist Parties are Taking Root, by Hany Besada and Karolina Werner (CIGI) (Published by her the Japan Times, Japan, May 17, 2011)
  
  

• In the Arab Spring, Islamist Parties are Taking Toot, by Hany Besada and Karolina Werner (CIGI) (Published by The Globe and Mail, Canada, May 24, 2011)

• Canada-U.S. relations: Still friends and still partners, by Joseph Ingram and Hany Besada (published by Diplomat Magazine, Spring 2011)

• Egypt demonstrates need to get serious about development, by Joseph Ingram, (Published in the National Post February 7, 2011)

• Make Canada the G20s permanent home, by Roy Culpeper and Joseph Ingram (published in the Globe and Mail, August 7, 2010)

• SDRs: The Pheonix Arising from the ashes of Financial Crisis by Roy Culpeper (June 23rd, 2010)
  
• ...and poverty abroad letter by Roy Culpeper (published in The Globe and Mail, December 15th, 2009)
  
• Tobin Tax on Sterling would not cause FX activity to go offshore by Rodney Schmidt (published in The Financial Times, UK, September 3rd, 2009)
  
• It's time to hear from the G-172 by John Foster (published in The Ottawa Citizen June 16th, 2009)
  
• A Canadian strategy for Pakistan by David Gillies (published in The Toronto Star June 8th, 2009)
  
• Aid in the time of financial meltdown by Roy Culpeper, article published in World Vision's Global Future magazine (see page 2) (March 2009)
  
  
• How does Civil Society evaluate the outcome of Doha UN Financing for Development Review Conference? by John W. Foster (posted exclusively online by AME Info, December 1st, 2008)
• Response to the financial crisis: Policy or institutional reform? by Roy Culpeper (November 12th, 2008)
• Reducing the risk of global disaster by Roy Culpeper (published in the Toronto Star, October 6, 2008)
• New opportunities for an effective Afghanistan strategy by Stephen Baranyi and Almut Wieland-Karimi
• Canada's unwitting role in Colombia by Pablo Heidrich (web exclusive comment on globeandmail.com, May 12th, 2008)
  
  
• New leadership required to reform IMF by Roy Culpeper ( published by the Toronto Star, July 11th, 2007)
  
  
• Beyond Wolfowitz: merit and leadership at the World Bank by Roy Culpeper and Fraser Reilly-King (published as a Web-exclusive comment by the Globe and Mail, April 24, 2007)
  
  
• Taking off against AIDS by John Foster, NSI Principal Researcher (published by the Ottawa Citizen, August 10, 2006)
  
  
• Buffett's gift shines light on charity vs. rights by Roy Culpeper, NSI President (published by the Toronto Star, July 7, 2006)
  
  
• Opinions at issue on the UN's five-year review of progress on HIV/AIDS by John Foster, NSI Principal Researcher (published by Embassy Magazine, June 7, 2006)
  
  
• Canada and Hamas: Isolation or Inclusion? by Stephen Baranyi, Basel Alashi and Khalil Shikaki (published as a Web-exclusive comment by the Globe and Mail, May 30, 2006)
  
  
• Canada is Silent on AID Innovation by John Foster, NSI Principal Researcher (published by Embassy Magazine, March 8, 2006)
  
  

Speeches

•  Senate Human Rights Committee Speaking Notes for NSI Researcher Jennifer Salahub re: UN Resolution 1325 (2000) (Canadian Senate, East Block, Ottawa, September 14th 2009)
   
•  Impacts of the Economic Crisis: Women Migrant Workers in Asia, By NSI Senior Researcher Heather Gibb, speaking notes for the IWG-GEM Conference (United Nations Headquarters, New York, July 13th 2009)
   
•  Financing Development in Times of Global Crisis By NSI President Roy Culpeper, Introductory Remarks on Canadian Development Report 2009 (Munk Centre, University of Toronto, April 1, 2009)
   
•  From research to policy and back Or, from the power of ideas to ideas of power, Address to Trudeau Foundation by NSI President Roy Culpeper
  (St. John's, NFLD, January 27th 2009)
   
•  Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development, remarks given during Roundtable 4: Increasing international financial and technical cooperation for development by NSI Principal Researcher John Foster (Civil Society) 
  (Doha, Qatar, December 1st, 2008)
•  Initial remarks to the Informal consultations on the draft outcome document of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development, remarks given by NSI Principal Researcher John Foster (Civil Society) 
  (New York, September 5, 2008)
•  United Nations Special High Level Meeting between the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, remarks given by NSI Principal Researcher John Foster (Civil Society) 
  (New York, April 14th, 2008)
•  Research, Practitioners and the Public Good: Danger Signs, remarks given at the International Studies Association Annual Convention by Roy Culpeper, NSI President.
  (San Fransisco, March 26, 2008)
•  Canada and the Caribbean Community: Prospects for an Enhanced Trade Arrangement, presentation given at the Canada and Americas: Defining Re-Engagement conference, by NSI Vice President Ann Weston along with Ramesh Cahitoo of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery 
  (Ottawa, March 14, 2008)
•  Canada and Democratic Development in Haiti, presentation given at the Canada and Americas: Defining Re-Engagement conference, by NSI Principal Researcher Stephen Baranyi 
  (Ottawa, March 14, 2008)
•  International Financial Reform: What’s Needed and What’s Possible, remarks made at Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration by Roy Culpeper, NSI President
  (Ottawa, March 12, 2008)
•  Moving out of aid dependency, remarks given at the 2nd Committee Panel Discussion organized by FFDO and OESC, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations by Roy Culpeper, NSI President.
  ( New York, November 16, 2007)
•  Innovative sources of financing for development, notes for presentation given at the informal hearings of civil society on financing for development of the United Nations by Rodney Schmidt, NSI Principal Researcher (Finance and Debt). (New York, October 22, 2007)
•  International policy forum -- The Cuban economy: Challenges and Options, opening remarks by Roy Culpeper, NSI President (Ottawa, September 9, 2007) 
   
•  Global Lenders in Search of Borrowers: Reforming the IMF and World Bank to Rescue the Global Economy and Conquer Poverty, remarks by Roy Culpeper, NSI President, at the National Press Club's Canadian Challenges Series (Ottawa, June 22, 2006) 
   
•  Haiti: What Kind of Peace is Possible, speech by Stephen Baranyi, NSI Principal Researcher, Conflict Prevention (Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 26, 2006)
  (only available in French)
   
•  Canada, Hippocrates and the Developing World Or, “It’s Policy Coherence, Stupid!”, notes for remarks by at the CIIA Foreign Policy Conference by Roy Culpeper, President, The North-South Institute (Vancouver, March 9-10, 2006) [120k]
   
•  Panel on The Need and Mechanisms for Change at the UN, presentation by Roy Culpeper, President, The North-South Institute (Ottawa, February 1, 2006) [32k]
   
•  Reclaiming Policy Space for Equitable Economic Development, revised text by Kari Polanyi Levitt of a paper presented to The North-South Institute (Ottawa, January 19, 2006) [80k]