2009 Annual Assembly: Keynote Speaker
Carolyn McAskie WUSC is honoured to announce that Carolyn McAskie will give the keynote address at the 63rd Annual General Assembly. With this year’s theme of Peace and Conflict: Effective Development in Fragile Places, attendees will benefit from Ms. McAskie’s rich background in international peacebuilding. Throughout her career, Ms. McAskie has strived to create effective development strategies and programming for conflict and post-conflict countries. Of her most notable achievements is serving with the United Nations as Assistant Secretary General for Peacebuilding Support, Head of the UN Peacekeeping Operation in Burundi and Special Representative of the Secretary General. Prior to her appointment with the United Nations, Ms. McAskie obtained high ranking positions at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). She served as Vice-President for Africa and the Middle East Programs and Vice-President of CIDA’s Mulitlateral Programmes Branch, holding the rank of Deputy Minister. Ms. McAskie has long-served as a Canadian delegate in multilateral negotiations with the UN Funds and Programs and in the Governing Councils of the International Financial Institutions, including the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. Currently, Ms. McAskie is a Senior Fellow in the Faculty of Social Sciences department at University of Ottawa. She is also an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Director of Canadem and the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre. Carolyn McAskie will be speaking Saturday, November 14th during the Annual General Assembly keynote luncheon.
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