Rethinking Migration: Addressing Root Causes Through Cooperation

On October 24, join us at the PHI Centre for an exclusive event following CECI's Annual General Meeting. A panel of renowned experts will come together to decipher the root causes of migration and present bold solutions based on international cooperation.

The current global situation - marked by security and environmental crises, and setbacks to freedoms - forces an increasing number of people to migrate. At a time when debates on migration are ever-present, particularly in North America and Europe, it is crucial to rethink our responses to this global challenge.

Keynote speaker :

Dr. Joanne Liu

Pediatric emergency physician Dr. Joanne Liu has been at the heart of major humanitarian crises with Doctors Whitout Borders (DWB) since 1996. With nearly 30 field missions in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Haiti, she brings a wealth of experience. From 1999 to 2002, she served as Project Manager at DWB’s Paris office. Dr. Liu also became the first woman elected as DWB's International President, a position she held for two terms from 2013 to 2019. During her tenure, she became a leading voice on humanitarian medical crises, including the West African Ebola outbreak (2014-2016), the defense of hospitals under attack, and the crisis of migration and forced displacement. She has advocated for these causes on international platforms.

Today, Dr. Liu practices at CHU Sainte-Justine as a pediatric emergency physician and serves as a professor at McGill University’s School of Population and Global Health. She is also the President of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue.

Panelists:

François Audet

François Audet is a Full Professor at the School of Management Sciences (ESG) at the Université du Québec à Montréal, General Director of the Canadian Observatory on Crises and Humanitarian Aid (OCCAH), and Director of the Montreal Institute of International Studies (IEIM). His research in recent years has focused on migration issues, particularly in Central America, where he frequently travels to document the situation in the Darien region. Before his academic career, Mr. Audet accumulated over fifteen years of experience in humanitarian aid. He was the Head of the East Africa and Indian Ocean Regional Delegation for the Canadian Red Cross and Director of Programs for CARE Canada. He also worked for several years in Latin America and Southeast Asia with CECI, where he served as the humanitarian aid project leader. With his extensive experience, he has participated in more than a hundred humanitarian and technical support missions, including in Haiti, Colombia, the Horn of Africa, and the Sahel region.

Additional panelists to be confirmed.

Patrick Camille

A human rights consultant and deputy director of the USAID-funded anti-trafficking project implemented by LUMOS, Patrick Camille is also a person in a migration situation and a former employee of the Groupe d'Appui aux Rapatriés et Réfugiés (GARR), an organization dedicated to the reception of Haitian migrants expelled from the Dominican Republic, where he was responsible for reintegrating returnees into Haitian society, while encouraging solidarity and cooperation from the local population. In his role at GARR, he also helped the internally displaced victims of the earthquake, and helped launch a human rights training program. Mr Camille is also a coach with the Mouvement des partenaires de la citoyenneté engagée en Haïti (created with the support of Equitas).

Moderator:

Rachida Azdouz
She is a psychologist, author, trainer and columnist. Her work focuses on identity strategies, value conflicts and political models for accommodating pluralism. She has recently made a major contribution to the debate on the relationship between freedom of expression and the right to equality. Her multidisciplinary training has given her a keen understanding of the issues involved in intercultural relations and the treatment of minorities in mixed societies. In addition to a trilogy on the identity debate published by Édito, she is co-author of several works on religious diversity, reasonable accommodation and the French language (PUQ, PUL, Québec Amérique, Yvon Blais).

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from leaders and contribute to discussions on innovative solutions to better understand and address migration dynamics.

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The event will be in French with English and Spanish interpretation