"The realities of UN peacekeeping and human rights enforcement."

Monday March 15, 2010; 17.30-19.00
Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre
Room 1520 Barrick Gold Lecture Room
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3

Sponsors: School for International Studies (SIS), Simon Fraser University; and
Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS)
Moderator: Dr Nicole J. Jackson; School for International Studies, Simon Fraser
University

Biography:
Ronald Poulton has worked for the United Nations in refugee protection, human rights
investigations and as legal advisor to the UN peacekeeping operations in Tajikistan, Central
Asia. He is considered one of the leading authorities on immigration law in Canada and has
appeared as counsel in some of the landmark immigration cases in constitutional, security &
terrorism related matters, at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada. He has
been a regular speaker at the Canadian Bar Association and other conferences, has taught
immigration law and was called to testify before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on
Immigration and before the Inter American Commission on Human Rights. He has written and
published two books, the second of which - Pale Blue Hope - depicts his work in UN
peacekeeping operations in Cambodia in 1992 and in Tajikistan in 1999. He continues to
practice immigration law in Toronto.

The candiates for the CASIS Board of Directors for 2009/2010 are as follows: 

Treasurer - Jonathan Calof (Ottawa)
Quebec Regional Representative - Stéphane Roussel (UQAM)
NRC Regional Representative - Jeremy Littlewood (Carleton)
Ontario Regional Representative - Arne Kislenko (Ryerson/Toronto)
BC Regional Representative - Nicole Jackson (Simon Fraser)
Two Members at Large - Loch Johnson (University of Georgia)
                                     - Richard Aldrich (University of Warwick)

The positions of President, Vice-President, Prairies Representative and Atlantic Provinces Representative are not being elected this year.

On behalf of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS), I am pleased to welcome all members and visitors to this - our newly re-designed website.

CASIS is a Canadian-based organization with an international focus, reach, and membership. For a quarter of a century it has been at the forefront of developing public and academic interest in the study of intelligence and security. Its annual conference is unique in its ability to bring together scholars, students, practitioners, the media and the public for lively and informed discussion of intelligence and security matters.

With this website we will be keeping members better informed about the range of current and forthcoming CASIS activities as well as helping them access source materials on the subject. It will also serve as the source of record for CASIS events.

This is your website. Make the most of it!

David Charters
President