March 19th, 2011 | Comments are closed Excerpts from Closing Remarks
Delivered at Young Canadians Peace Dialogue on Sri Lanka
Romesh Hettiarachchi | March 14, 2011
Over the past few months, the Young Canadians Peace Dialogue on Sri Lanka has given participants a greater insight into the opportunities and challenges facing Sri Lanka today. In particular, our last session, “Making Peace Personal” highlighted the importance of possessing a life-long dedication to acheiving a fair and just peace in Sri Lanka.
Today, the Organizers of the Dialogue invite you to share in the same commitment exemplified by our speakers by being part of our legacy project, BuildChange.
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October 28th, 2010 | My involvement with the Mosaic Institute in creating a set of Peace Dialogues about Sri Lanka remains one of my more important present initiatives. In addition to being election day, Monday also happened to be the day of our second dialogue, discussing the roles and responsibilities of the media to fostering peace and community harmony in Sri Lanka.
Like the first dialogue, this event featured Sri Lankan speakers who were acutely aware of the challenges as journalists and media representatives in the country. Panellists included:
- NIGEL NUGAWELA – Co-Editor, Groundviews, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- V.V. GANESHANANTHAN – Novelist (Love Marriage), Blogger and Journalist, Ann Arbor, MI
- ARJUNA RANAWANA – News Manager, OMNI TV Alberta, Edmonton
- MARTIN REGG COHN – Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The Toronto Star
Video and comments follow after the jump.
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September 29th, 2010 | As an undergraduate at the University of Guelph, I had the distinct privilege of being one of the student co-chairs of the Masai for Africa Campaign. Launched by Guelph doctor Anne Marie Zajdlik as a response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Lesotho, my brief leadership of the campaign was one of my most memorable experiences at the university. Anne-Marie describes those years of the campaign here.
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September 7th, 2010 | Tags: Global MBA | Comments are closedI apologize for the lack of updates in the past week. I had the opportunity and privilege of attending the Desautels Global Leadership MBA Seminar in Montreal as a guest last week, and I still am collecting my thoughts from the experience.
The long and short? The McGill MBA may be one of the more relevant pieces of paper for business in the 21st century, teaching students how to be good and make money at the same time. The three main books for discussion were: The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman, State of the World 2010 – Transforming Cultures from Consumerism to Sustainability by the Worldwatch Institute and The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid by C.K. Prahalad. While all the books were informative, the Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid was by leaps and bounds the most interesting and is currently in transit to my bookshelf.
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