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War Child is thrilled to announce an exciting event to celebrate War Child Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Samantha Nutt’s Canadian bestsellerDamned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid. On Thursday, January 26th War Child, in collaboration with the Canadian International Council, the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto and The Mosaic Institutepresents The Future of Aid: Our Shared Responsibility. This public event will be held at theIsabel Bader Theatre in Toronto and will bring leading experts in the fields of human rights and development together to discuss the future of aid in our conflicted world. 2011 was a year flanked by influential global events. International affairs were in the hot seat; as thought leaders, writers and politicians all looked at the role and impact of humanitarian efforts. As we enter a new year still reeling from the effects of natural disasters and the myriad of political uprisings and conflict that affected the world’s most vulnerable, The Future of Aid: Our Shared Responsibility will explore the challenges facing the humanitarian community through a lively discussion with expert panelists.

This event will draw on the insight and experience of the invited panelists, who will share what the aid sector is doing right - and wrong - and outline the steps needed to move towards more informed and responsible approaches to development. THE FUTURE OF AID: OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY

Thursday, January 26, 2012 The Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto  6:30 p.m. – Doors Open 7:00 p.m. – Event Begins

PANELISTS: Dr. Samantha Nutt, Founder of War Child and author of Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid Sasha Lezhnev, Policy Consultant, ENOUGH Project and Co-Founder of the Grassroots Reconciliation Group Ian Smillie, Author of Freedom From Want and Chair of the Diamond Development Initiative George Roter, CEO and Co-Founder of Engineers Without Borders Canada Biju Rao, Lead Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank

MODERATOR: Brian Stewart, Senior Correspondent for CBC and Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs

Posted by: War Child Canada on January 23, 2012.