This year's one-of-a-kind program includes thematic workshops, keynote addresses, panel discussions, and conflict simulation games with expert speakers such as:
MP Hélène Laverdière
the Hon. Lt.-Gen. Roméo Dallaire
Bill Wiley, Commission for International Justice and Accountability
Paul Dewar, Fellow with Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Chair Ottawa Centre Refugee Action, former MP Ottawa Centre
Naomi Kikoler, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Walter Dorn, Royal Military College of Canada
Laura-Julie Perreault, La Presse
Sally Smith, the Nexus Fund
and more!
The course is done in partnership with the World Policy Journal.
Program fee
As an independent, non-profit, university-based research center, MIGS operates its professional development activities on a cost-recovery basis. For the Professional Training Program on the Prevention of Mass Atrocities, the associated participation fees are CAN $600 (plus tax, approx. 15%).
This fee includes registration costs, lunches, a networking reception, and conference materials.
How to apply
The intake number for the training program is limited to 50 participants. Applicants will be notified of admission within two weeks of the date their application is received.