Speakers

Lloyd Axworthy is currently president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg. Previously, he was director and CEO of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia. He served six years in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly and twenty-one years in the Federal Parliament. He has held several cabinet positions in Canada, notably minister of foreign affairs, minister of employment and immigration, and minister of transport. He became internationally known for his advancement of the human security concept, in particular, the Ottawa Treaty--a landmark global treaty banning anti-personnel landmines for which he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.