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Program

Unpacking Participatory Democracy:
from theory to practice and from practice to theory

An international conference of the Program in Global Governance,
funded by the Erin Jellel Collins Arsenault Trust, at
The Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID)
Â鶹AV, Montreal, Canada

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Tuesday, 22 November 2016Ìý

Time Subject Panelist/Speaker
09:00-09:20 Welcome remarks
  • Sonia Laszlo, Director, Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), Â鶹AV, Montreal, Canada
  • Welcome by Elder from Kanien'kehá:ka traditional territory​
  • Aruna Roy, Founder-Member, MKSS and NCPRI, India, and Professor of Practice in Global Governance, Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), Â鶹AV, Montreal, Canada

09:20-10:20 am

IntroductionsÌý

Moderator: Suchi Pande, Scholar in residence, Accountability Research Center, American University, Washington D.C., U.S.A.Ìý

10:20-10:30 am

 Short break -

10:30-12:00 pm

Session 1: Examining contemporary theories of participatory democracy

Speakers:

  • Patrick Heller, Professor, Sociology and International Studies, Brown University, U.S.A.
  • John Harriss, Professor, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
  • S. Parasuraman, Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India and Professor, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

Discussant: Patrick Brennan, Executive Director, Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), Â鶹AV, Montreal, Canada

Moderator: Nandini Ramanujam, Professor, Faculty of Law and Director, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, Â鶹AV, Montreal, Canada

12:00-13:00 pm

Break

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13:00-14:30 pm

Session 2: Representation and Participation: The Constitutional and Legal Framework

Speakers:

  • Suzanne Legault, Information Commissioner of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
  • Nikhil Dey, Founder-Member, MKSS, NCPRI, and SR Abhiyan (Rajasthan), India
  • Tom Blanton, Director, National Security Archive, George Washington University, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Discussant: Marlihan Lopez, Intersectionality Committee, Federation des femmes du Quebec

Moderator: Catherine Lu,ÌýAssociate Director, Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), Â鶹AV, Montreal, Canada

14:30-16:00 pm

Session 3:

The Limits of Theorizing: Perspectives from Peoples’ Movements and Campaigns

Speakers:

·Ìý Hussein Khalid, Executive Director, HAKI Africa, Kenya

·Ìý Vivek Ramkumar, Senior Director of Policy, International Budget Partnership

·Ìý Ellen Gabriel, Indigenous Human Rights Activist, Kanehsatà:ke Mohawk Territory, Quebec, CanadaÌý

Discussant: Dolores Chew, Program Secretary, South Asian Women’s Community Centre (SAWCC), Montreal, Canada

Moderator:ÌýSonia Laszlo,ÌýDirector, ISID

16:00-16:15 pm

 Short break -

16:15-17:15 pmÌý

Public Lecture: Participatory Democracy: Political and Civil Society in Brazil, India, and South Africa

Patrick Heller, Professor, Sociology and International Studies, Brown University, U.S.A.

Moderator: Aruna Roy, Professor of Practice in Global Governance, ISID.

Wednesday, 23 November 2016Ìý

Time Subject Panelist/Speaker

09:00-10:15 am

Keynote address: The dialectic between theory and practiceÌý

S. Parasuraman, Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India and Professor, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

Moderator: Nikhil Dey, Founder-Member, MKSS, NCPRI, and SR Abhiyan (Rajasthan), India

10:15-10:30 am

 Short break -

10:30-12:00 pm

Session 4: Moving beyond the rhetoric: Lessons and experiencesÌý

Speakers:

  • Kenneth Winston, Lecturer in Ethics (retired), Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, U.S.A.
  • Ann Marie Goetz, Professor, Center for Global Affairs (CGA), School of Professional Studies, New York University, New York, U.S.A.
  • Fredrik Galtung, President, Integrity Action, London, U.K.

Discussant: Tess Tesalona, Vice-chair, International League of Peoples Struggles – Canada, Montreal, Canada

ModeratorÌýToby Mendel, Executive Director, Center for Law and Democracy, Halifax, Canada

12:00-13:00 pm

 Break -

13:00-14:30 pm

Session 5: Impact of movements on democratic governance

Speakers:

  • Rajesh Veeraraghavan, Assistant Professor of Science Technology and International Affairs (STIA), Georgetown University
  • Mukelani Dimba, Executive Director, Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC), South Africa
  • Renata Terrazas, Researcher, Fundar Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (FUNDAR)

Discussant: Pearl Eliadis, Law Office of Pearl Eliadis, Full Member, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, and Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Â鶹AV, Montreal, CanadaÌý

Moderator: Warren Krafchik, Executive Director, International Budget Partnership, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

14:30-14:45 pm

 Short break -

14:45-16:15 pmÌý

Session 6: Challenges of participatory democratic practice

Speakers:

  • Abha Sur, Lecturer, Women and Gender Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, U.S.A.
  • Alejandro Salas, Regional Director of the Americas, Transparency International, Berlin, Germany
  • Marie Wilson, Commissioner, Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2009-2015) and 2016 Professor of Practice in Global Governance, ISID, Â鶹AV, Montreal, Canada

Discussant: Eliane Ubalijoro, Professor of Practice, Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), Â鶹AV, Montreal, Canada

Moderator: Vrinda Narain, Professor, Faculty of Law, Â鶹AV, Montreal, Canada

16:15-16:45 pm

Concluding remarks

Aruna Roy, Founder-Member, MKSS and NCPRI, India, and Professor of Practice in Global Governance, Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), Â鶹AV, Montreal, Canada

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