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DESCRIPTION:The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights & the Faculty of 
 Law of ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï present a Special Forum on Race\, Discrimination 
 and Economic\, Social and Cultural Rights in North America.  The chair\, C
 ommissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez (Mexico\, rapporteurship on hum
 an rights defenders)\, Commissioner Rose-Marie Belle Antoine (St. Lucia an
 d Trinidad & Tobago\, rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons of African D
 escent and Against Racial Discrimination) and Commissioner Dinah Shelton (
 U.S.\, rapporteurship on the rights of indigenous peoples) will be in atte
 ndance.  This event is supported by the Faculty of Law and the Labour Law 
 and Development Research Laboratory.  Registration is free: please email M
 r. Hilaire Sobers (osobers [at] oas.org). Registration will also be accept
 ed on the day of the event\, space permitting.  Agenda  FRIDAY\, 22 Novemb
 er 2013  8:30 – 9:00 AM Registration of participants  9:00 – 9:30 AM Openi
 ng remarks:     Dean Daniel Jutras\, Faculty of Law\, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï  C
 ommissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez\, President\, Inter-American Co
 mmission on Human Rights    9:30 – 11:00 AM Keynote speech: Setting the st
 age – an overview of race\, discrimination and ESC in North America     Co
 mmissioner Rose-Marie Belle Antoine\, IACHR Rapporteur on the Rights of Pe
 rsons of African Descent and Against Racial Discrimination Head – IACHR Un
 it on Economic\, Social and Cultural Rights     Discussants:    Prof. Davi
 d Austin\, Vanier College  Prof. Joanne St. Lewis\, Faculty of Law\, Unive
 rsity of Ottawa  Ms. Maria Clara Galvis – Due Process of Law Foundation   
  11: 00 – 11:15 Break  11:15 – 12:45 PM Race and the criminal justice syst
 em  Presenters:    Mr. Fo Niemi\, Centre for Research and Action on Race R
 elations  Mr. Carlos Quesada\, Global Rights  Ms. Katya Salazar\, Due Proc
 ess of Law Foundation  Prof. Alana Klein\, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï    12:45 – 2:
 15 PM LUNCH   2:30 – 4:00 PM Discrimination against indigenous peoples in 
 North America   Chair and Commentator:    Commissioner Renée Dupuis\, Vice
 -President\, Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeun
 esse    Presenter     Commissioner Dinah Shelton\, IACHR Rapporteur on Ind
 igenous Peoples’ Rights    Discussants:    Prof. Bernard Duhaime\, Univers
 ité du Québec à Montréal  Representative of the Native Women’s Association
  of Canada  Prof. Kirsten Anker\, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï    4:00 – 4:15 PM Brea
 k  4:15 - 5:45 PM Race and discrimination in matters of health\, housing a
 nd education  Presenters:    Prof. Grace-Edward Galabuzi\, Ryerson Univers
 ity  Ms. Margaret Parsons\, African Canadian Legal Clinic  Prof. Martin Ga
 llié\, Université du Québec à Montréal    SATURDAY\, 23 November 2013  9:0
 0 – 10:30 AM Race discrimination in the workplace   Chair and commentator:
     Prof. Adelle Blackett\, Faculty of Law\, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï & Commissio
 ner\, Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse   
  Discussants:    Prof. Marie-Thérèse Chicha\, Université de Montréal  Ms. 
 Natalicia Tracy\, National Domestic Workers Alliance  Prof. Dalia Gesualdi
 -Fecteau\, Université du Québec à Montréal    10:30 – 10:45 Break  10:45 –
  12:15 PM  Race and religious accommodation in the workplace   Chair and c
 ommentator:    Mr. Jacques Frémont\, President\, Commission des droits de 
 la personne et des droits de la jeunesse    Discussants:    Prof. Vrinda N
 arain\, Faculty of Law\, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï  Ms. Pearl Eliadis\, lawyer\, h
 uman rights expert  Mr. Julius Grey\, lawyer\, human rights expert  Mr. Mo
 hamed Jama\, Midaynta Community Services    12:30 -1:00 PM Final Reflectio
 ns
DTSTART:20131122T140000Z
DTEND:20131123T180000Z
LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, Q
 C\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Special Forum on Race\, Discrimination and Economic\, Social and Cu
 ltural Rights in North America
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