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Master of Ceremonies
The Honourable Jean Augustine
Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Etobicoke-Lakeshore
Morning Panelists
Dr. Vincent Khapoya
Professor at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan
Specialist on African Politics and Foreign Policy
Dr. Wafula Okumu
Consultant with International Organizations
Specialist on Peace, Governance, and Humanitarian Matters in Africa
Mr. Georges Tshionza Mata
Secretary General of the Service de Renforcement des Appuis aux Communautés de Base en Afrique Centrale
(SERACOB)
Dr. Monique Mujawamariya
Founder and Delegate President of Mobilisation Enfants du Monde
Former Human Rights Activist in the Great Lakes Region
Mr. Julian Murray
Regional Director - Central Africa and the Great Lakes Region
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Ms. Anne Leahy
Canadian Ambassador to the Great Lakes Region of Africa
Foreign Affairs Canada
Mr. Ibrahima Fall
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region
United Nations
Afternoon Panelists
Panel A
Governance, Peace and Security
Mr. Bernard Leloup
Researcher at the Centre for the Study of the Great Lakes Region of Africa - The University of Antwerp
Specialist on National and International Politics of Central and East Africa
Dr. Vincent Khapoya
Professor at Oakland University
Specialist on African Politics and Foreign Policy
Dr. Michael Barutciski
Professor at York University - Glendon College
Specialist on Refugees
Economy and Sustainable Development
Mr. Daniel Henry
Senior Advisor for Rural Development and Agriculture - Africa and Middle East Branch
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Mr. Vincent Leyaro
Assistant Researcher - Regional Integration, Poverty and Public Expenditure
Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Ms. Paula Butler
Researcher - Race Relations and the Canadian Mining Industry’s Involvement in African Countries
Doctoral Candidate at OISE – University of Toronto
Panel B
Human Development
Dr. Malubungi Mueni
Director General of Le Réseau de Chercheures Africaines (RECAF)
Specialist on Gender Issues, International Development, and Immigration
Dr. Sumeet Sodhi
Participant in an HIV/AIDS project in the DRC
Médecins Sans Frontières
Mr. Tony Rogge
Manager of the Program Support Unit
Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR)
Civil Society, Culture and Media
Dr. Toyin Falola
Professor at the University of Texas at Austin
Specialist on African History
Dr. Kenneth Harrow
Director of the Comparative Literature and Studies Program and Professor of African American and African Studies
Michigan State University
Mr. Georges Tshionza Mata
Secretary General of the Service de Renforcement des Appuis aux Communautés de Base en Afrique Centrale
(SERACOB)
Special Guests
His Excellency Eugene Munyakayanza
Ambassador
Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda - Ottawa, Canada
Her Excellency Epiphanie Kabushemeye Ntamwana
Ambassador
Embassy of the Republic of Burundi - Ottawa, Canada
His Excellency Peter Nicholas Rateng O. Ogego
High Commissioner
High Commission of the Republic of Kenya - Ottawa, Canada
Mr. Richard Tibandebage
Minister Plenipotentiary
High Commission for the United Republic of Tanzania - Ottawa, Canada
Her Excellency Cissy Helen Taliwaku
High Commissioner
High Commission for the Republic of Uganda - Ottawa, Canada
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