WAR CHILD CANADA PRESENTS THE FUTURE OF AID: OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012

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– Jan 19, 2012

Join Dr. Samantha Nutt, Founder of War Child Canada and Author of the best-selling book Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid, in conversation with leading experts in the fields of human rights and development, as they discuss and debate the future of aid in our conflicted world.  Doors will open at 6:30 pm and the event begins at 7:00pm.  Tickets are $20 (general admission), $10 for students (with valid student I.D.) and can be purchased at www.warchild.ca/futureofaid

The Future of Aid: Our Shared Responsibility will feature the following panelists:

Dr. Samantha Nutt, Founder of War Child Canada and Author of Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid
Ian Smillie, Chair of the Diamond Development Initiative and Author of Freedom from Want
George Roter, CEO and Co-Founder of Engineers Without Borders Canada
Sasha Lezhnev, Policy Consultant, Enough Project and Co-Founder of the Grassroots Reconciliation Group
Biju Rao, Lead Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank

Moderator for the event will be Brian Stewart, Senior Correspondent for CBC and Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

Thursday, January 26, 2012               The Future Of Aid: Our Shared Responsibility
Featuring Dr. Samantha Nutt, Ian Smillie, George Roter, Sasha Lezhnev and Biju Rao

Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto
Doors open: 6:30 PM      Event starts: 7:00 PM
Tickets $20 (General Admission), $10 (Student-with valid student I.D.)

*Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.warchild.ca/futureofaid or at the door on the night of the event     
All proceeds to support War Child Canada
Special thanks to Aeroplan, CSUS and The Printing House

The Future of Aid: Our Shared Responsibility will draw on the insight and experiences of the invited panelists, who will share what the aid sector is doing right - and wrong - and outline the steps needed to move towards more informed and responsible approaches to development. All proceeds from the event will go to support War Child Canada, an award-winning charity that provides humanitarian assistance to war-affected children in some of the most devastated regions of the world.

Following the event, Dr. Samantha Nutt will be signing copies of her new book, Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid, which was released on October 25th, 2011 through McClelland & Stewart Ltd.

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