Building a global reparations movement to replace global development

Sadaf Shallwani¹, Farah Mahesri², Khudejha Asghar³, Maha El-Sheikh⁴

1: Niyat Pathways, Canada; 2: FNM Advising, USA; 3: Center for the Creative Imagination, UK; 4: Independent

IDS, International Humanitarian Law and Global Health/ Theory and Practice in Palestine

Chair(s): Dr. Vida Shehada (Centennial, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

Decolonizing International Development Studies

Dr. Vida Shehada¹, Dalia Al-Awqati², Danny Glenwright³, Kacper Nowacki³, Dr. Dorotea Gucciardo^4
1Centennial College, ²Oxfam Canada, ³Save the Children, ⁴Glia Equal Care and King’s University College at Western

Core Principles of Humanitarian Response and Humanitarian Law

Dalia Al-Awqati
Oxfam Canada

Healthcare Under Siege

Dr. Dorotea Gucciardo
Glia Equal Care and faculty at King’s University College at Western

Centering and Amplifying the Voices of Affected Communities

Kacper Nowacki
Save the Children Canada

Evaluating the environmental impact of expanding mining in Ghana within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Melody Fagelogo

Brandon University, Canada

Beyond the Surface: A feminist analysis of the climate change and insecurity nexus through comparative case studies from Nigeria

Lina Aburas Awadalla

Univeristy of Ottawa, Canada

Savoirs locaux et gestion communautaire de l’eau en zones arides : leçons du Sahel tchadien

Malloumi Moustapha Abakar

Université de Ndjamena, Tchad

Climate Accountability Beyond Carbon: Ecological Interdependence, Climate Governance, and the Jaina Framework

Nisha Daga, George Joseph

Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India

Financializing Justice? Climate Finance and the Politics of Just Energy Transitions in Indonesia and Colombia

Christina Frendo

Queen's University, Canada

Harnessing Diaspora Finance for Climate Action: Key Policy Considerations

Eunice Annan-Aggrey^1,2

1: Wilfrid Laurier University; 2: Balsillie School of International Affairs

Environmental Violence and Climate Vulnerability under Occupation in Palestine

Ghadir Salame

University of Ottawa, Canada

Devolution for climate change adaptation governance in Zimbabwe.

Jonathan Sears, Omolara Tay

Canadian Mennonite University, Canada

Reimagining Canada-CGIAR Partnerships in a Turbulent Global Order

Chair(s): Hom Gartaula (Senior Scientist, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines; Adjunct Professor, University of Guelph, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

Canada and the CGIAR: Visible and Invisible Connections

Helen Hambly
Professor, University of Guelph, Canada; Co-Chair, General Assembly of Centres, CGIAR; Chair of the Board, International Potato Centre (CIP)

Strengthening CGIAR-Canada collaboration in the new era of international cooperation and competing national interests

Kirit Patel
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, University of Winnipeg

Canada–CGIAR Collaboration for Food System Transformation Research

Hom Gartaula
Senior Scientist, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines; Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph, Canada

Bridging Academia and International Agricultural Research for Development: Canadian Universities and CGIAR Partnership

Silvia Sarapura
Associate Professor, Rural Planning and Development, University of Guelph, Canada

The Neoliberal Bridge to Illiberalism: Diaspora, Anxiety, and the Engineering of a "New India"

Samia Khan

Queen's University, Canada

From MDGs to SDGs: Taking Stock of a Development That Never Was

David Ngendo-Tshimba

Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda

Geopolitics of Local Development under Sanctions: The Pursuit of International Tourists, the Invention of Chinese "Red" Memorials in the Urals, and Sino-Russian Friendship

Matvey Lomonosov

Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan; University of Tyumen, Russia

Amplifying Rural Youth Voices in Climate Governance: Insights from Andean Communities in the Mantaro Valley, Peru

Silvia Sarapura, Anab Siraj

University of Guelph, Canada

Heat, Work, and Uneven Protection: Evidence from Toronto and Kerala

Aishwarya Bhattacharyya

York University, Canada

Recent Trends in Gender-Responsive Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation

Lauren Sneyd, Tya Milne, Helen Hambly Odame

University of Guelph, Canada

Survival strategy, neoliberal burden or resistance? Tracing the evolution of resilience in disaster risk reduction and management

Christine Gibb

University of Ottawa, Canada

Centering Peace Professionalism as a Resilience-Focused Approach to Peacebuilding and Global Development

Philip Onguny¹, Ethan McNeill¹, Marjan Montazemi¹, Emilie Szekely², Gordon Breedyk³, Evelyn Voigt³, Nathan Funk²

1: Saint Paul University, Canada; 2: Conrad Grebel-University of Waterloo, Canada; 3: Civilian Peace Service Canada

Pride as Policy: Meritocracy and Its Moral Blind Spots

Mohammad Muaz Jalil

University of Ottawa, Canada

Discrepant Integration: Dilemmas of a Global South Location under Neo-liberal Globalism

Nissim Mannathukkaren

Dalhousie University, Canada

Hidden Politics in the UN SDGs

Adam Sneyd

University of Guelph, Canada

Development Studies & Practice in a Changing Global Landscape

Chair(s): Steffi Hamann (York University, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

TBA

Sharlene Mollett
University of Toronto

TBA

Sophia Carodenuto
University of Victoria

TBA

Sutapa Chattopadhyay
St. Francis Xavier University

TBA

Joshua Ramisch
University of Ottawa

Paradoxes in International Climate Cooperation: Feminist Climate Justice Reflections to Global North-South Complex Project Organizing

Katherine Robitaille

Université Laval / Chaire Claire-Bonenfant - Femmes, Savoirs et Sociétés

Integrating social equity in climate risk and vulnerability mapping for locally led adaptation: Insights from the Philippines

Hom Gartaula, Jon Hellin, Jeny Raviz, Alice Laborte

International Rice Research Institute, Philippines

Waste as Shield: How Informal Settlements Transform Waste into Flood Defense System

Isaac Adutwum Osei, Desmond Adjaison, Reforce Okwei, Nuamah Asafo Agyei, Lina Adeetuk, Godwin Arku

University of Western Ontario, Canada

Feminist International Assistance Policy in Practice

Chair(s): Rebecca Tiessen (University of Ottawa, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

Shifting Discourses and Changing Priorities: How the Third Sector Adapted the Language of their Grant Applications in an Era of Feminist Foreign Policy

Rebecca Tiessen
University of Ottawa

Ambiguous and ambivalent. Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy in Peru.

Veronique Plouffe
University of Ottawa

Feminist Foreign Policy as the Impetus for Shaping New National Priorities? Third Sector Advocacy and Renewed Commitments to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

Loretta Baidoo
University of ottawa

From Policy to Practice: How FIAP Interacted with Local Realities in Three National Contexts: A Cross Case Analysis of Colombia, Haiti, and Jamaica/CARICOM

Safo Musta
University of Ottawa

Crisis or Transformation? Rethinking the Future of Aid in a Changing Global Order

Steffi Hamann

York University, Canada

International Development Volunteerism in Nepal: A Grassroots Ambassadorship for Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy?

Shreya Ghimire

York University, Canada

Capitalist development in the neoliberal era: The dialectic of progressive liberalism and authoritarian Populism

Henry Veltmeyer

Saint Mary's University, Canada

Donor Politics and Power in EU Development Cooperation

Petra Bezdekova

Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic (Czechia)

Aporia in the Resource State: Public Responsibility, Climate Governance, and Canadian Legitimacy

John Bessai

n/a, Canada

Accounting for Reparations or Repackaging Colonial Debt? Analysis of the COP28 Loss and Damage Fund and the Politics of Sustainability Finance

Lonah Chepkwony, Erin Nelson

University of Guelph, Canada

Politics of Insults: A Threat to Constitutional Democracy in Ghana

Mohammed Marzuq Abubakari

University of Applied Management, Ghana, Ghana

When Accountability Works? A Comparative Study of Voluntary and Mandatory Human Rights Standards for Responsible Enterprise and Inclusive Resource Governance.

Kaima George-Chuka

University of Ottawa, Canada