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SUMMARY:Inside Afghanistan: Mellissa Fung on Reporting from One of the World's Most Fragile States
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis event was co-presented by Aga Khan Foundation Canada and our partner journalism schools across the country. Mellissa’s presentation included an audience Q&A. \nEvent details:This event has taken place at University of King’s College\, Carleton University\, Mount Royal University\, the University of British Columbia\, the University of Regina\, Concordia University\, and Humber College. \nJoin the conversation: #InsideAfghanistan \nDownload the poster here. \nSpeakers:\nMellissa Fung\nAward-winning journalist and former CBC correspondent Mellissa Fung has been on the frontlines of a wide range of stories on both Canadian and world affairs for the last 20 years. She covered the war in Afghanistan\, and produced the award-winning documentaries Canada’s Ugly Secret and No Country for Horses. She received the prestigious Gracie Award for her interview Comparing Notes from Captivity. Her bestselling first book\, Under an Afghan Sky\, chronicles her experience as a hostage after she was kidnapped while on assignment in Afghanistan in 2008. In 2013\, Fung returned to Afghanistan to report on the continuing challenges that exist there for women and girls. In addition to the CBC\, her work has appeared in The Walrus\, The Toronto Star\, GlobalPost\, and PBS among other publications. She has been featured as a keynote speaker for organizations as diverse as the Women for Women in Afghanistan\, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting\, and the American Bar Association. Fung lives in Washington\, DC \nThis series was undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Foreign Affairs\, Trade and Development.
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/inside-afghanistan/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Event Archive: 2014
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SUMMARY:Maternal\, Newborn and Child Health: A Challenge for West Africa
DESCRIPTION:We traveled across Quebec to bring this exciting discussion to your university! \nEvent details: This event has taken place at Université Laval and Université de Montréal. \nDownload the poster here. \nSpeakers:\nDr. Mamadou Koné Program Manager\, Health\, Aga Khan Foundation Mali \nDr. Mamadou Koné has almost 15 years of experience in managing and coordinating community health programs within large international health organizations. In February 2012\, he became Health Program Manager for Aga Khan Foundation Mali. Prior to this\, Dr. Mamadou worked for different international NGOs: Motherland international (1998-2001); Aide Médicale Internationale (2002); and Action Mopti (2003-2012). During this period\, Dr. Mamadou worked on various health related issues within international development: maternal and child health\, HIV\, nomadic health\, health in school environments\, medical and psycho-social care for orphans\, and sexual and reproductive health among adolescents. His extensive knowledge of his country’s healthcare system allows him to act as a consultant and to support health-related decision-making. \nDr. Aboubakary Gollock\, Research Professor\, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar \nAboubakry Gollock is a consultant and associate researcher professor at the Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD)\, in Dakar. He holds a PhD in Economic Sciences from the Pierre Mendès France University (UPMF) in Grenoble as well as a post-doctorate in public health (Axe Santé mondiale) from the Research Centre of the CHUM (Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal). Dr. Gollock also conducts research in Senegal as part of IDRC’s West African capacity-building initiative\, which is geared toward health systems research. His research looks mainly at issues related to governance\, equity and healthcare funding in Sub-Saharan Africa\, at assessments of public policy and international aid\, and at the economy of health-related intellectual property and innovation. \nUniversité Laval Speaker: Dr. Slim Haddad\, Professor in Global Health\, Faculty of Medicine\, Université Laval \nSlim Haddad is a physician specializing in public health and also holds a PhD in Economics. He teaches in the fields of program planning and evaluation\, international health\, health economics and applied research methods for population health. He is actively involved in global health research. His investigations address the fight against malaria and child anemia in Africa\, the promotion of vaccinations and the reduction of maternal mortality. His current research examines the sources of vulnerability among young children and mothers\, the analysis of inequalities in healthcare and access to services\, and the impact assessment of population interventions in the development context. He has coordinated the completion of numerous research projects and programs in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. He manages “Santé-Cap”\, an inter-university research training program in world health\, as well as the Teasdale-Corti research team on vulnerability and health in West Africa. \nUniversité Laval Moderator: Dr. Jacques E. Girard\, Associate Dean\, Population Health\, Université Laval \nJacques Girard has specialized in community health since 1981. After a three-years of international cooperation experience in Africa\, he joined the Faculty of Medicine at Université Laval in social medicine\, health systems analysis\, primary healthcare and global health. In October 2005 he worked as an international consultant in the development of health systems and services in Chile and Mexico. In 2012 Dr. Girard was appointed Associate Commissioner for Appreciation and Analysis at the Health and Wellbeing Commissioner’s Office. More recently\, he became medical assistant for Quebec City’s public health regional director. For the last two years\, he has been the Dean’s assistant in population health\, and he has worked in particular on global health development at Univesité Laval’s Faculty of Medicine.  \nUniversité de Montréal Speaker: Dr. Valéry Ridde\, School of Public Health\, Université de Montréal \nValéry Ridde\, PhD\, is an associate professor at the Université de Montreal’s School of Public Health\, a researcher at CHUM’s Research Centre and he holds a research chair in applied public health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. His research interests include universal healthcare\, health services funding\, assessment of world health programs and related public policies\, and healthcare access equity. His PhD in community health from Université Laval in Québec City looked at public policies related to health and equity in West Africa (the case of the Bamako Initiative in Burkina Faso). He has published over 120 articles in academic journals.  His scientific writings and reflections can be found here. \nUniversité de Montréal Moderator :Dr. Lucien Albert\, Director\, Unité de santé internationale \nLucien Albert specializes in management and change within health organizations. He co-founded the International Health Unit (USI) at Université de Montreal in 1996 and has been its director ever since. This organization is affiliated with Université de Montreal’s School of Public Health and to its hospital (CHUM). In his role as director\, Mr. Albert manages the development\, planning and coordination of international health projects in more than 30 countries. He has supported the design and implementation of healthcare reforms (including hospital reforms) in several countries\, supported strategies aimed at improving human resources systems\, supported the inauguration and management of various hospitals\, led numerous restructurings and audits\, supported health planning at the national\, regional and local levels\, and has supported the strategic planning of several teaching and health institutions. These programs have been carried out directly for developing countries or for bilateral or multilateral cooperation organizations such as the World Bank\, the World Health Organization\, DFATD\, the French Development Agency (ADF) and private foundations\, among others.  \n  \nThis series was undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Foreign Affairs\, Trade and Development. \n \n 
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/mnch-challenge-westafrica/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Webcast: Development Finance Institutions and the Canadian Development Context
DESCRIPTION:This webcast is the first of a series of events that AKFC hosted on topics related to emerging economies. \nEvent details:This event has taken place. \nWatch the webcast: \n \nWebcast presenters included: \nBrett House\, Senior Fellow with CIGI\, is a Visiting Scholar at Massey College\, University of Toronto and Lecturer in the Economics Department and a Senior Fellow at the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation at McGill University. His research looks at the effects of trade liberalization on growth\, the rise of emerging markets\, and options to improve sovereign debt restructuring. He is also an advisor to and partner in Tau+ Investment Management\, a start-up impact fund. \nGerhard Pries\, Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer\, is founder and CEO of Sarona Asset Management Inc.\, formerly MEDA Investments Inc. In over 20 years of frontier market investing\, Mr. Pries has been a founder of a number of firms and funds\, including Sarona\, MicroVest Capital Management\, MicroCap Capital\, and the Latin America Challenge Investment Fund. He currently serves on the Investment Committee for Grand Challenges Canada and on the boards of MicroVest Holdings\, ImpactAssets\, and numerous companies in the Sarona portfolio. \nKarim Harji is a co-founder and partner at Purpose Capital\, an impact investment advisory firm that mobilizes all forms of capital — financial\, human and social — to accelerate social progress. Karim is a Senior Research Associate at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation at Carleton University\, and teaches social entrepreneurship in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is the co-founder of SocialFinance.ca\, and serves on the Boards of the Responsible Investment Association\, Small Change Fund\, and CanadaHelps. \nDr. Linda Jones is the Director of SME/Investment at MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates) and an international expert in the field of inclusive private sector development including. Linda has extensive strategy and implementation experience across Asia and Africa through long-term positions and consulting assignments for implementing agencies\, multi-lateral organisations and private sector entities. Following a successful career as a business executive\, Linda was Senior Technical Advisor at the Aga Khan Foundation in Geneva\, Technical Director at MEDA in Canada\, and Director of the Centre for Women’s Leadership at the Coady International Institute. She has contributed to the overall advancement of the pro-poor economic development field through positions such as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the SEEP Network\, Editor of the Enterprise Development and Microfinance Journal\, Founder and Chair of Women Advancing Microfinance\, Canada\, and Advisor to the Eurasia Foundation on women’s entrepreneurship. Linda has published extensively on inclusive economic development – including the primary resource on Agricultural Value Chain Finance with the FAO –  and has been a facilitator/trainer with the Southern New Hampshire University\, the SEEP Network\, the Boulder Institute\, and the International Labour Organisation among others. Linda was a Commonwealth Scholar and holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from McMaster University and a diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies from Conrad Grebel College. \n  \nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/dfi-webcast/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Financial Inclusion and the Rise of Digital Banking
DESCRIPTION:Jason Lamb\, Deputy Director\, Financial Services for the Poor with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation\, provided an overview of low-cost digital payment systems and recent innovations aimed at improving financial inclusion in developing countries. \nThis knowledge exchange workshop was targeted towards development practitioners and academics who are active in the delivery and analysis of programs facilitating the provision of financial services to poor individuals\, entrepreneurs\, and small and medium enterprises. \nEIn partnership with: \n \n  \nUndertaken with the financial support of:
URL:https://www.akfc.ca/event/digital-banking/
LOCATION:Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat\, 199 Sussex Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1N 1K6\, Canada
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