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Canadian Policy Towards Iran: Prospects and Challenges-January 22 2012

 

The board of directors of the Iranian Canadian Congress would like to thank all the attendees, community leaders and members for their enthusiastic participation in the panel that ICC organized on the issue of “Canada's foreign policy toward Iran and its impact on Iranian-Canadians, as part of the Canadian society”, on January 22.

More than two hundred attended this event, filling the Council Chambers at North York Civic Center, and engaged in a substantive - and sometimes heated -debate on Canada's foreign policy towards Iran and it’s concerning policies regarding sanctions and also its impacts on everyday life of Iranian Canadians, living in Canada.

The speakers and panelists, either volunteered or invited, were in fact some of the most respected scholars of the growing Iranian-Canadian community with impressive academic background.

 
* Professor Houchang Hassan-Yari (Royal Military College)

* Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo (University of Toronto)

* Ali Ehsassi (Lawyer and former Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade official)

* David Mousavi, J.D., MBA, Lawyer, Borden, Ladner, Gervais

* Mr. Kaveh Shahrooz (Lawyer and former Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade official)

 

  Moderated by: Mr. Alidad Mafinezam (Board member of the Iranian Canadian Congress & President of the West Asia Council)

 

While ICC welcomes the participation of all at its public events, it must be stressed that the focus of ICC, as a non-political and non-partisan organization, is the promotion of collective empowerment, and the general advancement of the Iranian-Canadian community.  

All statements made by speakers at ICC's events represent their own opinion and they do not necessarily represent the opinions of neither the ICC board of directors’ members nor the organization members.

Urgent release, January 17th 2012


The Iranian-Canadian Congress is pleased to present a panel on the effects of Canada's expanded economic sanctions on Iran. The panel will focus on the current impact of these policies on the Iranian-Canadian community: students, retirees, business people, and newly-arrived immigrants. We will also discuss the current efforts that are underway to bring these pressing issues to the attention of our government in Ottawa.

Title: "Canadian Policy Towards Iran: Prospects and Challenges"

Time: Sunday January 22, 2012. 3:00-5:00 pm

Place: North York Civic Centre, Committee Room 3, 5100 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON

Presenters:

* Professor Houchang Hassan-Yari (Royal Military College)

* Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo (University of Toronto)

* Ali Ehsassi (Lawyer and former Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade official)

* David Mousavi, J.D., MBA, Lawyer, Borden, Ladner, Gervais

* Mr. Kaveh Shahrooz (Lawyer and former Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade official)

  Moderated by: Mr. Alidad Mafinezam (Board member of the Iranian Canadian Congress & President of the West Asia Council)


Media invited:

Al Jazeera English, Toronto Star, Salam Toronto, Shahrvand, ITC TV, Ten TV, Iran Star

 
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Iranian-Canadian Congress (ICC) is a not for profit, non partisan and nonreligious organization that is committed to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The objectives of the ICC organization are as follows:

    • To uphold the interests of the Iranian Canadian community and their well being in social, economic, political and cultural spheres.
    • To build mechanisms for cooperation between Iranian-Canadians and the Canadian society to promote and strengthen cross-cultural harmony and to advance tolerance, understanding and goodwill among all segments of the multicultural Canadian society.
    • To build an environment for participation, and effective engagement of community members and build membership and teamwork to serve the community.
    • To assist as a link between various Iranian Canadian communities and organizations dispersed across Canada.
    • To identify, present and promote the leaders of the Iranian-Canadian community who can be a voice for the community and to assist them in becoming prominent members of the Canadian society in all levels of civic life including Municipal, Provincial and Federal level.
    • To promote and celebrate Iranian culture, values, languages and history and uphold the prestige, dignity and good name and success of Iranian-Canadians and their descendants.
    • To channel the resources and aspirations of Iranian-Canadians towards finding their place in the Canadian society and their full integration into the fabric of Canadian civic life.
    • To support other public and private organizations that provide community related services to those in need in the Iranian Community