North-South Institute

The North-South Institute (NSI) "is dedicated to eradicating global poverty and enhancing social justice through research which promotes international cooperation, democratic governance, and conflict prevention.


 * "It is Canada’s first independent, non-governmental and non-partisan research institute focused on international development.


 * "The North South Institute provides research and analysis on foreign policy and international development issues for policy-makers, educators, business, the media and the general public. For more than 25 years NSI has built a reputation for sound, credible analysis of pressing issues related to global development."

Board of Directors (as of May 2006)
Executive Committee
 * George Davies - Hatch Energy (Chair)
 * Philip Johnson - Pinnacle Reefs Ltd. (Deputy Chair)
 * Bonnie Campbell - Université du Québec a Montréal (Past Chair)
 * Lloyd LeVan Hall - Chartered Accountant (Treasurer)
 * Roy Culpeper - President and Chief Executive Officer

Other Members Source
 * Gemma Adaba - Representative of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions to the UN
 * Farokh Afshar - University of Guelph
 * Claude Beland - Barreau du Québec
 * Ariel Buira - Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four
 * Omer Chouinard - L’Université de Moncton
 * Mary Coyle - St. Francis Xavier University
 * Madelaine Drohan - Journalist and Author
 * Jocelyn Dow - Red Thread and Liana Cane Interiors
 * Arpi Hamalian - Concordia University
 * Nancy Hannemann - University of Alberta
 * Fabien Leboeuf - Services B & L
 * Barbara McDougall - Aird & Berlis
 * Thandiwe Nkomo - Rooftops Canada
 * Coro Strandberg - Strandberg Consulting (Chair of the Audit Committee)
 * Gilbert Winham - Dalhousie University

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 * Joanna Kerr

Contact

 * Web: http://www.nsi-ins.ca