Federal Elections 2006 - From Burkina Faso to Canada : Youth perspectives : Activities

Canada, January 15-25, 2006

Twinning of the Rights & Democracy Delegations from the Université de Moncton (N.B., Canada) and the Université de Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Monday January 16 (Montreal, QC)

• Breakfast with Jean-Louis Roy, President, Rights & Democracy (R&D)
• Documentation and resources on the elections with Louise Lavallée – Assistant, Reference Centre, Kingslyne Toussaint – Documentation Assistant, Rights & Democracy

• Youth Participation and Elections
  Paul Shore – Director, Apathy is boring (above)

• Candidates’ Debate – Post secondary education (above)
• Yvan Loubier –Bloc Québécois, Léo-Paul Lauzon –NDP, Lawrence Cannon –Conservative - Concordia University.
• Political involvement of university students : Dinner with François Vincent – President, Fédération des étudiants universitaires du Québec (FEUQ) and Daniel Bernard – Vice-president, Internal (FEUQ)

Tuesday January 17 (Montreal, QC)

• Electoral issues in Canada – Screening of the leaders’ debate

• « Brown bag lunch » with Rights & Democracy staff (above)
  • 1. The Université de Ouagadougou Delegation (introduction)
    - Jérôme Lankoande, Economics, Macroeconomics and Management of Development, Coordinator of the Université de Ouagadougou Delegation
    - Edith Sagnan, Law, Assistant Financial Officer, Université de Ouagadougou Delegation
    
    2. Centre for Democratic Governance, Ouagadougou (B. F.)
    - Prof. Augustin M.G. Loada, Dean of the Faculty of Legal and Political Science, and Director of the Centre for Democratic Governance
    
    3. Electoral issues: the work of Rights & Democracy
    - Akouété Akakpo-Vidah, PhD
    Africa Regional Officer, Rights and Democracy
• Media and elections – Visit to Radio-Canada International - Pierre Côté, journalist, Didier Oti, host-producer, le Canada en direct – Sub-Saharan African edition, Radio Canada International

Wednesday January 18 (Montreal, QC)

• Citizenship in Action - L’Autre Montréal
  Guided tour to the city of Montreal on the theme of democracy and citizenship

Thursday January 19 to Sunday January 22 (Moncton, N-B)

• Twinning with the Delegation of Université de Moncton

• Meeting with the Lieutenant-Governor of New-Brunswick (above)

• Candidate debates at Université de Moncton (above)

• Radio interview (above)

• Television interview (above)

Sunday January 22 (Ottawa, ON)

• Tour of the Canadian Parliament

Monday January 23 (Ottawa, ON)

• Breakfast with Her Excellency Ms. Juliette Bonkoungou, Ambassador of Burkina Faso in Canada
• Participation and representation of women
  Ms. Caroline Andrew, Ph.D., Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Executive Director, Centre for Studies on Governance, Centre for Research on Women and Politics, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Citizenship and Minorities (CIRCEM), CVSRD Network.

• Youth, Canadian foreign policy, and cooperation for international development
  Breakfast with :
  - Claire Dansereau, Vice-president, Canada Corps, CIDA
  - François Dupuis, Public Relations Coordinator and Project Manager, Domestic Outreach Division, Foreign Affairs Canada
  - Margaux Béland, Director, Partnership Programs, International Affairs Branch, AUCC
  - Léo Charbonneau, Editor of "University Affairs" at AUCC
  - Alain Pelletier, Assistant Director, Corporate and Parliamentary Research, Elections Canada

Elections Canada

• Visit to electoral polls, observation and vote counting, waiting for results of the vote (Headquarters, Elections Canada) (above)
  Alain Pelletier – Assistant Director, Corporate and Parliamentary Research, Elections Canada
  Jean-Pierre Kingsley, Chief Electoral Officer, Elections Canada
  Louise Pineau, Senior Coordination Manager, External Relations, Elections Canada

Tuesday January 24 (Montreal, QC)

• Breakfast with Jean-Louis Roy – President, Rights & Democracy
• Media interviews
  (with Rémi Bélanger-Laberge from Ici et là and Nathalie Bellerose from CHOQ.FM)

• Rights & Democracy Central Regional Mingler (above)
  First twinning of Rights & Democracy Delegations: Comparative perspectives on elections in Burkina Faso and in Canada
  With representatives from Rights & Democracy Delegations from Montreal, Quebec, Sherbrooke and Ottawa

Wednesday January 25 (Montreal, QC)

• Media interview with RDI - Didier Oti, host-producer, le Canada en direct – Sub-Saharan African edition, Radio Canada International