SFU Public Square: The Middle East and the Refugee Crisis with speakers Robert Fisk, Nelofer Pazira and Her Excellency Catherine Boura
Date/Time: Mar 7 2017, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Vancouver, Vancouver Playhouse | Event calendarCost: $14.00
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1The ongoing crisis in the Middle East has not only undermined security in the region, it has generated a host of complex problems with far reaching implications. The rise of ISIS and the beginning of a resurgent Russian interest in the area have helped to fuel the worst refugee crisis since the end of World War II. With an estimated 21.3 million refugees around the world, Canadians are being forced to think about our responsibilities as global citizens: are we doing enough? Or have we already done too much? With Canada’s acceptance of tens of thousands of refugees in the last year, these are questions that we can no longer ignore.
Robert Fisk, an award winning Middle East correspondent for The Independent, will provide us with an on-the-ground perspective of events in the Middle East and the origins of the refugee crisis. He will be joined onstage by filmmaker, Nelofer Pazira, and Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, Catherine Boura.
Moderated by Bal Brach, award winning journalist.
This event is presented in partnership with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies.
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