CEIMEXCAN
Confederación de
Estudiantes de Posgrado
e Investigadores Mexicanos
en Canada
Confederation of
Mexican
Graduate Students
and Researchers
in Canada
Confédération
d'Étudiants aux Cycles Supérieurs et de Chercheurs
Mexicains au Canada
Bi-monthly seminar series
CEIMEXCAN and UNAM-ESECA invite you to the 3rd seminar
of our Bi-monthly seminar series 2011
"Casualties of Mexico’s War on Drugs: A Human Security Perspective to Drug Control Policies in Mexico (1970-2011)"
Ginette Gautreau
M.A. International Development and Globalization
University of Ottawa
June 1st, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
UNAM-ESECA, 55 Promenade du Portage, Hull, Gatineau, QC J9H 4B7
When President Richard Nixon declared the “War on Drugs” in the early 1970s, Mexico became the primary target and the first to experience American-led crop eradication campaigns in Latina America. This was the beginning of thirty years of warfare against illicit drugs and drug trafficking organizations in Latin America. With aggressive, militaristic, prohibitive anti-drug policies, the “War on Drugs” has been responsible for widespread human rights violations, displacing thousands of individuals and disrupting the livelihoods of countless Mexicans. Alternative development programs are insufficient in number and, where they do exist, are underfunded. Moreover, these policies have failed to prevent drugs from entering into the U.S. and have persistently ignored many of the more profound social, economic and political roots of the drug trade.
What is the War on Drugs? How is the War on Drugs being fought in Mexico? How does this compare to the War on Drugs in other countries? What does ‘human security’ mean? What are the different components of human security? What are the human security implications of the current War on Drugs in Mexico? How has the War on Drugs failed to protect human security? And what does a human security approach to drug policies entail? What are the leading alternative drug policy options?
These questions and more have guided Ginette Gautreau’s research and will be explored during this presentation.
We hope to see you there !
CEIMEXCAN and UNAM-ESECA
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Would you like to present your research work at the premises of the UNAM-ESECA in Ottawa-Gatineau?
Download the call for participation (.PDF)
This call for participation is open, there is no set deadline. The seminars take place on even months.
Rules:
1. Eligibility: Mexican graduate students and researchers in Canada, or of any nationality if they are working in a Canadian institution on a topic related to Mexico.
2. All fields of knowledge will be accepted.
3. The seminar should last 30 minutes (minimum) and be in Spanish or English. There will be 30 additional minutes for questions, comments and interaction with the audience. Entrance to the talk will be open to the general public.
4. The seminars will take place at the premises of the UNAM-ESECA (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Escuela de Extensión en Canadá, 55 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau, Quebec, J9H 4B7).
5. Transportation and accommodation expenses, if necessary, will ultimately be the responsibility of the presenter. CEIMEXCAN and UNAM-ESECA will always support in writing any applications submitted to other organizations/institutions for funding.
6. A final version of the seminar’s summary of around 250 words must be submitted one month in advance for it to be used to prepare and advertise the seminar.
7. If the participant is a member of the Network of Mexican Talents Abroad, the following rules apply: It is not necessary to be a student or researcher, but the seminar must cover topics about the Mexico-Canada relationship, present or future, in any area of work. We will accept seminars about current debate topics concerning comparative situations or about technology/knowledge transfer between Mexico and Canada.
8. We will aim to submit a manuscript of the talk to the magazine Ciencia y Desarrollo published by CONACyT if the author agrees and if there are no copyright issues or conflicts of interest with other institutions.
9. A letter of participation signed by the event organizing authorities will be given to the participant.
10. Any unforeseen circumstances must be notified to the organizing committee immediately.
If you are interested in participating, we invite you to send the following information to
for the organizing committee’s consideration
1. Name
2. Institution where you study or work
3. Contact information
4. Field of knowledge of your work
5. Suggested title for your seminar
6. Summary of around 250 words
7. Any other information you consider necessary
With regards,
The steering committee of CEIMEXCAN and the director’s office of UNAM-ESECA
Confederation of Mexican Graduate Students and Researchers in Canada, http://www.ceimexcan.org
National Autonomous University of Mexico - Extension School in Canada, http://www.unameseca.com