The Canadian Foundation
for the Americas (FOCAL) is an independent, non-partisan think tank dedicated to strengthening Canadian relations with Latin America and the Caribbean through policy dialogue and analysis. By providing key stakeholders with solutions-oriented research on social, political and economic issues, we strive to create new partnerships and policy options throughout the Western Hemisphere. FOCAL promotes good governance, economic prosperity and social justice, basing our work on principles of intellectual integrity, racial diversity and gender equality.
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FOCAL in the Media
Contact: Madeleine Bélanger Dumontier, Director of Communications / Editor, 613-562-0005 ext. 255, mbelanger [at] focal.ca.
July 8, 2010: Olga Abizaid on the Canada-Mexico relationship, The Mark News
June 2, 2010: Carlo Dade and Olga Abizaid on Canada-Mexico relations, Embassy
May 27, 2010: Carlo Dade on Calderón's visit to Canada, CBC News
May 27, 2010: Bill Graham on revitalizing ties with Mexico, Toronto Star
May 26, 2010: Carlo Dade on Canadian investment in Mexico, Canwest
May 26, 2010: Bill Graham and Carlo Dade on the Canada-Mexico relationship, Embassy
May 25, 2010: Bill Graham on revitalizing ties with Mexico, La Presse
May 24, 2010: Carlo Dade discusses Mexican President Calderón's visit with Harper, Canoe
May 24, 2010: Carlo Dade on North American security, Toronto Sun
May 22, 2010: Carlo Dade on drug gangs in Mexico, Toronto Star
April 28, 2010: Carlo Dade on visas for Mexican travellers, Embassy
April 22, 2010: Cuba consultant Ana Faya in Macleans
April 8, 2010: Carlo Dade on Haiti's reality, Canadian Press via Winnipeg Free Press
April 7, 2010: Carlo Dade writes on Haiti's challenges, Embassy
March 31, 2010: Carlo Dade on rebuilding and redeveloping Haiti's government, Globe and Mail
March 15, 2010: Former FOCAL Media Fellow to Haiti nominated for national newspaper award, Windsor Star
March 10, 2010: FOCAL and post-quake rebuilding, Canadian Press
February 24, 2010: FOCAL and Canada's aid to Haiti, Le Devoir
February 23, 2010: Carlo Dade on the federal government's aid commitment, Chronicle Herald
February 21, 2010: Carlo Dade and Haiti government aid, Canwest
February 20, 2010: Carlo Dade speaks on the Haiti survival plan, Toronto Star
February 20, 2010: Carlo Dade on global aid to Haiti, Chronicle Herald
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What's New
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas
Vol. 9, No. 6, July - August 2010
Take our survey on our newsletter's new look
New Policy Brief
The next stage of democracy promotion (English)
La promotion de la démocratie : poser de nouveaux jalons (French)
La próxima etapa de promoción de la democracia (Spanish)
Pablo Policzer
Carlo Dade Testimonial: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Email conversation on Feb. 3, 2010, between Margarita Mooney and Carlo Dade.
Call for submissions — Roundtable on “Education and Health: Public Policy, Local Projects and Social Development”
FOCAL’s Health and Education Program is organizing a roundtable discussion in September 2010. It will bring together academics, policy-makers and local development actors to generate discussion on the inclusion of health and education local development projects in the design and implementation of public policies in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. FOCAL invites actors carrying out such projects to present them at this discussion. Submissions are accepted until Aug.15, 2010. Please see the call for submissions available in English and Spanish for more information or to consult the guidelines.
New Health Policy Paper
Bolivian maternal and child health policies (English)
Éxitos y Fracasos de las Políticas Bolivianas de Salud Materno-Infantil (Spanish)
Erika Silva and Ricardo Batista
New Report
Focus Groups with Temporary Foreign Workers: Brandon, Manitoba
New Education Policy Paper
Indigenous population and differences in access to primary education in Bolivia
(English)
Población indígena y diferencias en el acceso a la educación primaria en Bolivia
(Spanish)
by Wilson Jiménez and Miguel Vera
New Governance Policy Paper
Summitry in the Americas: The end of mass multilateralism? by Richard Feinberg
Migration and Development Project
Successful launch of a new seminar series
Mapping the Media in the Americas web site online
See how media ownership, election results, political finance and demographics intersect in 12 countries of the Americas. Maps of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay are available at www.mediamap.info.
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