Philippe Massé
Research Consultant to Oxfam-Québec

"Oxfam-Québec: The human being at the heart of development" (in English)

Thursday, March 27
12:00 p.m.
206 Ingraham

Sponsored by the
Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies To the CIFS website

Come early and enjoy a cup of Fair Trade Coffee, compliments of Mr. Massé and Oxfam-Québec.

Mr. Massé will present the major initiatives around which Oxfam-Québec structures its activism, and will detail the proximal link between new technologies and world development. He will discuss the subtleties of working in developing countries, and the potential for University/NGO partnerships. Throughout, Mr. Massé will underline the education and training that Oxfam perceives as being the most essential for the effective realization of its diverse objectives.

Philippe Massé is Research Consultant to Oxfam-Québec and specializes in national communication networks, and the effective use of Internet Technology in maximizing human development projects in Africa. Oxfam-Québec is a member of the worldwide Oxfam network and undertakes development and humanitarian projects in developing countries, supports sustainable agro-environmental projects, and promotes fair trade economics.
This talk is part of CIFS’
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Speaker Series:
Over the next few semesters, CIFS will be continuing this series, begun in the spring of 2003, by inviting NGO representatives to our campus each semester. For more information, please visit our website or send us an email.

These talks are made possible in part by a grant from the
Area and International Studies Innovation Fund