[WSIS CS-Plenary] Nomination - Canada - Nominations

[Robert Guerra]

Following a quick ad-hoc consultation with Canadians attending  
PrepCom3, I would  like to put forward the following nominations as  
speakers - from Canada - for the opening ceremony and/or high level  
panel.

They are HIGH level Canadians who not only have a long, well known  
experience in information society issues but also have participated  
in one or more WSIS related events (prepcoms and/or summit).

The names, bios and URLs for additional information is below for the  
review and consideration of the committee.

additional names will be forthcoming.

regards

Robert

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Derrick de Kerckhove
Charles Taylor
Peter Leuprecht
Jean-Louis Roy
Jennifer Corriero





Derrick de Kerckhove
(opening ceremony)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_de_Kerchove

Derrick de Kerckhove is the Director of the McLuhan Program in  
Culture and Technology, author of The Skin of Culture and Connected  
Intelligence and Professor in the Department of French at the  
University of Toronto.

He edited Understanding 1984 (UNESCO, 1984) and co-edited with  
Amilcare Iannucci, McLuhan e la metamorfosi dell'uomo (Bulzoni, 1984)  
two collections of essays on McLuhan, culture, technology and  
biology. He also co-edited with Charles Lumsden The Alphabet and the  
Brain (Springer Verlag, 1988), a book which scientifically assesses  
the impact of the Western alphabet on the physiology and the  
psychology of human cognition. Another publication, La civilisation  
vidéo-chrétienne appeared in France in December, 1990 and in Italy  
the following year (Feltrinelli, 1991). Brainframes: Technology, Mind  
and Business (Bosch & Keuning, 1991) addresses the differences  
between the effects of television, computers and hypermedia on  
corporate culture, business practices and economic markets. The Skin  
of Culture (Somerville Press, 1995) is a collection of essays on the  
new electronic reality which stayed on Canadian best-sellers lists  
for several months. It was translated into a dozen languages  
including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Polish and Slovenian. Connected  
Intelligence (Somerville, 1997) introduced his research on new media  
and cognition. His latest book, The Architecture of Intelligence, was  
first issued in Dutch in December 2000, and in English (June 2001),  
Italian and German in September 2001. It was later translated into  
Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. He collaborated with Mark Federman  
on McLuhan for Managers: New Tools for New Thinking, published in  
September 2003. de Kerckhove is also contracted to work on a book  
about the history of stage performance from early Greek theatre to  
modern Opera, in collaboration with Francesco Monico.
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Other work

de Kerckhove has offered connected intelligence workshops worldwide,  
and now offers this innovative approach to business, government and  
academe to help small groups to think together in a disciplined and  
effective way while using digital technologies. In the same line, he  
has contributed to the architecture of Hypersession, a collaborative  
software now being developed by Emitting Media and used for various  
educational situations.

As a consultant in media, cultural interests, and related policies,  
de Kerckhove has participated in the preparation and brainstorming  
sessions for the plans for: the Ontario Pavilion at Expo '92 in  
Seville, the Canada in Space exhibit, and the Toronto Broadcast  
Centre for the CBC. He was involved in plans for a major exhibit on  
Canada and Modernism at the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie in  
Paris for 2004 and was a member of the cultural committee of  
Toronto's bid for the Olympics in 2008. He was a member of several  
government task forces on developing a telecommunications policy for  
Ontario, designing a cultural policy for the francophone community in  
Ontario, and also appeared before the CRTC Public Hearing Committee  
on the Information Highway. A World Economic Forum Fellow, de  
Kerckhove is also an active member of the Vivendi Institut de  
prospective where he is in charge of investigating the future  
technological and business development of the new technologies. He  
was decorated by the Government of France with the order of "Les  
Palmes académiques" and has been a member of the Club of Rome since  
1995. de Kerckhove is, most recently, the holder of the Papamarkou  
Chair in Education and Technology at the Library of Congress in  
Washington, D.C.





Charles Taylor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(philosopher)
http://www.uni.ca/taylor_f.html
http://agora.qc.ca/mot.nsf/Dossiers/Charles_Taylor

Charles Taylor, CC, BA, MA, Ph.D, FRSC (born November 5, 1931) is a  
Canadian philosopher known for his viewpoints on morality and modern  
western identity of individuals and groups. He is often classified as  
a communitarian.

His principal philosophical standpoint is that of "exclusive  
humanism"—a humanism without reference to the transcendent,  
especially as it relates to cultural, social, or political life.

Taylor was educated at the McGill University (B.A. in History in  
1952) and at Oxford (B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in  
1955, M.A. in 1960, Ph.D in 1961).

He was Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford  
University and was for a long time Professor of Political Science and  
Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he is now  
professor emeritus. Taylor is now Board of Trustees Professor of Law  
and Philosophy at Northwestern University.

In 1995 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

Noted books

     * The Explanation of Behavior (1964)
     * Hegel (1975)
     * Hegel and Modern Society (1979)
     * Philosophical Papers (2 volumes, 1985)
     * Sources of the Self: The Making of Modern Identity (1989)
     * The Malaise of Modernity (1991; the published version of  
Taylor's Massey Lectures, reprinted in the U.S. as The Ethics of  
Authenticity (1992)
     * Philosophical Arguments (1995)
     * Modern Social Imaginaries (2004)

  Peter Leuprecht
http://www.pdhre.org/people/leuprechtbio.html
http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sirp/com/04-202.htm [Français]
http://www.law.mcgill.ca/faculty/bio_display-en.htm? 
bio_id=49&state=Print_List


Professor Leuprecht was Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1999 to 2003.  
He teaches theories of justice and conducts research in the field of  
international law and human rights. In August of 2000, he was  
appointed UN Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights  
in Cambodia. Author of numerous publications, Dean Leuprecht has  
taught at the Universities of Strasbourg and Nancy (France), at the  
European Academy of Law in Florence (Italy) and at the Département  
des sciences juridiques de l'Université du Québec à Montréal.  
Professor Leuprecht served as Director of Human Rights at the Council  
of Europe, and was elected Deputy Secretary General in 1993. He left  
his post before the end of his term because of his disagreement with  
the dilution of Council of Europe standards. Awarded the Prix du  
civisme européen in 1991, he was a member of a committee of four  
Sages asked to prepare a human rights agenda for the European Union  
for the year 2000.

Peter Leuprecht a enseigné aux Universités de Strasbourg et de Nancy  
ainsi qu'à l'Académie de droit européen de Florence. Professeur  
invité au Département des sciences juridiques de l'UQAM et professeur  
à la Faculté de droit de l'Université McGill dont il a été le doyen  
de 1999 à 2003, monsieur Leuprecht possède des qualifications et une  
expérience exceptionnelles dans les domaines du droit international  
et des droits de la personne. Dès 1961, le jeune diplômé de  
l'Université d'Innsbruck (Autriche) amorce une brillante carrière au  
Conseil de l'Europe. Il y restera jusqu'en 1997 après avoir été,  
entre autres, secrétaire du Comité des ministres, directeur des  
Droits de l'Homme et Secrétaire général adjoint (poste électif).  
Conseiller au Ministère canadien de la Justice de 1997 à 1999, membre  
du Comité des « Sages » qui a préparé le programme d'action sur les  
droits de la personne pour l'Union européenne de l'an 2000, monsieur  
Leuprecht est aussi représentant spécial du Secrétaire général des  
Nations Unies pour les droits de la personne au Cambodge depuis août  
2000.

Peter Leuprecht est lauréat du Prix du civisme européen (1991) et du  
Human Rights Award of the Lord Reading Law Society (2001).


Bob Carty


Bob Carty est un producteur et documentariste pour les émissions The  
Sunday Edition et The Current sur CBC Radio One. Avant de s’engager  
dans le journalisme, Bob Carty a oeuvré dans les domaines des droits  
de la personne et du développement international, plus  
particulièrement en Amérique centrale. En 1981, il joint les rangs de  
la CBC à titre de chef du service étranger et, plus tard, comme  
producteur senior du programme radio Sunday Morning. Il a également  
travaillé pour les programmes radio de la CBC As it Happens,  
Commentary et Morningside. À la fin des années 1980, et pendant cinq  
ans, il couvre la situation des droits humains, les conflits  
militaires ainsi que les questions de développement et  
d’environnement en Amérique centrale pour la CBC, la National Public  
Radio, le Monitor Radio et le Globe and Mail. Il participe également  
à des projets spéciaux de journalisme d’enquête avec CBC Radio News  
et CBC Television.

Les documentaires radio de Bob Carty ont reçu de nombreux prix dont  
le prestigieux Peabody Award et le Gabriel Award. Parmi les autres  
prix, mentionnons le New York International Radio Festival Gold Award  
and Grand Award, le prix de l’Association canadienne des journalistes  
pour son travail de journalisme d’enquête, le prix de l’Association  
canadienne des rédacteurs scientifiques et le prix d’Amnistie  
internationale du Canada pour ses informations sur les droits de la  
personne. L’Organisation des Nations Unies lui a de plus exprimé une  
reconnaissance spéciale pour son programme radio prônant les valeurs  
du système onusien. En 2004, il s’est vu remettre le prix Online  
Journalism Award décerné par le Online News Association pour son  
reportage sur les réactions indésirables aux médicaments. Il a été  
également mis en nomination au Canada pour le prix Michener.
Bob Carty est membre du International Consortium of Investigative  
Journalists (ICIJ). Ardent défenseur de la liberté d’expression, il  
est membre du conseil d’administration de Journalistes canadiens pour  
la liberté d’expression (JCLE) et l’un des fondateurs de Échange  
international de la liberté d’expression (IFEX)

[english]

Bob Carty is a documentary producer for The Sunday Edition and The  
Current on CBC Radio One. Prior to entering journalism Mr. Carty  
worked in the field of human rights and international development  
focussing on Latin America. In 1981 he joined the CBC becoming  
foreign editor and later senior producer for the radio programme  
Sunday Morning. He also worked for shorter periods for the CBC Radio  
programmes As It Happens, Commentary and as senior producer of  
Morningside. In the late 1980s, he spent five years in Central  
America covering military conflicts, human rights, development and  
ecological issues throughout Latin America for the CBC, National  
Public Radio, Monitor Radio and the Globe and Mail. Returning to  
Canada in 1993, Carty resumed full-time documentary work for Sunday  
Morning and later for the new CBC current affairs programme This  
Morning (now The Sunday Edition and The Current respectively). He  
also participates in special investigative projects with CBC Radio  
News and CBC Television.

Bob Carty's radio documentaries have won numerous awards including a  
prestigious Peabody Award and a Gabriel Award. Other prizes include  
the New York International Radio Festival Gold Award and Grand Award,  
the Canadian Association of Journalists Award for Investigative  
Journalism, the Canadian Science Writers’ award, Amnesty  
International of Canada’s award for human rights reporting, and a  
special United Nations recognition for programming which reinforces  
the values of the U.N. system. Recent team reporting on issues of  
adverse drug reactions won the Online Journalism Award (2004) given  
by the Online News Association, and in Canada was also nominated for  
a Michener Award.
Mr. Carty is a member of the International Consortium of  
Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). He is active in freedom of  
expression issues as a board member of Canadian Journalists for Free  
Expression (CJFE) and he is one of the founders of the International  
Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX).

Jean-Louis Roy

http://www.ichrdd.ca/francais/apropos/jeanLouisRoyBio.html

Jean-Louis Roy was appointed President of Rights & Democracy  
(International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development) in  
June and took up his post on August 19, 2002.

A former Director of the Montreal daily Le Devoir, Mr. Roy was  
Secretary General of the Agence de la Francophonie in Paris from 1990  
to 1998. He was responsible for promoting cooperation between the 49  
member states of the Francophonie and for the implementation of  
political, economic and social programmes agreed upon at summit  
meetings of Heads of State and Governments.

Since then Mr. Roy has served in an advisory capacity on related  
issues and was a visiting professor at York University, in Ontario  
and at the University of Moncton in New Brunswick. In 2001, he was  
appointed Chancellor of the University of Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia.

He holds a PhD in history from McGill University where he was  
Director of the Centre for French Canadian Studies from 1971 to 1981.  
He was Director of Le Devoir from 1981 to 1986 until he was named  
Québec Delegate General in Paris and Delegate to Francophone  
Multilateral Affairs, a post he held until 1990.
President of the Ligue des droits et libertés du Québec (Quebec's  
Civil Liberties' Union) from 1976 to 1978, he was a member of the  
Commission des droits et libertés de la personne du Québec (Québec's  
Human Rights Commission) and in 2000, was awarded the Prix Droits et  
Libertés (Human Rights Prize) of the Commission des droits de la  
personne et des droits de la jeunesse du Québec (Québec Human Rights  
and Rights of Youth Commission).

Mr. Roy has written several books including: A Guide to the European  
Economic Community Charter; La Francophonie : Le Projet communautaire  
and Une Nouvelle Afrique à l'aube du XX1e siècle. He has been awarded  
an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sainte Anne in 1985, and  
an Honorary Doctorate in Law from the University of Moncton in 1992


Jennifer Corriero
http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/jenergy

Jennifer Corriero is an innovator and leader, bringing tremendous  
insight into understanding, reaching and motivating youth. Jennifer's  
experience includes developing and driving youth programs related to  
technology, collaboration and entrepreneurship. Jennifer has been  
selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader (2005)  
and Global Leader for Tomorrow (2002).

In 1999, Jennifer co-founded TakingITGlobal, a non-profit social  
venture which connects and supports over 75,000 members across 200  
countries to create positive change. TakingITGlobal.org is the  
world's premier global online community for youth interested in  
making a difference, receiving more than 1.4 million hits per day.  
TIG partners with five UN agencies, and is supported by several  
corporations and philanthropic foundations.

Jennifer is an Organizing Committee member for the Youth Employment  
Summit Campaign, and was a member of the Canadian government  
delegation to the World Summit on the Information Society. She has  
presented at events including the World Summit on Sustainable  
Development, the 5th Stockholm Challenge Global Forum in Sweden, the  
2nd Global Knowledge Conference in Malaysia, the Hague International  
Model United Nations, and the 2003 UNESCO Youth Forum in Paris.

In 2000, Jennifer spent six months in Redmond advising Microsoft on  
various aspects of the next generation of workers (often referred to  
as the "Net Generation"). Jennifer has also worked on various  
consulting projects for companies such as MDS, Xerox, VanCity Credit  
Union, Bootlegger, J. Walter Thompson, Canadian Imperial Bank of  
Commerce, TD Bank, Royal Bank, Nike, D-Code, Swatch, McDonalds and HP.

Jennifer has a BA (Liberal Studies) with a focus on 'Business,  
Communications, Technology and Culture' and is currently pursing her  
Masters at York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies. Her  
area of concentration is 'Youth Engagement and Capacity-Building  
Across Cultures'.

Jennifer has served on the youth board of YouthFluence, was an  
International Youth Ambassador for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS  
Research, she coordinated the Ontario Science Centre's Online Youth  
Advisory Team (for the Innovation Project), and is a Youth Champion  
for Pollution Probe, an environmental non-profit organization. She  
also serves as an advisor to the Global Youth Action Network and Chat  
the Planet.

In 1998, Jennifer was the project manager for a website funded by a  
Canadian philanthropist dedicated to promoting Canadian women's  
history. She attended the Shad Valley Science, Technology and  
Entrepreneurship summer program and was a student at the Ontario  
Science Centre Science School where she studied OAC Chemistry,  
Physics and Science & Society.

Jennifer has served as a digital dignitary for 3Com's Planet Project,  
the largest Internet-based poll of the human race, and was featured  
in articles in Fast Company and TIME Magazine; was named as one of  
the "Shapers of Our Future" in the area of technology and education  
by Converge Magazine; was the 2001 Wired Woman Young Woman of the  
Year; has been recognized by the National Congress of Italian  
Canadians as a Youth Achievement Award winner; and was an award  
winner for McGill University's Management Achievement Award.

Jennifer is available for speaking engagements through The Lavin Agency.

"I like keeping it real and staying true to what drives me. I love to  
create beautiful things and share them with the world...whether it be  
ideas, artwork, energy...the universe speaks through me, as it does  
you -- and when this connection is made, the rewards are awe-inspiring!"

"I think that with each moment we live, and each decision we make, we  
have an impact on our own lives, and the lives of those around us.  
Most of the time, we are unconscious of the impact that we have. I  
think that the first way for 'others to make an impact' is to become  
more conscious and aware of the decisions we make and the choices we  
have. Once this happens, we are able to critically examine our own  
lives, and imagine new possibilities for ourselves and the world.  
There are an infinite number of ways to affect change and have an  
impact - the question we should ask ourselves should center around  
what contribution we want to make, what kind of experiences we want  
to have, and what kind of world we want to live in."