Hosted by CIGI and the Balsillie School of International Affairs, the Global Youth Forum is a free, one-day conference for senior high school students. This year’s Forum will centre around data, privacy and artificial intelligence (AI).

Students will learn about the complexities surrounding data, privacy and AI by exploring the social, ethical, legal, economic and political issues behind this subject. Personal data creates a number of opportunities in technology, healthcare, marketing and business, but where does privacy fit in? And how does AI relate? These are some of the questions students will explore as they investigate this fascinating and timely topic.

Participants will engage in a variety of learning avenues including plenary discussions, breakout sessions with community and academic experts, firsthand testimonials, multimedia presentations, and a guided small group simulation exercise.

A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.

EVENT AGENDA

8:30 AM – 9:15 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM: Welcome and Introductions

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Opening Plenary Session

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM: Health Break and Group Photo

10:45 AM – 11:45 AM: Breakout Session

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM: Lunch Break and Multimedia Exhibit Viewing

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Closing Plenary Session

1:30 PM: Event Ends

Capacity for this event is limited to 250 students, and all students should register through their teacher or school representative. Please note that the content of the forum is most appropriate for students in Grades 11 and 12. For additional details about the event, please contact Muriel O’Doherty at modoherty@cigionline.org.

Please note that CIGI is not responsible for students’ transportation to and from this event, nor will CIGI be taking attendance or supervising students during this event.

As a modest actor on the world’s stage, Canada has long benefited from the rules-based international order. Yet, balmost daily we now hear of ways in which this system is breaking down such as in trade, peace and security, human rights and the environment. In this public panel discussion, renowned experts in international law and justice will consider key examples of the political and technological challenges facing the international legal order. They will also provide their insights into why this systemic breakdown is occurring, in what ways is it dangerous and destructive, and how it could be beneficial to rebuild a more responsive, inclusive and just international order. Drawing from dramatic examples of contestation on the world stage these experts will provide their insights into how the international order needs to evolve to bring us closer to a global system of justice for all.

A public panel will be held from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM.

Moderator

Oonagh Fitzgerald, Director, International Law Research Program, Centre for International Governance Innovation

Panel Members

-Thomas Cottier, professor emeritus of European and international economic law at the University of Bern, and former managing director of the World Trade Institute
-Victoria Donaldson, Counsel to the WTO Appellate Body, currently on leave on assignment to the UK government
-Sakej Henderson, Emeritus professor, University of Saskatoon
-Beverley Marian McLachlin, Retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada PC CC CStJ

This event will be followed by a reception from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM.

CIGI is hosting a special P.D. Day re-screening of the film “The Serengeti Rules”. This screening is free and scheduled primarily for students out of school for the day, but is open to all who wish to register. A complimentary lunch will be available prior to the start of the film, at 12:30pm (first-come first-served, registration required for planning purposes). The film screening itself begins at 1pm.

About “The Serengeti Rules”

Academy Award-winning Passion Pictures and HHMI Tangled Bank Studios present one of the most important but untold science stories of our time—a tale with profound implications for the fate of life on our planet. Beginning in the 1960s, a small band of young scientists headed out into the wilderness, driven by an insatiable curiosity about how nature works. Immersed in some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth—from the majestic Serengeti to the Amazon jungle; from the Arctic Ocean to Pacific tide pools—they discovered a single set of rules that govern all life. Now in the twilight of their eminent careers, these five unsung heroes of modern ecology share the stories of their adventures, reveal how their pioneering work flipped our view of nature on its head, and give us a chance to reimagine the world as it could and should be.