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b'SACPA Thursday, October 20, 2005\\nDevelopment... Disasters...What Should Canada\'\'s Role Be?\\n\\nEarthquakes in Pakistan, mud slides in Guatemala, drought in southern \\nAfrica: how can Canada respond to major disasters and on-going \\ndevelopment needs with limited funds and extravagant needs?\\n\\nSince 1968, most of Canada\'\'s Official Development Assistance has been \\nmanaged by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). \\n\\nWhat is the role of government, and specifically CIDA, in responding to \\nnatural disasters and international crises? Why is the Canadian \\ngovernment involved? How is it involved? \\n\\nAnd what are the priorities and implications of the International Policy \\nStatement, released in April 2005, on CIDA\'\'s program?\\n\\nWhat can we, as Canadians, do?\\n\\nSpeaker: Ruth Shapiro.\\n\\nThe Director of the CIDA Prairies Regional Office, Ruth Shapiro has been \\nwith CIDA since 1983, previously serving as Director of the Public \\nParticipation Program, the Anglophone NGO Program and as Counsellor \\nDevelopment in Tanzania. The Prairies regional office, responsible for \\nManitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, is one of three regional offices in \\nCanada. The others are in Vancouver and the Atlantic. The goal of these \\noffices is to represent CIDA outside the central core of Canada, to \\nensure that Canadians are aware of international development issues, \\nknow what opportunities there may be to participate in international \\ndevelopment activities and can learn how to get involved.\\n\\nPlease visit http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm for additional \\ninformation.\\n\\n

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