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The Holtom Lectures
Click Here to open a PDF providing background on the Edith Holtom Peace Lecture Series, AKA "The Holtom Lectures".
Dr Donna Hicks presenting at Harvard about Conflict Resolution. She presented this lecture on May 8, 2014, as a Holtom Lecture.
Peggy Mason presented "“Building Peace in the 21st Century: Reflections Over Four Decades” as a Holtom Lecture on January 30, 2013. Peggy Mason served as Canada’s UN Ambassador for Disarmament from 1989 to 1994. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Norman Patterson school of International Affairs.
Noah Richler presented "Stories and What They Do" as a Holtom Lecture on April 29, 2013.
This lecture features Noah Richler, internationally acclaimed journalist, addressing the transformation of Canada's focus from a peace oriented country to a warrior nation. How permanent is this change in Canada's character?
Desmond Morton presented this Holtom Lecture on November 25, 2015.