IID
The International Issues Discussion (IID) series is a student-led forum designed to engage all members of the university community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse.
IID

Gallery

2023-2024

“You Can’t Make This Up: Regional Insecurity and its Impact on Canada” with Major-General David Fraser and the IID team.
“A Year In The Middle East: How Israel Got From There to Here” with Jon Allen and the IID team.
“Japan’s Diplomacy in an Uncertain World” with Consul-General Sasayama Takuya and the IID team.

2020-2021

“Biden and Iran: Containment or Negotiation?” with Ramin Jahanbegloo and the IID team.
“The Day After: Making Sense of the U.S. Election” with Jeremy Kinsman, John Allen, David Shribman, and the IID team.
“Losing Faith is the First Step in Fixing Society” with Dr. Ethan Zuckerman and the IID team.

2019-2020

“Sheer Madness: Canada and the Huawei Dilemma” with Dr. Wesley Wark and the IID team.
L-R: Dr. Sanjay Ruparelia with Aviva Gomes-Bhatt, Benn Bland, Dr. Arne Kislenko and Vamika Jain
L-R: VamikaJain, our wonderful guest Dr. John Gentry, Aviva Gomes-Bhatt and Dr. Arne Kislenko. “The U.S Intelligence Community vs Donald Trump: Causes and Consequences”
L-R: Benn Bland, Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo, Aviva Gomes-Bhatt, Vamika Jain and Dr. Arne Kislenko after an engaging talk on “After Qassim Soleimani: The Future of Iran’s Proxy War.”
What a fantastic finish to the semester!! The Squad: Benn Bland, Aviva Gomes-Bhatt, Vamika Jain and Dr. Arne Kislenko with the wonderful Peter Vronsky.
L-R: Benn Bland, Dr. Arne Kislenko, Aviva Gomes-Bhatt, Consul General Mikhaylov, and Vamika Jain after an engaging discussion on “Russian-Canadian Relations!”
Professor Kislenko, Aviva Gomes-Bhatt, Vamika Jain, Benn Bland and our fantastic guest, Robert Austin! Taken on Nov 20th 2019 after Prof Austin’s talk on ‘The Return of Nationalism? Thirty Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall.”
Benn Bland and Vamika Jain with Nadia Zaidi, director of the film “When Destiny Calls: Surviving the First Congo War” and one of our guests on Oct 23rd!
Speaker Suanne Kelman with the IID Team: Dr. Arne Kislenko, Aviva Gomes-Bhatt, Benn Bland and Vamika Jain.
First Talk
First Talk of the Season!! – Guest Speaker Jon Allen with our hosts for 2019-2020: Aviva Gomes-Bhatt and Benn Bland.
‘Populism: Trump and Europe. Can it Happen Here and What to Do About It?’

2018-2019

Past Leaders: Rolando Gómez Báez and Grace Van Vliet
Ben Rowswell on ‘The Venezuelan Crisis and the Tradition of Civil Disobedience’
It’s a wrap! : IID Team Members: Benn Bland, Rolando
Gómez Báez and Aviva Gomes-Bhatt with an audience member, Aileen Falcones! (right to left)
Sam Tanenhaus on ‘Trump in the Media’
Panelists Consiglio Di Nino, Bhutila Karpoche, Chemi Lhamo and Dicki Chhoyang with student moderator, Vamika Jain, on ‘Tibet: 60 Years of Non-Violent Resistance’