Inaugural Lecture:
Allan Rock
President, University of Ottawa
Responsibility to protect: a Doctrine of Humanity
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Desmarais Building, Room 4101
The inaugural lecture will be presented by Allan Rock, uOttawa President and Vice-Chancellor. Allan Rock was a former Ambassador to the United Nations for Canada and has continued his humanitarian work with the support of the University.
His lecture will focus on a breakthrough report prepared by a panel of experts created and sponsored by Canada — the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. The doctrine is called the Responsibility to Protect (or “R2P”) and its importance and relevance are increasingly significant. R2P is about prevention, reaction and the responsibility to help rebuild a country after a crisis or conflict. This Canadian incentive requires a deep commitment to social purpose and humanitarian intervention.
Watch this thought-provoking lecture by the President of Canada’s university.
Biography:
Allan Rock is the University of Ottawa’s 29th President and Vice-Chancellor. He is a three-time University of Ottawa alumnus having graduated from the University of Ottawa High School before completing a Baccalaureate in Arts in 1968 and a law degree in 1971.
Following a 20-year career as a litigation lawyer, Allan Rock was elected as a Member of Parliament in 1993 and immediately named Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. His achievements within the government portfolios he held — Justice, Health, and Industry — demonstrate the combination of his visionary leadership that sets ambitious goals with the day-to-day practical managerial experience that ensures measurable accomplishments.
Allan Rock was appointed Ambassador of Canada to the United Nations in December 2003. As the voice of Canadians at the United Nations, Allan Rock was an outspoken advocate of human rights, human security and reforming the UN.
Allan Rock has received a number of awards including honorary degrees from the Law Society of Upper Canada (1996) and the University of Windsor (1997). He received the Meritas-Tabaret Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Ottawa in 2007 — conferred to graduates who have made a significant contribution in their field and who have contributed to the reputation of the University.
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