CASID / ACÉDI

Dear CASID members and sympathisers,

You will find enclosed the CASID 2010 Conference preliminary program. This year's program boasts three keynote speakers and over 60 sessions. Many sessions will be cross listed in other associations' programs but this is not yet indicated in this version of the program. As you will see, the program is not complete as the following panels still require a chair and a discussant:

• Environmental governance and justice in development
• Education, development and globalization
• Gender and development issues in Africa
• Comparing the Perceptions of teachers and students on Education reform
• Gender and livelihood issues in Iran, Bangladesh and Cameroon
• Sustainable development in the post-Copenhagen era
• Gender and Environment
• Development and the business sector
• Gender and development in Central and Southeast Asia
• Water and development issues
• Security and development in fragile states
• Development theories and models in Latin America
• Developpement, l'environnement et les OMD en Afrique
• Development and Communication
• Grassroots environmental initiatives in Brazil, Indonesia and Cameroon
• Canadian NGOs and development in Africa
• Indigenous issues in Latin America
• Critical analyses of development and globalization
• Education and development in Africa
• Rural issues in development
• Human rights, international law and justice
• Peace building and development
• Ruling and development strategies in Southeast Asia and the Caribbean
• Aid effectiveness
• Community and family in development
• Participation, development and governance
• Development in Afghanistan
• Micro-economic issues in development

If you are interested in being a chair or discussant for one of these panels, please write me ASAP.

Other conference issues at hand:

1) To present at or attend the conference you must be registered at the CFHSS congress. The early bird reduced rate ends on April 1st. This can be done online at www.congress2010.ca.  You must register for the congress as well as the CASID conference. You can also buy ticket to the CASID banquet which will take place the evening of June 1st at the Montreal Spanish Club. We are proud to have the Rwandan band Papa Zon as entertainment.

2) Accommodations can also be taken care of through the CFHSS website. CASID has reserved a block of rooms at McGill residence and you can mention CASID when making reservations. I have also recently discovered a reasonable hotel that does not appear on the CFHSS website. Quality Inn (www.choicehotels.ca) is three blocks from Concordia and is about half of the price of hotels listed by the CFHSS and it offers a free shuttle from the airport. If you are a CAA member it is even less expensive. I would recommend to all delegates to book their reservations now.