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Constance Van Horne is a PhD student in management at the Université Laval. Her thesis concerns the transfer of knowledge and technology developed in centres of expertise to industry. She is a scholarship student with the FOR@C Research Consortium and her research is concentrated in the forest products industry. She is president of her Faculty's doctoral student association and is a member of several advisory boards at the Faculty and the University. Connie received her MBA from the Université Laval and holds a degree in history from the University of Victoria.
Articles By Constance Van Horne
African Aid: Beyond Celebrity Platitudes
by Constance Van Horne on June 19, 2009
Canadian foreign policy in Africa, as a reflection of G8 foreign policy, is directed towards achieving sustainable growth and eliminating poverty. These goals are laudable, although billions of dollars spent in aid over the past few decades have done little to achieve this. In an attempt to reverse these sub-par returns in well-intentioned aid, or at least to gain some popularity with music-lovers, G8 leaders have turned to Bob Geldof and Bono, for advice. Incredibly, these two musicians appear to have a great impact on G8, and thus, Canadian policy-making and action. Yet, from outside policy-making circles looking in, these two men appear to have accomplished little but to create a new business model for concert promoters.
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Self-government and religious liberty are one and the same
The state of religious liberty is a good indicator of whether citizens are actually governing themselves. John von Heyking delves into the state of both 25 years after a key Supreme Court of Canada judgment….
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